Research into Thrillers with a Similar Opening Sequence to Ours

The opening sequence to 'Sherlock' is similar to what we want to do because it involves someone running away from something at night and we want to have a girl running away from a house at night. Although the concept for the film is not identical to what we aim to do, it is enough to compare the two ideas.
       The close ups of the paving stones sets the scene, connoting that this film starts on a dark, dingy street. It sets the tone because the dark colours create a sense of mystery and tense atmosphere.
     The non-diegetic music playing has a an eerie effect adding the to mystery. It also helps set the tone for the film because it builds up in tempo and in volume signifying that the events throughout the film will all lead up to one big reveal. Additionally, the diegetic sound of the horses hooves as they gallop along the road also get faster as the opening sequence goes on symbolising that there is a chase taking place.
    The cross-cutting between the horse and carriage and the man running signifies that the man is running away from the people in the carriage. The close-ups of the men in the carriage shows them holding guns , getting ready to catch someone which further implies that the man is running away from them.
    This sequence is set on a normal street and so anyone could have seen what was going on. This film steers clear of the cliche 'running through a woods' and makes the audience intrigued to know what is going on as instead of running away from the house and down the street, the man is running away from what seems to be the police into a house.

The opening sequence of this film is similar to what we want to create because the both centre around the idea of a girl running from something and show the girl running through the streets rather than a forest.
     The use of the street for the girl to be running through is effective because it has the same, if not more thrilling an effect as a girl running through a forest. It creates a sense of mystery as it is unclear why she is running and if she is trying to run away, the audience may ask why she is running away in broad day light down a normal street.
    The close ups of the girl's face signify to the audience that the girl has been abused because she has a lot of scars and bruising on her face. This makes the audience wonder if she is running away because she has been through this and can't take it any more.
    At the end of the sequence, there is a long shot of the girl standing on the  bridge and then a close up of her face as she contemplates jumping. This is effective because it makes the audience aware of how unhappy she is and how she doesn't want to live like this any more.
    The difference between this opening sequence and the one we want to create is that although both characters will die, ours will be murdered by another person, whereas in this opening sequence the girl kills herself.

In the opening of 'The Silence of the Lambs,' a woman is seen running through a forest. Close-ups of her face connote that she is tired and the initial long shot enables the audience to see the clothes she is wearing. The woman is wearing a scruffy tracksuit, making it look like she doesn't  care about how she looks or that she hasn't had the ability to do this, The woman has her hair tied back, however, bits of her hair are falling out and she is dripping with sweat, which signifies that she has been running for a while.
    The fast pace, close up, tracking shots of the woman's face and shoes create a sense that she is running extremely fast as her face and feet become blurred. This symbolises that she could be running away from something or someone due to the speed at which she is running.
    In this film, the woman is not running away from anything, instead, she is an FBI agent training. This is both similar and different to our opening sequence. It is similar because we want to have a detective walking, following the clues left at the crime scene, but different because in this, the agent is running and training, but in our, they will be working on the crime scene.