"Vertigo" (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) is a classic example of thriller. The opening is simple and effectve, it utilises the biggest conventions of engaging an audience in thriller, empathy, simplicity and mystery. The si9mplicity of the female face, extreme close ups of the mouth, nose and finally eyes, they shift, widen in fear and a red screen engulfs the eye and we delve into the now wide, fearful pupil surrounded by colourful, intricate graphics, it shows the intricacy and depth of the film as we delve further into the mind of this person. Symbolising fear? Murder? The opening shows us a woman in fear using simple facial expressions, no knives, no monsters, just a black and white face, the eye contorted in fear, followed by a simple sequence of graphics, increasing in depth. The opening shows how action and gripping the audience with thriller iconography as I listed above is not the only way to quickly engage an audience, a simple showing of a pure emotion strikes empathy in an audience and once they "care" about what is happening, they wont look away.