The Village, directed by M. Night Shyamalan opens with the camera tracking aimlessly through tree's branches. The audience is made to feel as if they are wandering through a forest, connotations of a forest could suggest being lost and perhaps the fear of the unknown. Instantly viewers are thrown into the unknown and added with the slightly disorientating effect of the camerawork, this creates the eerie situation iconic to thrillers. The fact that no characters or life is shown in the sequence could connote emptiness or desolation. Low key lighting also adds to this with the feeling of sadness.
Further reinforcing this is the slow fades, the titles superimposed on a black background; the black and white iconic of horror. Also the director could want all the attention to focus on the forest and what they can see when taken back to more tracking of the trees.
Non diegetic high pitched eerie music rises and falls in pitch whilst a low drum beat gradually speeds up. Matching this onscreen the tracking speed increases and so does pace of cuts. This increasing cresendo creates suspense, one important aspect to thrillers.
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