Psycho shower scene

This is one of the most famous scenes from a horror film, i wanted to do some research of this. I have found that this iconic scene has many stereotypical horror conventions that we plan to use in our film. Some examples being

- Eerie music
  - We want music to be our strongest point in the film, the use of music in horror films is key to sucess, this is an ideal example; with the fast paced, scary music giving an ominous feel to the entire scene, even before anything happens it is obvious that it will, this is because of the music.
- Screaming
  - When people are asked about screams in a horror film they usually remember the scream in this scene.We have many screams planned in our production as they were very effective in  other horror films like this one, both Michael and Rowen have showed us how they scream and we feel it could be a stand out feature in our opening.
- 'Fear factor'
  - The fear factor is a common feature in all horror films, especially in this scene. We want our film to have a similar effect on the audience to this film and this scene in particular, we class our production as a slasher, however it could be considered psychological as n the introduction no-one is seen being killed. However, it is implied.
  - With the use of music and the screams mentioned above i feel this will give our film the fear factor, i already have some ideas for music and we hope that this we be a strong point of our production.
- Stereotypical victim
  - In this scene there is a stereotypical horror victim; this being a defenceless, attractive girl. Through casting, we have found a suitable character in Rowen, we thought as a group that she matched the criteria of a horror victim. We also have Michael, who will play the younger brother, however he is the weaker of the two, possibly challenging the conventions of a horror movie; our roles of the cast may change and we may keep Michael as a weak child who gets killed almost instantly.