Scream Film Analysis

Begins with a dramatic white horror font film title which creates a strong contrast with the black background comes banging down into the centre of the scene also we hear a diegetic sound of a phone ringing followed by a non-diegetic sound of screaming and knife slash as we hear the knife slash the white film title turns to red which could suggest that the sound of a knife slash has drawn blood from the girl screaming.

As the title fades away we begin to hear the diegetic phone sounds again as we see a girl answer her house phone, A close up shot of the phone being answered is used. The lighting of the scene becomes very bright and would not normally be perceived as a typical horror opening sequence. The voice of the person on the phone is a creepy man’s voice but it could be almost perceived as being comical as the girl tells the unknown man that he has the wrong number within the close up camera shot, as the girl puts down the phone and begins to walk away the camera zooms into her face as the phone rings again another close up shot of the phone is used।

A downwards panning shot is then used to show the big beautiful white house and how secluded and in the middle of nowhere the house is placed. Then a close up shot of the girl turning on the stove and making popcorn as the diegetic sounds of the phone once again ringing as the girl beings to get annoyed with the pestering caller the girl leans over her counter and begins to mess with a knife which could be suggesting that danger is about to come and she needs the knife or it could be suggesting towards trouble concerning the knife.