Scream is a very jumpy film that will get you sitting at the edge of your seats.
The front cover of the DVD is a extreme close up of the main victims face with her eyes widened, symbolising she is sacred and in danger. Also there is a hand over her mouth making it look like she has seen something shocking and that she is really scared. The colours used are quite dark and could be linked to death.
At the beginning of the film its starts off with showing different clips from all the screams that have been had after the first one. This is a good way to draw the audience in because they would be showing the best bits in the film convincing the audience to watch all of the screams.
The opening scene of the film was one of the main characters in her home making pop corn. The opening scene sets the scene because it shows the audience that the film is going to be mostly set in a house. I think it is very effective to start the film in a house because the audience think that they are safe in their homes but just at the start of the film it changes the way the audience will think and what places they fill safe. A tracking shot is used to follow the character around her house showing the audience inside her home and also setting the scene. Also I pointed out that when the tracking shot was used I could see that there was many windows and door in her house indicating that the villain could get in in any one of them. Before the phone call everything seemed normal, once the phone rang we would sense something was going to happen. At first the phone call seemed normal and nothing seemed that weird but when the man on the other end said "whats your name, so I know who I'm looking at" the audience can tell that something bad is going to happen and the man on the other ned of the phone is strange and wants to hurt her.
When the first victim was being chased she came face to face with the villain before she dies she pulled off the mask the villain was wearing but we couldn't see his face instead all we saw was blackness. The blackness could be linked to death because black seems a dark colour and at funerals the colour people wear is black so there is a strong link to the colour black with death.
The mask that the villains wear is a simple but scary mask, I think it is very effective that the costumes makers picked a simple mask because people wouldn't forget it that easily, they will remember it and it will continue to make them scared.
Fast pace cutting was used when the victims was trying to escape from the villains this created the effect that the viewers will feel their hearts racing. It also made the scenes seem more jumpy and could scare the audience more easily.
Every time the victims got the phone call from the villain it was always at night time, this could be because at night it is harder to see whats around us and also it makes it more scary for the viewer watching.
The message I got from this film was that you have to understand the rules of horror films to live. The innocent boy who understands the rules of horror films explains it to his friends but they think he's talking rubbish but he proves that he was right because he survives at the end of the film.
He says that there are three rules in horror films which are:
- Never have sex
- Don't get drunk and don't take drugs
- And never say i'll be right back because you won't
At the end of the film Sydney's boyfriend uses the quote from 'Psycho' "We all go a little mad sometimes" at this point in the film I figured out that he was the one killing the people. Also the villain references to 'Carrie' saying that he used corn syrup instead of blood. I think it was a very good twist to the end of the film because the makes the audience feel really unsafe because the people who we feel safe around could really be the one hurting us.
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