3 Film Openings

 3 horror/mystery film openings 

     Scream 1

   The opening scene from Scream 1 shows a girl answering a phone call from a stranger and then getting brutally killed. The girl, Drew Barrymore, is home alone making popcorn, getting ready to watch a movie, when the phone rings, and it's a random guy. The guy tells her that he has the wrong number and they hang up, but he calls her again to apologize and he starts asking her questions about horror movies, like "what's your favorite scary movie?" 

   This opening conveys suspense, there is scary music in the background and the environment is dark, she is home alone and its night out, so everything is dark. 

     Murder Mystery 1

   The first two minutes of the movie Murder Mystery show the Netflix logo and the production company. It then shows two guys walking and talking and one of them tells the other that he failed his detective exam again, which gives the audience a little bit of context on what the movie is about. They talk about the dinner that they have that night with their wifes and the one that failed his exam doesn’t want to tell his wife that he failed, so he asks his friend to tell his wife to ignore the lies he will tell about being a detective over dinner. 

   This opening gives the audience a little bit of information on what the movie might be about, and that it will have to do with the guy failing and lying about passing his detective exam. 

     Coraline 

   The first two minutes of Coraline show the production company and title of movie while the theme song plays, the theme song is slow and eerie. It then shows a doll floating into a room through the window. Someone then cuts the doll, takes her stuffing out, takes her hair and eyes out, and cuts her mouth open, until all they have left is the fabric. The person then fills it up with sand, starts stitching the doll back up and sews buttons as her eyes. 

   This opening conveys suspense and mystery by making the audience wonder who is doing that to the doll and why, the music playing also adds to the suspense and mystery genre. 

     All these openings convey the mystery theme well and are all good openings. They all start in their own way, Scream 1 by showing a scary scene right away, Murder Mystery 1 by just showing a simple, normal conversation between friends, and Coraline by showing only the doll, and no characters, nevertheless, they are all great openings that get the audience engaged and makes them want to continue watching the movie.