Watching thriller openings from previous students

In this lesson we were shown a documentary referring how thriller film makers attract their audience and what elements are used.
In the documentary, Professional directors and film critiques quoted on thriller films.
Thomas Sutcliffe said: 'Films need to seduce their audience into long term commitment while there are many types of seduction, the temptation to go for instant arousal is almost irresistable.'
By this he means that Films want their audience to continue watching the film. While there are types of seduction and temptation and irresistable instant arousal that will hit the audience. The temptation is to go straight into the action.
However, according to the director Jean Jacques Beineix the risks of instant arousal that it questions what comes after sustaining the audiences attention.
Another quote in the documentary was: 'a good beginning must make the audience feel that it doesnt know nearly enough yet, and at the same time make sure that it doesnt know too little'. This means that there should be enough to interest the audience, but not so much that the story is given away- the audience should stay curious.
Stanley Kauffman describes the classic opening. This consists of shots of places such as new york and zooming into a sky scraper. This works as it gives the audience ideas of setting and the stereo type of the character. So if it is a flat, it would represent the class and status of the character.
Kyle Coopers title sequence to the film 'Seven' is effective because it shows us the obsessive mad nature of the villain.
Orson Welles opening to the film 'A Touch of Evil' includes the ending at the beginning. He did this to achieve the curiosity of the audience of why the character was killed. Another film called 'Casino' a character is killed at the beginning, this increases the curiosity of the audience to why and had killed them. This is also referred to as a 'favourite trick of film noir.'
The opening of 'The Shining' creates suspense as it shows they travelling to the hotel which is a bad path. The camera pans the car at an angle that shows it is like a preditor hunting the car from far away.