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- 2. GENRE - THRILLER Thriller movies are still mostly blood and gore however, they have the power to make you think about the movie and the mystery of who the killer is rather than a typical horror film. A known man that is killing random people for the thrill of it. A few things that point out a thriller movie are things such as: • Eerie music • A clever killer •Murder •Fast cuts •Dark shadowy lighting
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- 4. THE MAIN SHOTSIN THE OPENING SEQUENCE OF SCREAM 4
- 5. SHOT 1 The first shot that we see in the opening sequence is a close up of the phone ringing and a young innocent girl picking it up. This is a typical iconic item in the scream movies and it automatically builds up tension as you know that the person on the other line is going to be ghostface. Even thought you expect it, it still makes you jump as the screechy music starts which we have also learnt from thrillers that something bad is going to happen.
- 6. SHOT 2 A common thing in thriller/horror movies are the innocent victims that are often pretty teenage, or young adult girls that are always conveniently home alone. In screams case they are all about to or have just watched a scary movie which makes them more vulnerable as they would be more paranoid as they think it is just there mind playing tricks on them because of the film they have just seen. This mid shot shows the girls talking normally showing they have no idea what is going to happen.
- 7. SHOT 3 Once the tension of the movie has started to build up and the victims stupidly look around to check that everything is ok. Eerie music begins to play which automatically tells the audience that something bad is going to happen. A over the shoulder shot showing a scared facial expression whilst having a conversation. A example of the eerie music is… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 9XpZI5X164g
- 8. SHOT 4-5 Once the tension has built and the music has made the usual screechy sound it ends up that there was nothing to be scared of until the music happens again and again until finally something bad happens to the innocent girls. A mid shot of the girls jumping, this happens very quickly as a doorbell rings and the music drops. This all adds to the tension. A long shot shows one of the girls looking outside to see who was at the door, as expected nobody is there which adds to the tension again.
- 9. SHOT 6-7 The murders are a classic scream style with ghostface doing the killing. The audience are expecting this however they still jump which shows the successes of the effects of the camera angles, sound, lighting, mise en scene and editing. By doing all of these things well it makes this opening sequence very successful at making the audience jump and get drawn into the movie. Mid shots of the the girls being stabbed, this is also the first sign of ghostface.
- 10. SHOT 8 What is clever about this opening sequence is that it grabs the audience’s attention within the first minute and we already get attached to the victims and we don’t want to see them get murdered. However we then see that it was a movie itself we become more A movie inside a movie relaxed until the next killing which we are not expecting at all. This then also turns out to be a movie which another two girls are watching and we become hooked to find out who will be in the main story line.
- 11. SHOT 9 Then we start again with the movie being inside a movie. However this time the storyline has changed. The two innocent young girls are still home alone, however this time it is the girl with her hair curly that kills rather than ghostface. A mid shot of the girls sat on the sofa, both of them looking relaxed and calm. The close up of the second blond girl stabbing her friend. This is more effective than the last killing as it is completely out of the blue and not expected.
- 12. HOW WE CANUSES THESE TECHNIQUES In our thriller opening sequence we can use the ideas from scream such as the build up of tension and the successful use of camera angles, sound, lighting, mise en scene and editing to make our piece scary. Also the idea of not knowing who the killer is, is very interesting as it makes us on the side of the victim.