Scream.

As we are focusing on producing our horror opening I have analysed another very popular horror film opening, this will help me pick up on ideas of what a horror opening needs to include and also what techniques affect the audience and film in a positive way.

The opening starts showing the title ‘SCREAM’ it is blurred and varies in size, this is shown using a black background with flashing red and blue lights behind, diegetic screaming noises and police sirens are used to represent danger. The scene then starts with a close up of a phone, a pan of the camera then reveals a mid shot of a young teenage girl picking up the phone to a mysterious voice on the other end. 

Throughout the first scene the phone carries on ringing as the girl answers more anxious each time close ups are used to emphasise her emotions and the more the phone rings the more you can see the terror on her face. As there is no non diegetic music or sound the audience is more tense, the phone ringing seems to make me jump every time this shows I am getting more anxious as the scene goes on as you know something is wrong.

After constant phone calls from the mystery antagonist the scene gets more tense as he reveals he is watching her, this is when the non diegetic music picks up with a light piano eery sound, this makes the audience tense and feel on edge. Also the dark lighting helps create the horror scene.