1) what is the purpose of the opening of a film?
The purpose of this opening, establishes the setting with the extreme long shot of the city and introduces the main character, setting the mood of the story and the mystery.
2) how does it set up thriller conventions of characters, story, mystery, Enigma code?
There are many genre conventions in this opening title, for instance, there is a gun, an assassination/murder, a bullet and a city setting. At first we see a gun aiming at a woman in a swimming pool, the man with the gun takes a long time to pull the trigger, therefore creating the enigma code of, will he pull the trigger? It introduces the audience to the main character, who from what we have seen is a detective, setting up the story and the sub-genre of crime thriller.
3) What makes the audience want to watch the rest?
It denotes to the audience that there will be many other killings, which will entice them to watch on, the enigma code of why this woman has been murdered and why the murderer has left a note.
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