Past Thriller Work

Analysis of The Return
The first convention used in this student's work is that it seems that the opening sequence centres around some sort of crime. This is because parts of the sequence are filmed from a CCTV camera's point of view, which hints that the action in the scene is focusing on a criminal. Also, people are seen to appear and then disappear suddenly and there is a part where a boy in a hood is running away, which again both hint that something isn't right.
The sound, editing and mise en scene are all used as well to create suspense within the opening sequence, which is also a generic convention of a thriller. For example, the scene has been edited so that things appear and then disappear, creating an illusion, and the sound is eerie, which creates suspense as to what will happen next.

Analysis of Piece by Piece
One of the conventions used in this thriller opening is the distortion of an everyday action. For example, throughout the sequence, someone is seen to be playing chess, which shows that the thriller is going to be a game between 2 people. It also hints that there will be a protagonist and an antagonist. Through the use of the 4 micro-elements, this student group create suspense as through sound, and use close-ups of the weapon to show violence and a threat that the film will end in tragedy.