Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Certification: 18
Scream is about a killer known as "ghost face" and he begins killing off teenagers the body count begins rising and one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the "Rules" of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.
I thought this film was really good help when it came to filming ours. I watched both the trailer and the opening sequence of it.
What i really liked about the start of the opening sequence was that it got straight to the point. It started off with the title 'Scream' and sounds of girls screaming, knives being sliced, phone ringing and a heart beating. The phone ringing ties in with the first scene, the phone call between the male on the phone and the young girl in the house. The screams and heart beating all stops. This is all done in the first 25 seconds of the opening sequence. It has already created excitement and suspense for the audience.
The main character is played by a young girl, which attracts the young adult audience as the certificate of the film is an 18. It will appeal to young adults as they feel as thought they can relate to her. The prank phone calls she receives put her in a vulnerable situation as she is alone. This situation is also something that perhaps people can relate to as prank calls can be common. Its set in a house and she appears to be alone which is a perfect setting for a scary movie's. Its set around dark surroundings and the non diegetic sound is birds. We get an establishing shot of the house and because of how big the house looks it makes the area look isolated.
The director of the film is toying with the audiences fears with the use of sound, mise en scene and camera shots. There is a sound in the background is a rumble, like someone has just shut a door, this tells the audience that she is not alone. This gives the audience the feeling that something bad is going to happen. Another example of sound being used to scare the audience is when the scene changes to the outside of the house where the camera is focused on tree branches. There's the sound of crickets and birds, the camera then travels down and the audience sees that the noises heard was a swing swaying back and forth and that the rope is rubbing against the branch. This creates a feeling of tension because its a peaceful night with normal noises and suddenly there is this odd creaking noise. It also leaves the audience wondering perhaps, was somebody on the swing? All these small elements build up to scare the audience
The first 6 minutes all revolve around the prank phone calls, every one adding a different layer to the film and every one giving the audience something else to think about.
First phone call conversation
-hello
-hello
-yes
-who is this?
-well who are you trying to reach?
-what number is this?
-what number are you trying to reach?
-I don't know
-well i think you have the wrong number
-do i ?
-it happens, take it easy.
the phone rings several times and each time the male on the phone asks personal questions. One of them being
so you got a boyfriend ?
this is a personal question and its as though the male on phone wants to take advantage of her as she is alone and a naive young lady. Each moment more tension is added. He's successfully scaring the audience. Half way through the opening sequence the music starts to pace up and he asks her "what's your name" , the girl then replies "why?" and the male says "because i want to know who im looking at." At this point the music pauses and is silent for a while this creates suspense. The non diegetic sound in the background of a dog tells the audience that somebody is outside the house. Then, when the young girl is being chased by the killer, she goes outside and all the viewer can hear is her breathing which is rapid, full of gasps and sobs. This again creates more tension. This is wear the opening scene ends. Already the audience knows what the film will be about and they are engaged in what has happened, so unless they are absolutely petrified and want to leave the cinema, they carry on watching it to find out what happens.
Claudia Zeppetella
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