Opening two minutes of Scream - Horror

Before the scene begins the title is shown (scream), if the audience couldn’t tell by the title that this film is a horror, the writing is shown in bold red writing overlaying a black background. Because the colours red and black connote danger, fear or even death, it makes it a lot more obvious to what genre the film is.

The scene begins when the phone rings’, knowing this is a horror movie the suspense begins to build up when the girl answers it to a stranger. Dramatic music and different sounds begins to play adding to the tension and fear. In the scene the girl is making popcorn, this also adds an effect as the popcorn cooks more and more, but the girl is distracted by the peculiar phone calls, which is making the popcorn heat up too much that it seems as if it’s about to burst. This is a more discreet way of letting you know something is about to happen.

This film would mainly appeal to young male adults as most horrors genuinely do, but not being stereotypical a lot of women would be intrigued by the whole idea of the horror. Because the first scene the actress is playing the role as a young girl, this could attract the female audience as well as the male because they would feel as if they can imagine being in the role of the woman in the first scene.

The girl in this opening two minutes is meant to be playing the typical dipsy, blonde girl that is vulnerable; this makes her the perfect victim for the antagonist to vitimise. Choosing the girl to be blonde and wear pink makes her a stereotypical character for a horror movie as the pink jumper and blonde hair connotes innocence.

 

From the first scene we find out about the antagonist by the phone calls the girl is getting, but they didn’t give too much away of who the antagonist is because we don’t see him; only hear him. I feel this is a good way of beginning the movie and introducing the antagonist because we are drawn in by the way we don’t know much about any of the characters or story line, making you want to continue watching.  I also think this is a good beginning of the film as it builds a lot of tension, preparing the audience for what the rest of the film will be like.