SCREAM ANALYSIS!

Why were the particular editing techniques used in the sequence? What does it mean to the audience?

Long Shot: Casey on the phone - She is on the phone, making the mood seem ordinary like they have the wrong number. The fact they keep calling back, brings suspence upon the audience because they know that something is not quite right about the call.

Short Shot: Popcorn, when Casey is panicking and running about the house and when her boyfriend is sitting outside taped to the chair - This shot is normally used in a sense of urgency and to add suspense to the audience. This
Cutaway: Scream stabbing girl whilst parents are in house, the popcorn packet had expanded through one shot to the other, when the boyfriend is in the chair in the garden and scream is on the phone asking questions - This gives the audience a sense of timing, either she is running out of it or gaining it. Also gives the audience the sense of flowing and suspense.
Cut: These are used through out the whole movie - Used to make the movie flow.
Eyeline match: When the phone first rings when she is looking at the door, and when she is looking at her boyfirned - This gives the audience suspense, also makes the audience feel they are in the scene as they are looking at the object through the characters eyes.
Cross Cutting: Looking at the car, back to the girl, back to the car and the car is closer - This makes the film flow as well as a Cut does, because it doesnt make the audience wait as much as it would in real life.