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I'm Yvette. A student studying at John Cabot Academy Sixth Form and over the next few months I will be giving you an insight into one of my projects for Media Studies. I'll be frequently posting on this page to keep you updated. My project is to make a 2 minute film opening clip. In order to do this I will have to research and develop into ideas and aquire new skills to the best of my ability.

Monday, 30 January 2012

Scream.


The first thing shown is the name of the film 'Scream' on a black background with a red font, this is typical for a horror. On the same screen as credits,becomes the sound of a phone ringing it then cross cuts to a close up of the phone which suggests its going to be a important prop throughout and the audience make the assumption its the same phone ringing as that's the next thing they see. A Lady answers, They begin to have a synchronous conversation with each other. A man is on the end of the phone however his identity isn't shown its just his voice, as a viewer because you don't know what he looks like it builds up suspense because your imagination builds up his appearance for you. It then shows outside using an establishing shot, this is so the audience can gain a concept as to where she is and what type of neighbour hood etc she is in. The camera cuts back to the girl, who then tracks the character as she moves rooms whilst still on the phone and then pans her talking and eventually gets closer to her face.The audience can now see her expression which looks quite happy.However when the phone rings again,the guy on at the end of it becomes more angry. Suddenly non-diegetic quiet music is added to the scene. It sounds like its piano playing, this adds to the tension however its not something you would normally expect to hear in a horror film therefore it challenges the conventions. The girl is in a cream jumper and denim jeans, this isn't provocative. As the camera tracks her around the house the audience can see that shes in a house maybe her parents and shes on her own at the moment.

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