Planning

We looked at another Saw film because they're such famous and popular horror films, that it would be a good idea to look at Saw 1s' opening. It started off with all the production company’s and it has eerie sounds playing so the audience then knows it's a horror. However because we have only two minutes to film our opening scene, there wouldn’t be enough time to do this. It then goes into the first scene where there is music building up as the screen is dark in the room the two characters are in. This builds tension and excitement because the audience then won't know what’s going on.
As the scene goes on and the dialog creates fear of what going to happen next the music gets louder until the audience sees the dead body. This suggests that sound plays a key role in a horror film to make it seem more scary and tension building.