Scream 1996
The establishing shot of Scream starts off with the phone ringing and all is heard is the ringing of the phone. The woman then answers the phone; this is quite a typical scene for a horror movie as the woman is alone in a big house at night. The phone then continues to ring for the second time and the unknown voice on the other line is a deep, suspicious voice, this adds tension to the scene. The phone rings for the third time with the unknown voice while the woman is making popcorn in the kitchen alone. In a particular part of the scene the woman is leaning on the kitchen counter and in this mise-en-scene there are knives visible as she pulls them out it is shown that these knives are very big and sharp. This sets a bit of a hint to the audience that something could soon happen with the knives as all is seen in this mise-en-scene is her and the knives.
