Analysis of Thriller opening sequence - "Marnie"

We watched one of Alfred Hitchcock's classic thrillers "Marnie". The opening credits were in the format of a book with the page turning transitions. The music behind it at the beginning made it seem like a fairytale  or a classic romance. However, after 46 seconds of the credits the pace of the music suddenly changes into   a more thrilling and suspense creating piece.

The credits cut to a close up of this yellow bag, which could possibly be a mcguffin, in the arms of a mysterious woman. Gradually as she moves away from the camera you see more of her but you don't see her face yet. Which makes her whole image, with her black wavy hair and dark clothing, seem all the more mysterious. In a way her body is objectified.

Then the narrative is introduced by this scene cutting to another one of an older business man bluntly saying "robbed"while looking straight into the camera morosely. The use of dramatic pauses inbetween each word he says gives the audience an impression that the crime is very important to the narrative as the character is lost for words. Also in one of the thriller opening conventions is that most thrillers have  a crime either at the beginning of the story or somewhere through this story and "Marnie" uses this convention well.

Sean Connery appears and you instantly know he's going to be an important character due to mysterious entrance and the way that all the other characters respond to him quickly and directly. Also he is an extremely handsome man and in most films the leading male character has a mysterious and attractive appearance. 

Then the scene cuts again to the original woman walking through a hotel to her room. Within the room she splits all her belongings into two different bags, changes her social security card and empties her bag of a large sum of money, all these things being very suspicious and lead you to ask questions about who this woman is.

Finally you see her with her hair in the sink removing the black hair dye from her hair, this is when you finally see her face, revealing who this mysterious woman is.