Mise-en-scene of our horror opening locations

In the opening of our horror movie we will see many different several different scenes in which we will see different items/objects and people.

In the opening scene we enter the office where we see the detective sitting at his desk, this then leads onto him staring at his computer screen which is used in our opening to make it look as though the detective is looking for information about the case he is investigating about the antagonist.

In the next scene we go to the basement, in which we see the basement with little light and covered in plastic sheets on the floor, this is to make the basement look as though it is a regular place for the antagonist to go and to make it look as though it is old. The next camera shot, we see a hand running over a set of gardening tools this is to create more of an effect on the audience as they can associate these tools as every day objects. Then we see a well-lighten pin board which displays the targets of the antagonist, who at this point is dressed in black to hide his identity.

We then cut to the next scene where we see the office which is well lighten with the detective slamming his badge onto the table. His body language shows us just how he is feeling, he looks angered and frustrated due to the investigation of the antagonist's crimes. It shows us that the office is fairly large with pictures of the detective's brother located on the desk this is because he has been killed by the antagonist.

Our next scene see's us flash back to the basement and this time we do see the pin board again however we see the antagonist circle the face of the detective with a red pen this is to show that the audience that he is the next target of the stalker because he knows the detective is trying to track him down, the light in this scene is focused on just the stalker circling the face, this adds on effect of seriousness into the scene as we can sense danger for the detective.

We then go back to the office, where we see a bottle of "Jack Daniels" whisky on the detectives desk, this is to show the audience that the detective could be an alcoholic due to the fact that he pours several glasses.

In the final scene of the opening we see a zoom shot of the axe that the antagonist possess. We then see the lighting dimmed and we then goes to a close up of the antagonist's face, however it only shows his face with a mask so therefore his identity is still hidden.