The sequence shows everyday objects being used in a weird way, for example, the teabag being used to stain paper, a needle and thread to sew paper together and a razorblade being used to scrape the ends of his fingers. This would create tention as it's typical everyday objects being projected in a negativ or scary way.
The fact that the character is scraping the ends of his fingers off, shows that he doesn't want to leave any trace of himself. This leads the audience to becoming scared because it becomes even harder for them to work out who the weird character is. This could affect my production as the idea of hiding the identity of the main character/scary character is typical of a thriller.
The character in the opening sequence also scribbles the eyes, and then face of a picture of a boy, showing that he may, or already has killed this person. This creates tention for the audience because it makes them fear the character as he could potentially be a threat to them.
In the opening sequence, it shows the character sorting through violent pictures and writing things down, as if he was planning how or when he was going to kill his victims, this would leave the audeince scared as they are expecting/waiting for something bad to happen. He highlights the boys face out straight after highlighting specific words, which shows he doesn't look at the boy as human, but treats him as equal as the wording, and doesn't show any emotion towards him.
The non diegetitc sound used within the opening sequence starts of slow getting faster to build tension. The sound used also sounds like a heartbeat, which relates to the audience because its human, this would make them scared because it might make them feel like they were at risk.
Fargo
The text at the beggining of the introfuction tells the audience wthat the film is based on a real life story, which would create more tenstion for the audience as it shows that it could possibly happen to them in real life. The car is in the middle of no where with no surroundings which gives a sense of isolation which would make the audience more scared as there would be nobody to save them if anything bad was to happen. The car that is pulling the other car could suyggest that something has already happened, which also would create tension for the audience and they don't know what is coming.
Conventions
I watched a few thrillers on youtube, and looked for typical lighting, camera shots, sound and editing.
Typical conventions included: dark settings, low/spooky lighting, use of silence, dramatic music, use of high angle shots, screaming, mysterious characters and the use of dark colours in mise en scene.
Some basic research into the main target audience of thrillers showed that teenagers were the second largest audience to watch thrillers.
From reading through this research, I plan my target audience to be from ages 13-17. I chose for it to be mainly aimed at females, as the main role is female, and therefore will appeal to them more. As a female myself, I also feel the project would be easier for me as I know what that target audience enjoys.
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