Scream was directed by Wes Craven, it ridicules the cliches presented in typical Horror movies by breaking traditional conventions. Scream was credited with revitalizing the genre of Horror, as 70's Horror was extremely successful. People lost interest in later years, however Scream brought the genre back to life.
Here's the opening scene in which I deconstructed :
In this picture I pin pointed the main elements, however there are more aspects in terms of conventions. For example the villain is a man and men are mainly the role of the villains, the parents return home when it's too late (This is a common element in Horror, as authority never fulfills its role of maintaining social order. This reinforces the isolating position of the victim due to the location), the chase scene in which concludes in her falling, makes the audience feel empathy towards her and in relation to sound, the sound of her screaming is a conventional aspect of Horror.
In terms of what films it references, there's a strong similarity to Psycho. Drew Barrymore, the headline star dies during the first 5 minutes of the movie which leaves the audience confused to what will happen next. In Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock had the same effect on the audience when Marion (played by Janet Leigh) was killed in the first 20 minutes.
Scream is an iconic movie, in which I hope to gain inspiration from when creating my final trailer.
It helped bring back societies love of Slashers, with its use of satire and irony which is hard not to
love. When creating my trailer I hope to subvert or manipulate a convention to my benefit.
Reference (Scream image) : http://virtualgurl.tumblr.com/
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