Scream Opening Scene Analysis

The First shot of this clip shows a woman who is obviously very scared and trying to be quiet going out of a door, and then hiding in a corner. She is holding a phone which suggests she may want to call someone to get help, however by doing this she would have to speak, revealing her position, also, she seems to be shaking quite vigorously which signifies the terrified feelings that she has at this moment. The scene then cuts to a shot through the window - from her point of view - in which a dark figure runs across the room. We then see a car heading towards the house, as we don't know who this is, the audience could think it could be someone that she has called to get help, or it could be someone who's helping the hooded figure. However there is also the possibility that the car is just visiting without any knowledge of what is occurring at the house.

We then see the woman crawling under the window, as she doesn't want the person who's in her house to find her, however as she stands up she turns around and the figure is standing right next to the window. He then punches through the window and grabs her hand, which is holding a knife. As she is not expecting him to smash through the window she is not prepared and has to hit him with her phone. She then tries to run away, and we see her look at someone who is tied up, who we assume the figure has murdered. She knows the car is coming into the driveway, so she tries to run to them. The expression on her face shows her desperation, however the the masked infiltrator catches up with her, he drags her to the floor and shows no hesitation in sticking a knife through her chest, the shot of them on the floor shows the power of the murderer as the camera is facing upwards to see him, however the woman is being looked down upon by the camera shot. The close up of the mask shows that it is nothing more than a Halloween costume. Nevertheless she still tries to get up and run to the car, and when the people go to the door, they do not notice her as she cannot speak. They then notice the open door and start to panic, they rush around the house noticing the devastation, while just outside the murderer is with their daughter.

I Know What You Did Last Summer Opening Scene Analysis

The genre of the loud music at the start of the scene suggests that the film will be serious, and the low pitched vocals suggest to us that the film will be negative, and as it is a horror film, this is what we expect. Also, the overpowering sound of the waves on the rocks shows us the power of the sea, and suggests that the sea may be important later on during the film, the continuous music and spanning over the sea reinforces this idea. the sunset in the background suggests the film will be set in the night time, as this is the start of the film and the sun has almost set.

the high pitched sounds in the background suggests that something is building up and there may be an important event in the film. We then see a road which could mean that this road could be linked to this event.

We can see that the setting sun is always on the left of the picture until the camera starts to pan over the land. This suggests that the director wants us to notice the sun and how low it is until it gets dark, due to this being a horror film and this opening scene, we can expect the film to be at night time.

Looper Opening Scene Analysis

The start of this scene shows Levitt looking at his watch. The watch is quite outdated, which means we know that this is set some time ago. We then see a close up of his face in which he is repeating something which can be heard through his headphones. The dull look on his face and his tone of voice tells us he is bored, or he is fed up of doing this job.

He then looks at his watch again, as if he's waiting for something to happen, and after this he stands up. The fact that he is holding a gun shows us he has a lot of authority and the way he holds it shows us he is comfortable with handling this.

We then see a figure appear with a hood over his head. We know that this is not a realistic film as we see the hooded figure materialize from nothing. Then Levitt casually shoots him as soon as he appears. This shows that he's obviously doing a job for someone. Levitt seems to be quite casual about shooting someone in the face, we expect him to be a lot different seeing as he just killed someone.

Levitt throwing his gun down shows that he must have to do something with the body as a routine. The scene then cuts to the title of the film with a loud bang and slowly fades out.

The Dark Knight Opening Scene - Bank Robbery Analysis

The Dark Knight starts with an establishing shot of a City in which the opening scene takes place, of a bank robbery. In this scene, we expect to see conventions of an action film for example violence and weapons, which is portrayed by the criminals in masks. We can obviously depict the protagonist from scene when he decides to combat the criminals single handedly and shows no fear when they first enter the bank.

From how the criminals enter the bank, ziplining from another building shows that they have put alot of thought into this and are experienced in organised crime. This tells us that this scene is important in the film as there has been a lot of preparation, and the protagonist is introduced. Also, the fact that the scene is set in a busy city in daytime also shows that the bank robbers are confident and experienced enough so that they can pull it off.

The lack of music in the scene shows it is dramatic enough not to need any build up and shows the importance of the whole bank robbery. This could also be due to the speech during the scene being important, meaning having music would make the dialogue less effective.