Thriller conventions

I have been speaking about thriller conventions and how we are incorporating them into our opening sequence. But in order to fully understand I going to do more research. Firstly, we are basing our sequence on a spy thriller; such as Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy or James Bond. The conventional prop to see in this type of thriller are:
-Fake blood
-Guns
-Suits/overcoats
-Knife
-Handcuffs







Furthermore, red herring-we shall be using this in our sequence. A red herring, as the name suggests, is a decoy or distraction from the actual target or objective, designed to 'lead' them -usually the protagonist- in the wrong direction. Agatha Christy used it in her spy thriller Novels. It tends to be a regular feature in detective or spy thrillers. Also in the film Memento, the main character and protagonist Lenny is constantly searching for the 'Red Herring'

Lastly we are also using a cliff hanger. This is one of the most common conventions in Thriller movies is a cliff hanger. Naturally as we are only doing an opening sequence its no surprise that our movie will feature a cliff hanger at the end.