Research onto thriller films

Ghost Ship (2002, Steve Beck)
The type of opening is a pre title sequence. It starts off in the past on a cruise ship where dozens of wealthy passengers are enjoying dancing on the deck. The camera pans over them, before a close up of the Italian woman who is singing. At first everything seems to be going well the atmosphere created is calm and happy. Until the camera focuses on a darker area and we see a mysterious gloved hand pull a leave. For a while the is just silence and suspension until the wire sweeps down and cuts the people. After this the camera pulls out of the scene to pan over the ocean, we can clearly see they are in the middle of the ocean. During this section the titles begin to roll

The Panic Room (2002, David Fincher)
This starts with the titles which are look like 3d words placed into the background of several shot of the city; this has been commented on as an ‘interesting’ choice of type face. The shots generally pan from left to right or vice versa. Shallow strings are playing until it is interrupted by talking. The camera then cuts to a medium shot of two ladies talking. A tracking shot is used to follow them as they talk.

Perfect stranger (2007, James Foley)
The camera opens onto a street, on which the houses are large. The camera tracks the street as if it were a passing car, every so often cutting to a different house. Until it reaches one house where the camera stops and zooms into a close up of the door. This is followed by shot of family photographs which we assume must be the people who live there. All the while the opening credit appear in a narrow white font. #The music playing is soft piano.