ALL - Sample Opening: Hell Night

Hell Night (Tom DeSimone, 1981) 

Budget : $2 500 000 

Box Office : Not Available

Slow opening with slow takes and no shot variations 

Scream at begining signifies horror genre  and there will be a girl (scream queen) in the film

Props include a motorbike, a banner, party items for example hats , balloons and alcohol 

Diegetic sound with bottles smashing, a trumpet and a motorbike

Characters are students at a University campus and are spread out over a huge area

The clothing and hair styles signify the time period the film is set in 

The colour red connotes the women is sexually available but also danger/blood

Lots of teenagers are drunk and taking drugs which means they are sinful and should be killed

Exposition gives us an insight into the characters and there intended archetypes

Binnary opposites with a geek and an extremely popular person

Non-diegetic sound with rock music in the background