Analysis of the Film Scream

Analysis of the Film Scream

I am writing an essay on films, I am studying the camera movement, the

scenario etc.

I am studying the films "scream", in this film the horror starts as

early as the opening credits. The word scream appears on the screen in

bold white letters, at this point you can hear a scream and the texts

turns red, putting the picture in the viewers head that someone has

been stabbed, this builds up the excitement, you then hear a number of

screams, the text then blurs and eventually fades out of the screen,

giving the idea that someone has died.

The first victim is typical, the first victim is female, she is

blonde, flirtatious down the phone, home alone and she is a teenager.

They make her seem weak because during the conversation she talks

about her boyfriend and threatens the killer with him a number of

times.

Another typical factor of this horror movie is where it is set; there

is one big house in the middle of nowhere, trees surrounding the house

which blocks some vision of the victim, no noise which makes viewers

feel edgy and make them believe something is about to happen, these

two factors makes it mysterious and also makes the viewer nervous.

Then comes action, there is a lot of action In the opening scene of

this movie and some of the material they use is clever. For example

the phone rings and she is having a conversation on the phone with an

unknown person which of course is the killer, at the same time she is

having the conversation she is cooking some popcorn, as the

conversation becomes more revealing the popcorn bag is becoming larger

, this is showing that the tension is building and makes the viewer

feel as if something is about to happen. Also while she is on the

phone she looks outside and the swing is moving, this shows that

someone has been there and maybe still are. The light outside is very

dim and natural for example the moonlight outside is very soft so your