Scream

This is followed by the phone ringing, a heart beating rapidly, a terrifying scream and a knife slicing into something and more screams. The ringing phone ties it into the first scene. The caller picks up the phone and the music, the beating heart, and the screams vanish. This is all done within twenty seconds of the film.

Another example of sound is in the beginning, when Casey hangs up the phone for a second time from the mysterious caller. The scene changes to the outside of the house where the camera is focused on some tree branches. There's the sound of some crickets, frogs, etc. In those noises, a creaking sound is heart. The camera travels downward and the viewer sees that it's a swing swaying back and forth that's making the noise. The rope is rubbing against the branch. It creates a feeling of tension because amongst these peaceful night noises is this odd creaking noise.

3) The director of the film Wes Craven establishes the audience to be scared and plays on the viewer's senses. There's the apprehension that something bad is going to happen. When the rope of the swing is rubbing against the tree, it also leaves the viewer wondering perhaps, is there someone in the tree? Wes Craven is setting these small elements up to scare the viewer. Another example is shown as a mid shot captures knives in a frame and exaggerates the sound as Casey pulls one out. The knives are foreshadowing to the audience what is going to happen later on in the film and toys with the audience's fears as it continues to unfold. As the sequence continues, the audience is under the impression that Casey is going to survive.

The opening reveals the character Casey and we are introduced to her in a mid shot. She appears to have blonde hair, wearing a white jumper that symbolises her innocence. Her voice and mannerism displays a vulnerable, flirty young girl that is heightened by her naivety. In the beginning of the movie when the viewer is with Casey, there's a wonderful use of the frame. Casey is on the phone with the killer. The killer threatens to kill her boyfriend, Steve, if she doesn't play a game with him. As he describes the game, Casey backs up into a space between the television and a wall that symbolises her isolation. She's in the middle surrounded by objects and she's cramped in. There's the sense that things are closing in around her and that she's trapped.