One of the key aspects to my film opening will be the usage of suspense. It is important that I implement this technique to create a feeling of paranoia and anxiety in the audience. I actually plan on barely showing Scrow throughout the film opening. Instead, I will only show him in the climax of the scene and when things truly get intense. I want to use other things like a close up of a door not being locked, or the clueless persona of the victim to give the audience an idea of what's about to happen.
A good example of a film that has minimal shots of the actual killer in their opening scene is “Scream” (1996) where instead of showing the actual killer, things like dark lights, phone calls, exposed turns throughout the house, and more are used to build suspense and fear. Infact, the build up can sometimes be even scarier than the actual kill/attack scene! In the scene, the director constantly cuts back to a shot of popcorn being made with no supervision because the potential victim is distracted by the mysterious presence of the killer. This shot of the popcorn is used to build more suspense in the scene. It represents that the victim's time is slowly dissipating as you only have so much time until the popcorn goes bad; or in this case until the killer gets to the victim.
You can watch the film opening yourself through this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3lSvJ5RXKA
“Rising Popcorn” and “Victim/Killer” in Scream (1996)
I plan on trying to implement some of these techniques into my film opening as it adds more to the ticking time bomb of suspense.
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