(Scream analysis)

Opening Scene to Scream

In this opening scene you see a women in a her house and she is alone. The scene starts off with the phone ringing and the women answering it, the caller is a mystery person with a creepy voice which suggests that the women doesn't know who it is and has to be careful with what she does or says. The women and the mystery person talk to each other before she hangs up the phone, when she walks away from the phone it rings again and its the same person. The person rings again to apologize for calling the wrong numbers but insists that she stays on the phone to talk to her but she hangs up again. Later in the scene she is in the kitchen cooking popcorn and the phone rings again and she answers it, the same guy call again but this time she talks to him about their favorite scary movies which are Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street. The guy also talks about if she has a boyfriend which she reply's with "why do you want to ask me on a date" which he reply's with "do you have a boyfriend" again which suggests he knows something about her that shes not telling him. this scene escalates very fast when the guy asks for her name and she asks why and he reply's with "i want to know who i'm looking at" which suggests that he can see her and see can't see him which leaves the women at an disadvantage because she doesn't know where he is. Towards the end of the opening scene the man starts to get angry because she keeps hanging the phone up so he tells her if she hangs the phone up one more time she will be gutted like a fish, and from then on she starts to panic and lock every window and door in her house.

Camera Shots and Angeles  

This camera shot is a medium shot of the glass doors of the house looking into the back garden, this is an very effective camera shot because in many horror films the directors leave you to believe that someone is out of the glass door or window and this leaves the viewer to take an hard look out side to see if they can see the man who is phoning her. Which is very effective as it makes the viewer believe that something bad is going to happen to the person inside the house. This camera shot is also effective as you the viewer gets to see if anyone is there before the character which then gives you an advantage over the character.

This camera shot is a semi-over the shoulder shot and a medium shot. This camera shot is effective because it is taken from behind the character which makes the viewer feel that someone is behind her following her around the house which gives the audience an idea that something is going to happen to this women and it isn't going to be good. This camera shot suggests that the women is scared because she is looking around her house in an dark area, which means she is vulnerable to anything in the shadows.

This camera shot is a medium shot of the women after she finds out that the man is threatening her if she hangs up again. This camera shot is effective as it allows you to see the characters facial expressions which are scared in this image which suggests that she doesn't want to be speaking to the person, this also suggests that she is scared because her life is being threatened and she doesn't know what to do. This camera shot is also effective as it shows you that she is looking for the person and she doesn't understand why she if the one who is being attacked.