Scary Movie Opening Scene

this is the opening to scary movie, the film of which we are basing our film on. the film genre of this film is comedy based on a horror. the genre conventions of this film are that is should be scary with a little comedy like other horrors, but this isn't so as you can see at (0.20) into the opening scene above it has a lot more comedy than normal horrors do and its sort of like a comedy with horror added in as a side line. the key codes in this film are the camera angles it uses medium level camera angles to create the effect that we are there watching the events unfold. a symbolic code would be the face that the way the scene is set out hence its at night so its dark creating the effect of nervousness

The key signifier's in this film is the man in the Halloween costume "scream" this creates a scary edge to it but as the film gets into it it turns into a funny scene instead with the scream character reading a porn magazine.

The sequence of the opening scene shows us that the rest of the  movie should be funny with a tinge of horror  but as the first scene  commences it shows us just how the comedy aspect is tied in to the so called horror film. so the rest of the film should be covered with comedy.

i think the audiences that are targeted in this film would be mainly male as it has a lot of "sexy girls" in it specifically the teenage Range so from ages 14 onwards as it has a lot a violence in it which appeals to tennagers the most but it also has alot of comedy in it that would appeal to the older audiences such as 40 onwards.