Thrillers always start off with extreme close ups, everything seems unsure and in seven's opening scene it straight away started off with a extreme close up on a book but you can also see hands faded in the background this buids up tension. Credits then faded in slowly which brings the horror effect as you don't understand whats happening or whats going to happen next! The credits then popped up backwards then fades back to the right position this brings a thriller effect.
The dissolve is a transition used on most horror/thriller films as they are slow makes you intrigued to what is going to pop up on your screen next. The dissolve is when a scene dissolves or fades into another sometimes quite rapidly sometimes quite slowly, when the first scene fades into the second it becomes lighter and then the second scene becomes more easy to see. This is very effective for horror/thriller films.
The fade is another example of a transition which can be used in horror/thriller films the fade in and fade out usually signal the beginning or end of a scene, especially if the film maker is fading to/from black. This the most common, of course, but fading to white has become trendy, too. The opening title sequence from HBO series Six Feet Under feature many fades to black and a couple brief fades to white. The very last bit in the sewuence fades slowly to white.
Are there any conventions that you're going to choose not to use?
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