Scream Opening Scene - Harrt

Scream Opening Scene

    

                                      

Long Shot

This shot is shown in the scene where the victim had escaped from the house to outside. There is a long shot used when she looks at the car in the distance heading towards the house. All you you can see in this shot is corn fields, this tells the audience that she is in the middle of nowhere.

This shot is conventional to a thriller as it tells the audience the setting, knowing that at anytime the killer has places to hide and that he is ready to attack at any time.

Close-up

This shot is shown in the scene where the victim is on the phone to the killer. The close up shows her emotion on her face as the is scared and frightened by the voice on the other side of the phone. This is shown by zooming in as it is a way of showing a characters emotion.

This shot is conventional to a thriller as this shot is a way of showing a characters emotion in different situations. From this shot it can tell the audience if the character is happy, sad or frightened by what they see. This shot can also tell us how dangerous other characters can be by looking at the victims emotion.

Eye Lever

This shot is shown in the scene where the victim has been stabbed and is looking up at the killer. In this scene we can sense fright as the shot changes from a chose up to eye level to make the audience feel the victims emotion.

This shot is conventional to a thriller as this shot is used to make the audience be in the characters situation and know there emotion. This shot also builds up tension and suspense as audience are basically in the shoes of the character and they can see what the character is seeing.