Research Of Film Openings

When researching film openings we found the conventions of a thriller included the dim lighting, tension music and much more. However quick cuts and angle changes are the main conventions as this adds suspense.
The film Taken was one of my favourites and found this very useful when creating are own film. The titles came up over the photoage and tension music was also played.
The conventions which we plan on keep in our film is low key lighting, tensions music, slow motion to add suspense and a wide variety of shots.