Research :How is the opening squence of scream conventionanl to thriller

How is the opening sequence of scream conventional to thriller opening?

In this essay I will be analysing the famous scene from scream. I will mainly focus on four micro elements I will discuss about the audience response and how micro elements make the audience feel  while whatching this opening .I will also dicuss about  how the editing are used to make the audience understend the narrative clear in the mind.feel. At the beginning of the scene there’s a young woman dressed in cream and white, her hair is blonde and she is attractive. This is stereotypical to an opening thriller as the audience would have faith in the female victim as she is expected to be blonde and innocent.

While watching the opening of scream the audience instantly notice use of white clothing  on the female victim this create more sympathy and vulnerability towards the character and the increasingly worsen situation she was in this specially seen when the mysterious killer attacked her. The antagonist was wearing black, dark cloaked clothing and this contrasted with the female victim’s white clothing it represented the sense of ‘’good vs. evil’’ from the clothing alone in addition when the antagonist attacked the blood contrasted with the dark colour, the clothing also used to produce a much more dramatic effect than if the clothing were to be darker. The clothing is also used to create stereotype; the audience notices that the female victim’s boyfriend was wearing jeans and football jacket; this could represent him as a ‘’unworthy’ ’status. As well as this the props that has been used in the opening scene represent how the events have untold within the scene for example the popcorn popping gradually adapt to the current events this is used from beginning to end this is to show how quickly events untold , I thought that the most significant use of mise en scene however the use of house phone throughout the scene  showed domestic phone is the first thing the audience sees, therefore it gave the audience a clear idea of what might happen next.  The phone is signified throughout the scene including up to the female victim’s death the audience that this placed significant emphasis on use of the phone but the lighting within the scene also allows for the tension to build up and change the mood in the scene when the character are in the darkness, vulnerability is created  and fear additionally for the audience as well as the characters as the scene unfolds an example of this would be when the female victim moves from the light and bright kitchen to the dark corridor as the conversation on the phone worsens.                

The opening scene of scream uses specific shots to produce tension, long shots are used of the female victim consistently as she’s kept moving around the house to give the audience a tour of her household this allows the audience to see all possible exits (or entrances)  so that if something terrible happens the audience would be able to see which route she will take. the susspens is built and the dramatic irony can develop  in the use of camera  angels, low angel shot  are used to create vulnerability  towards the female victim  and the  camera focus on  the mysterious killer in addition there's several  close up shot  are used so the audience can feel  more involved in action, while the female victim is being chased by the antagonist.

The sound are very enhancing  it create fear and tension within the oepning scene, the voice of known  man on phone  has deep this  caused the audience to feel uneasy, uncomfotable  this particulally contrast to softer sound voice of the innocent female victim. the diegetic sound is very crucial  to create  the good and evil  within the scene  presenting the characters  with their personalities and also the use of non-diegetic sound becomes ambient sound within the opening scene to create tenison for the audience  an example of is the chirpy sound of the doorbell which is used to present achirpy upbeat sound which contrast to  the situation the female victim is currently in these are how sound is used to in the scene to produce suspense and fear for the audience whatching the film.

 Finally the editing used in the scream is to create increasingly tense of the opening scene, the timings between each  shots are very important, at the tense point in the scene , the timings of each shots reduce to produce fear towards the audience  theres a lot  of close up  shots, long shots are used  when editing  together this is used  because to create better understanding for the audience so that they are able  to straight away get the narrative of the scream opening scene.