Analysing The Horror Film "Scream":

(Opening two minutes)

(Scream)

Straight away the scene starts with people screaming and in bold letters there is the title of the film this gives a great effect because straight away it has got the audience hooked into the film, also the title is in red which suggests blood and death. The scene then begins with the phone ringing and a strange man talking into it, the innocent teenage girl answers the phone she is obviously home alone and is very gullibly to life- stereotypically she is young, thin and blonde and is a bit stupid. She seems quite flirty even though she doesn't know who it is this would make the audience want to tell her to stop what she is doing and remind her that she doesn't actually know who she is talking to.

 

It then shows a long shot of her house from the back making it feel like there is someone behind the camera who is there and is going to jump out. It would make the audience have their full attention to what is going on so they don't get scared and jump. he person on the phone then brings up horror this is so obvious that he is strange and he wants to encourage her to talk to him but at the same time it is bringing out her character because she is saying that she likes horror films but she isn't realising what she is drawing herself into.

To draw tension to the scene she then pulls a knife out which makes a slicing noise, this would send shivers down the audiences backs as they know something is going to happen to her and she had knives out in reaching distance.

 

The camera is constantly looking at the girl but in the background there is always a bit of the window to make the audience feel uncomfortable and look for someone who is going to creep up on her and make them jump. She then realises what is happening and the music goes to a pause and there is a deep dong which brings out more tension, you them here a dog barking which suggests there is something going on outside which is agitating it which brings tension to the scene and makes the audience wonder what is going on outside and if he is actually there and everything he has been saying was true.