Research on opening scenes of horror movies 2/4/2025

    We decided to work in a group and we chose our genre to be horror because we all love horror movies and we find a lot of interest in creating an opening for one.

    I worked with this group before for my music marketing campaign and music videos and we have a great collaborative team effort. 

    We began to look at film openings during class to get a better understanding of horror movie opening scenes so we know what we are working with.

3 very successful horror movie openings-

IT- This opening scene establishes characters by showing immediately the main character and the clown. It shows how the boy gets taken which commences the movie and gives as hint of what is to happen next. It does a good job of showing the dynamic of these 2 characters and how they both act. Showing the boy as curious and the clown as evil/mischievous.

JAWS- This opening scene helps establish characters (a male and a female) and helps establish setting because it can be seen in the rest of the horror of the movie that the horror that will be happening will be in the water. It implies that there is something in the water attacking the girl but it does not show it. 

SCREAM- This opening scene establishes character and setting by showing her house and the girl and the main accuser. It is very mysterious and thrilling because of how the phone call goes and then how it proceeds to haunt her. It does a good job at establishing the genre by showing that it is horror and scaring the audience.