Conviction - Student Thriller

The genre elements found in the student thriller - Conviction includes using the most stereotypical things, for example a person frantically running from something, or someone. Suspense was built up using a mixture of camera angles, music and narrative.
The use of camera angles, for example close ups of the persons face, builds suspense as it hides out a lot, and you aren't sure what is behind the person, so you use your imagination.  This is better than showing something or someone chasing that person, as leaving it as a unanswered question makes the audience want to see the whole film to answer that question.
The sound in the film is used to display a narrative which is a bit overwhelming at the beginning of the film. but by the end it's used to build suspense when he's washing what the audience assume is blood off of his hands.
The mise en scene in this opening sequence is when the main character is washing away the blood into the sink, which implies there has been some form of assault or murder that he is trying to disguise.