Scream opening analysis

Scream opening analysis

For my film opening analysis, I chose the first Scream film. Out of the original Scream trilogy, I feel that the first one had the biggest impact and was something that the other two films imitated, along with other horror films. Some parts from this film link into our own, such as the tormenting of the supposed protagonist by torturing their friend. We could look towards this film as a base for how it should happen to improve our film.

In the opening of Scream, it shows a women alone in a house picking up a hone. After picking up the phone, she is answered by a man who supposedly called the wrong number. After talking to the man and leaving the room, there is a pov shot from outside the house to raise tension and show that she's being watched. When the camera comes back inside, it shows popcorn being toasted on the stove, which is foreshadowing for happens next in the scene. During this time the man rings her back and the two talk about trivial things; such as what she's cooking. These questions begin to get more personal until he says that he's watching her. This causes her to get frightened which results in her locking up the house and hanging up the phone, with the man threateningly saying "Don't hang up on me".

The next part starts with a close-up on the popcorn, showing that it's rising and is almost done. The woman then gets another phone call from the man, which she quickly hangs up to his dismay. She then walks into the kitchen, showing that the popcorn is smoking by now, and then gets another phone call. When she answers she shouts at the man, whereas he threatens her for if she hangs up again. As this is happening, the music changes to a chilling sound to fit the mood. After being threatened, the woman run out of the room; causing the music to change into something more high octane and the camera to follow her. She runs through the house locking all the doors whilst being followed by the shaky camera and ends up by the front door staring out to see what could be there.