Double Idemnity & Kiss Me Deadly

Double Indemnity:

Double Indemnity is similar to Kiss Me Deadly and is an old style Thriller movie. Unlike Memento and Wallander it is black and white rather than colour and uses basic music that creates tension. Throughout the whole opening sequence it's credits, which is unusual because it doesn't give any clues to the story-line and/or the characters involved. Although like a normal Thriller opening sequence it does use close-up camera shot when the shadow of someone is walking towards the camera filming; turning into an extreme close-up. The only clip we get of the movie is an establishing shot of a street and a rail-way station. The only other Thriller opening sequence movie convention this fits is that it's filmed during the night time.
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Kiss Me Deadly:

Kiss Me Deadly is more of a old fashioned Thriller film unlike Memento. It's filmed in all black and white, with more basic camera shot's such as tracking and close up (girls feet running) which is usual for a Thriller opening sequence. Other conventions that fit the opening sequence for a Thriller that appear in Kiss Me Deadly is hyperbolic sound (increased sound on foot-prints), the sequence is filmed at night & tension building music in the first 30 seconds. Which is also conventional of a thriller film.