A2 Media OCR

1. Analysis into Chosen
Genre (horror)
By Nicole McClelland
Scream 4

2. First we start off with an inset “in the beginning” suggesting it’s a
follow on.
Diegetic sound is herd of a phone ringing which is typical of a
scream movie. Voice over along with a black inset is used “what’s
your favourite scary movie?” this again is a quote that is infamous in
these movies. We then hear another diegetic sound of a scary
boom sound which is set out to automatically scare the audience
and keep their attention. This is then followed by the scream
character in his black costume and scary mask launching towards
the camera which can be extremely scary if you haven’t seen any
of the previous movies and weren’t expecting it. This, straight away
tells the viewer that it is a horror movie.
This is followed by a straight cut with non-diegetic sound of a line
being disconnected. Arial shot of the location of a school is then
shown on the screen; this suggests that the characters are going to
be of school age.
Point of view shot is then shot through the video recorder, another
straight cut is seen met with a two shot which is ironic as there are
two girls playing around prank calling someone asking what their
favourite scary movie is, and this again suggests a little bit more on
the main characters in the film. Costume and lighting are normal as
you’d expect from two teenage characters.

3. Inset “now a new generation” suggests to the audience that theres
more added from the last movies and more of the story to tell.
Non-diegetic music with the voice over of a reporter, which then
turns into diegetic. Within this report the reporter is saying that it is
the anniversary of the murders in the town. This is then ironically met
with a high angle camera climbing up slowly show mini figures of
the scream figure.
Over the shoulder shot is seen in the location of a school corridor.
Teenage boy asks another what his favourite scary movie is, this
then changes into a reverse shot as he says “ill show you” in a very
intimidating manor, this could lead the audience to arise questions
as to whether this intimidating character has any part of the
murders later on. Inset narrative “is about to meet”
Depth of field is used in the next part of the
trailer when we see Sidney who has returned
to her home town. The use of this makes the
audience aware that she is a very important
character within the movie. After this we are
then shown a point of view shot as she looks
up at these hanging scream figures.

4. This special effect used here could resemble a possible flash back or
a bad essence that Sidney knows something is up and unusually
creepy about her return home. An inset again Is seen “a ghost from
the past” this is very ambiguous to the audience as they could be
contemplating whether scream is really going to come back as a
ghost or as a copycat.
Going into the house we are met with a humorous zoom in on the
closet, after scream phones another main character saying he’s in
the closet.
Diegetic sound of the telephone when Sidney
answers is obvious who’s on the end of the line
to the audience which in some cases may
emphasis the suspense. Scream then says in his
terrifying voice “welcome home Sidney”
Then we come into some interesting editing/
special effect on the trailer. Is could be seen as
a bright flash of light which then fades into a
long shot of a old scary house in the night light.
Diegetic sound of the telephone when Sidney
answers is obvious who’s on the end of the line
to the audience which in some cases may
emphasis the suspense. Scream then says in his
terrifying voice “welcome home Sidney”
Then we come into some interesting editing/
special effect on the trailer. Is could be seen as
a bright flash of light which then fades into a
long shot of a old scary house in the night light.

5. Leading up to this take, the audience are again on edge with the
diegetic music lead up, but after this and the girl opening the closet
to find nothing there makes the audience feel at ease, like they can
have a quick break from the jump part of the trailer. This is another
common trait in a horror film creating a big lead up to a scary,
jumpy aspect, but then it being humorous because you built up that
much suspense and nothing scary happened. A close up on the girls
face emphasises the terror on her face, but at the same time a
sense of relief.
Here is the part where the short takes and action
of the trailer come into play. We are again met
with a bright white inset, this to the audience can
be seen as their life flashing before there eyes
before watching the next bit.
Then these fantastic insets are included, this has
obviously been done as a trade mark for Wes
Craven. Just before this is on screen we hear the
non-diegetic sound of a woman screams again
reiterating that it is a horror movie.
A straight cut then shows a close up of scream pop up stuns the
audience. Followed by the screaming of another woman who then
starts to run with the camera behind her. This could be used to show
it as scream being behind her because straight after this we see
short takes and reverse shots and the woman gets killed, the close
up of the woman's face has a direct effect of fear on the audience
because her expressions are more in your face.
Diegetic sound of a door being
kicked open and a low angle of a
full shot of the killer, scream makes
him look ever scarier and a lot more
in control and intimidating especially
with his prop of the knife in his hand.

6. To take us to the next part of the trailer we see a white flash inset,
leading into a black and white shot of a wall, written in what is
blood saying “whats your favourite scary movie?”
An establishing shot is used of 3 characters
sitting down the girl in the middle says “it’s
time for someone new to die” here the
audience pre-empts that something is going
to happen to her, this is confirmed in almost
a millisecond. A short flash of light with the
straight cut followed by the same character
screaming with an over the shoulder shot of
scream striking a knife down but you can’t
see who which makes the audience wonder.
This part also has a scary diegetic sound
when the knife is struck to emphasise the
killing.
Straight cut into a close up of the main character with a voice over.
After this we see a green title of “stab” this makes us feel like it’s a
movie within a movie.
Voice over of 2 school guys saying whats different with the
new killer. A low angled shot of a character under the bed is
automatically scary, but then we see part of the feet of
scream, this makes people prepare for him to pop out.
An inset saying
“someone has
reinvented the game”
the non-diegetic sound
changes to an upbeat
sound.

7. We then have some humour when the voice over says “and virgins
can die now” a straight cut takes us into a interview room with the
blonde character saying “does that mean I'm not going to live as
long as these two?” flicks back to the 2 guys in the classroom and
reply's with “clearly”
Short cuts then follow to create
suspense as we know that someone
clearly bad is going to happen. Again
is confirmed when scream is seen
through the computer of the male
police officer outside in the car, the
close up shows that he cares for this
woman. He shouts “Gail, behind you!”
as soon as this is said we have a kind
of depth of field and can see over the
actors shoulder the killer.
Flash inset
White inset then changes to black.
another voice over of the guys explaining the killer. Location
changed into a barn like setting with a mid-shot of a woman
character. She on her own makes her vulnerable. Point of view shot,
looking through a video recorder
Short takes of different parts of
the movie, music become more
consistent and up beat, this
means were coming to the end
of the trailer.

8. An inset with the short takes of
different scenes of girls screaming
emphasis the fact that this is a horror
movie and is going to be jumpy and
scary. Film’s title
We then see a fade, music and suspense dies down. We go back to
the character in the low light area on the phone with the expression
of distress. Tells the audience, in a way, that she’s next. Scream then
says down the phone “none of the above” met with a sudden black
inset and a sudden piece of non-diegetic music, this leads the
audience into wondering whether she got away or not, very
ambiguous.
Shots vary in the last part of the trailer
with 2 police in their car, the audience
are supposed to feel safe as they should
with the presents of the authority, but the
uneasiness of the police themselves do
not give off that safety. We then
suddenly flick to another part of the
movie of screaming groups of people
with a high angled shot of a woman
falling from above onto a van.
Then we go back to the police in the
car. One of the police that have left
the car looks into to find his colleagues
head on the steering wheel, looking
dead, he reaches out and it turns out
to be a practical joke making the
audience jump in the process. Low to
high angled shot is shown. The last part
of the trailer a show scream taking the
last strike suggesting to the audience
that he hasn’t been caught and leaves
us to question this which then as a result
makes us want to watch the movie. The
last inset tells us when the movie comes
out, directly addressing the audience.