Research into other horror movies

In the opening scene of Ghost Ship, it focusses on the Protagonist who you already see is alone and vulnerable. and the theme of the movie is quickly made apparent.

In the opening scene of ‘Friday the 13^th’, the children and camp leaders are singing hallelujah which is about going to heaven which foreshadows what is about to happen. When the attacker kills the camp leaders, you see the deaths from the perspective of the attacker with a point of view shot. This creates a sense of ambiguity as to who the killer is.

In the opening scene of ‘Dawn of the Dead’. One example of Mise en Scene is that they use extensive makeup on the actors who are playing zombies and close up shots are used of the antagonist in order to try and shock the audience.

In the opening scene of ‘IT’, screechy music is used to put the audience on edge and convey a sense that there is something strange going on.

The juxtaposition of happy music against the dark iconography as seen in The Autopsy of Jane Doe and 10 Cloverfield Lane’s trailers. This makes the audience feel on edge and tense.

In the opening scene of ‘The Babysitter’, the audience gets no indication that this is a horror movie and seems as if it is a Rom Com. As the film develops it becomes a horror movie and one of the two protagonists in the film becomes the antagonist.