Scream - Narrative Image

The woman on the front cover immediately draws the attention of the audience and it also suggests that she is going to be the main character in the play. Her expression causes the audience to ask, what is she looking at? What can she see that is scaring her? The title scream also causes the feeling of enigma as we question who is going to be screaming, is it going to be just the female on the cover or someone else? There are colour conventions on the cover aswell such as the use of red which implies blood and gore. The audience wonders if this is going to be a feature in the film, will it involve murder, suicide another type of death? The slogan at the bottom suggests the setting is surburban within a home but the audience anticipates what is going to keep the character(s) trapped at home.

The cover is very simple with just one large central image and large title across the top and slogan along the bottom. This means that the audience has to ask a lot of questions with very little but there are questions to ask. The only way we find the answer to these questions is by watching the film.