The document outlines the opening scene of the film Scream through descriptions of camerawork, mise-en-scene, editing, sound and timing. It establishes the setting of a house through establishing shots of the exterior at night. It then introduces the main character, a female, through medium shots as she receives unsettling phone calls in her kitchen. Various camera techniques like close-ups, pans and tracks are used to follow her movements between answering the phone and checking on popcorn, building suspense through her conversations with an unknown caller.

1. Step outline for film opening of Scream
Genre: Horror
Description of action Timings Mise-en-scene Sound Camerawork Editing Typography
Fades from black to the
name of the movie
(Scream), which is shown
in large blue capital
letters which then change
to red. Scene then fades
to the colour red of the
letters.
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00:00:08
Sound of the
telephone ringing,
and then of
screams
Transition from
fading from black
to red
Capitalised font
which makes the
title seem loud;
this links back to
the name of the
movie which is
‘Scream’. The
white letters
against the dark
background
makes it seem
eerie. The letters
then change to
the colour of red
accompanied by
screams, which
connotes blood
and murder.
Straight cut which is
followed by a medium
shot, to show the
telephone ringing and
then it being picked up.
00:00:08-
00:00:10
Small round
brown table with
a telephone and
book. In the
background
there is a flowery
cushion.
Diegetic sounds
such as the
telephone ringing
as well as it being
picked up.
Medium shot Straight cut
Establishing shot shows
the setting of the house.
Head and shoulders shot
is shown of the female
00:00:11-
00:00:27
Female character
with short
blonde hair and
pale green
Dialogue
exchanged
between the
female character
-Establishing
shot.
-Head and
shoulders

2. character having a
conversation on the
phone after picking it
up.Tracking of the female
character bending slightly
to put the phone back
down, and then resuming
to a straight standing
position.
jumper, using a
black corded
house phone.
Bookcase in the
background.
and the person on
the phone.
shot -
Tracking
Tracking of the female
character shows her
walking away from the
telephone, which is
followed by a slight close
up to form a head and
shoulder shot of her
pausing and then making
her way back to the
ringing telehpone.
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00:00:32
Female character
is seen, as well
as a white pillar,
dining table and
door in the
background.
Insects presumably
from outside
(crickets), and the
sudden noise of
the telephone
ringing again.
-Tracking
-Medium
Match on action used
through a straight cut, to
show a close up of the
telephone when the
arm/hand of female
character picks up the
phone and resumes the
conversation with the
unknown stranger in bust
shot. Pan is used to show
her bending when
putting the phone down.
She then hangs up once
00:00:32-
00:00:51
Female character
talking on the
black phone,
and then her
bending to put
the phone back
down which is
when the
audience see a
shot of white
double doors.
Diegetic noises
such as the phone
being picked up, as
well as more
dialogue being
exchanged. Faint
noises of crickets
from outside.
-Close up
-Pan
-Bust shot
-Match on action
(used for a sense of
continuity)
-Straight cut

3. more as it is a wrong
number.
Straight cut to show the
dark and eerie setting of
outside. Medium shot is
used to show the top of
the trees, and crane is
used to show the bottom.
A long shot is used to
show the swing and
house in the background.
00:00:52-
00:01:02
Darkness of
outside, trees,
swing and view
of the house in
the background
-Crickets
-Swinging noise
from the swing
-Medium shot
-Crane
-Long shot
Straight cut
A close up is shown of
the stove and popcorn, as
well as the wrapper being
pulled off.
00:01:03-
00:01:07
A kitchen stove
with blue lit fire,
as well as
popcorn being
placed on it
-Sound of the fire
of the stove and
wrapper being
pulled off popcorn
-Sound of sudden
telephone ring
-Close up
-Track
Straight cut
Track is then used to
follow the female leaving
the popcorn and going to
the other side of the
kitchen to answer the
phone. A long
mediumshot is given of
the female.
00:01:08-
00:01:14
Various things
usually expected
to be seen in a
kitchen e.g
dining table and
knives. In the
background you
can see floral
sofas and a tale
cabinet on the
other side of the
room
-Sound of the
telephone being
picked up
-Dialogue being
exchanged through
the phone
-Track
-Long
medium shot
Pan is used to show the
female moving from the
other end of the kitchen
00:01:15
00:01:46
-Dining table
-Fridge
-Sink
-Sound of the
popcorn rattling
-Ongoing dialogue
-Pan
-Bust shot
-Medium shot

4. back to the popcorn. She
is shown to alternate
from a bust shot to a
medium shot when she
leans on the kitchen
table. The knives on the
table are placed at the
side of her; this could be
done so that the
audience can pay close
attention to them.
-Dishes
-Popcorn
exchange between
the female and
stranger on the
phone
Close up is shown of
kettle and popcorn on
stove.
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00:01:50
-Kettle
-Stove
-Popcorn
-Popcorn rattling
-Dialogue
-Close up Straight cut
Pan and long shot of
female walking towards
the corridor out of the
kitchen
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00:01:54
Kitchen -Popcorn rattling
-Dialogue
-Pan
-Long shot
Straight cut
Close up which form a
medium shot of the
female walking down the
corridor
00:01:55-
00:02:00
Dark corridor
with door
-Dialogue -Close up
-Medium shot