Research: Scream Analysis

In this 5 minute opening of Scream, I can see that there are many conventional factors to  it. In this opening we can see that it has cinematography, editing, sound and mise en scene - these was all used to create this film. 

Cinematography

The first shot we've seen is a close up of a victim face, this was used for the audience to get a clear look of what the victim face looks like and whether if she looks innocent or not. The next shot was a tilt shot being used to show the victim house, it shows the audience that where she's living in is a house with nothing but her inside it at night time. There was a camera following the character using the panning shot, it shows a clear view of what she's doing to the audience.
During the opening, there was a fast zoom from the camera onto the character face - it shows the victim's reaction to what the antagonist said to the audience. There was also a point of view shot, it shows what she's seeing to the audience, it also allows the audience to feel as if they are in the film.

Editing

There was about three editing that has been used:
- There was a straight cut editing; this was first used when the character faced to the telephone; this was used to allow the audience to see the objects around her.
- There was a reaction shot; this was used when the character reacted to what it's being said to her by the antagonist (through the telephone), it allows the audience to see a clear view of her facial expression. Also there was another reaction shot being used - it also allowed the audience to feel the fear and tension that the character is feeling.
-Near the end of the opening there was a montage; it has been used to create a fast shots to build up the killing of the innocent character,

Sound

There was an off screen sound when the victim was talking to the antagonist through the phone, it's an off screen because we are able to hear the antagonist voice and see where it's coming from (the telephone), we cannot see him.
A digetic sound was used when the telephone was ringing several of times, this makes the scene look more realistic because you can see that the ringing was part of the film, meaning that it's not a non-digetic sound.
Also a non-diegetic sound was used when the antagonist was killing the victim and while the victim was slowly dying,

Mise en scene

There was a natural lightning, back lighting, high key lighting and a low-key lighting in this opening. The effect of back lighting and the low key lighting creates a dark and tension feeling to the audience.
Many high key and natural lighting has been used - it makes the audience feel calm as if nothing is going to happen.
Low key lighting has been used to build up tension when she was about to be attacked.
The iconography in this opening is:
The telephone - the antagonist used this as a source to communicate with the victim.
Knife - there was a many of knife in the kitchen, the antagonist used this as a weapon to kill the victim.

The victim costume is a ordinary/casual clothing - this shows that she is just a normal teenage girl who's innocent. The antagonist was wearing a black clock - which symbolizes death - and a mask which shows that the antagonist wants to keep his identity hidden.