The opening sequence of scream begins with the name of the film production, "Dimension films". Followed by the tittle "Scream". The name giving the audience a clue about what to expect in the movie, the red shadow around the word may also symbolise blood, further emphasizing the genre of horror.
At the start of the opening sequence there is a close up of a phone, which links from the title as we hear a phone ring in the title. We see a girl "Drew Barrymore" in the comfort of her own home, alone picking up the phone and having what seems like a nice conversation on the phone to a stranger, meanwhile putting a pack of popcorn on the stove. The mood of the conversation changes and Drew suddenly becomes scared and begins to run around the house making sure all all the doors and windows are locked. The killer plays mind games with the Drew and leaves her terrified. The killer ties her boyfriend up and tells her he wants to play a game, they then play a question game on horror movies, she gets some right but gets some incorrect. The killer kills her boyfriend and comes after her. Chasing after her, creating even more tension he stabs her in the chest, but she still gets up and she tries to call out to her parents that are just arriving but her voice can't be heard and the killer kills her. He then hangs her body up in a tree, leaving her there for her parents to find her. Throughout the movie the voice of the killer is very important as he has a very creepy, deep voice and quickly gets infuriated each time she hangs up the call. The tension in this opening sequence is slowly built up, using diegetic and non-diegetic sound and also camera movement.
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