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.