There are many conventions used within a crime sub genre. One type of convention is the use of a villain character, as well as a good character. It would usually contain a bad character steeling valuables and the good guys would try to stop them. Another type is the location establishment; this would be within a bank or safe where the valuables would be kept. Mise en scene is used as the type of props and costumes used would be guns, usually dark clothing for the bad character and a cop type costume for the good character. This relates to the crime aspect as people committing crimes would be likely to own weapons and destroy anything or one who gets in their way.

Opening credits can vary between none at all, a title sequence, just the title or the credits showing over the action. Unfortunately, the times limit on my thriller of 2 minutes means and my showcase including my cinematography ability that I cannot afford the luxury of choosing which type of opening credits I will use. However, this just makes my job so much easier at the editing stage because I do not need to worry about how to show my credits, just what is in them.

The list below details the order in which the opening credits occur:

• (Name of the Distribution Studio)
• (Name of the Production Company)
• (Producer's Name) Production or/and (director only) A Film By (Director's Name)
• Starring - Principal actors.
• (Film's Title)
• Featuring- Featured actors.
• Casting
• Music or Music Composed By or Original Score By
• Production Design
• Editor
• Director Of Photography
• Producer - Often, though, the name of the producer will be the next-to-last opening credit, just before the director's name is shown.
• Story
• Writer
• Director

In using these credits and this order, my thriller's opening will conform to the conventions of professional film credits, but it will also help me to meet the mark scheme for the course.