Scream analysis - Miss H

 Scream.

At the very start of ‘Scream’ you immediately realise it is a psychological horror.
The target audience of ‘Scream’ is an older audience 18 and above because not only does it contain strong language and violence but it contains scenes of a gruesome nature that can cause distress to some audiences. For example, 

The first horror foundations emerge in the opening seconds of ‘Scream’, Kacy receives a phone call that makes her uneasy, the phone then rings again and she is drawn into a conversation with the mysterious caller.

‘Scream’ has a slight thriller aspect, this is when the man on the phone says something that scares her psychologically and puts the audience on the edge of there seat.
In ‘Scream’ the director uses a establishing shot, this sets the scene and shows the audience where the character is.

The camera shot I am specifically talking about is the one that shows the audience the garden and then Kacy’s house, this tells you it is a horror movie as the house is miles away from the town, it is isolated and therefore so is Kacy, this also shows us voyeurism as the antagonist is looking in on her and so is the audience.

‘Scream’ uses sound to scare the audience and character eg: Kacy realises she’s being watched so she locks all the doors and looks out the front window she then walks into the other room and then straight after that the door bell rings this scares her and the audience as its unexpected.
Mise En Scene in ‘Scream’ creates the setting, this affects the target year, for example Scream was made in 1996 so the clothes worn by the characters reflect this time period.

The Mise En Scene also shows a horror element in the film an example of this is when Kacy plays with a knife whilst on the phone creating a horror element, she mentions another horror movie where the killer used a kitchen knife as the murder weapon, and this shows us dramatic irony.




You comment briefly on camera, sound and mise-en-scene. To improve, you need to expand on your ideas to demonstrate detailed analysis using the PEER method.

You need to also:

1. Replace 'aim' of scream with 'target audience'.

2. You speak of scenes of a gruesome nature - please provide examples of them to support your comments.

3. The third paragraph needs work - it is not a 'slight' thriller aspect. It is a thriller and you have to justify why by picking identifying the genric conventions that feature in it.