Friday the 13th old version remake

The film starts off as a dark cloudy night sky and all we see is a full moon. In horror movies, full moons are depicted as a catalyst that makes evil come out to play! We hear the sound of frogs croaking and this lets the audience know that we are near water. We slowly hear the faint of singing voices and the camera slowly starts to move away from the sky. We hear a bird cawing. This is important as animals have the ability to sense danger before humans will.


We continue to slowly move to an establishing shot of a cabin by a lake. The words ‘Camp Crystal Lake 1958’ show up in white. The lamps appear to be producing an ominous blue glow which gives the feeling of calmness which is mirrored by the stillness of the water in the lake. This make the audience uneasy as it feels like the silence before the storm. The water perfectly reflects the land. There is not a soul outside which when combined with the singing voices contained within the cabin feels very eerie.

We then cut to a side of the cabin where there is a door and a window which is the only source of light which emphasises how dark it is outside. We are now seeing inside the cabin where there are teenagers grouped together around the fireplace playing a guitar and singing. The audience focus on the happy, singing group and are immediately aware the group are vulnerable and in danger by contrast to the build up of the scene so far. It is also ironic that they are singing songs of peace.

The camera cuts outside and we see that the wind is picking up and the leaves are rustling. This scene tells the audience that danger is approaching. The camera is now in a point of view shot showing a door with two arrows crossing. The arrows are on a red background and the way the cross is placed signifies danger. The word ‘fox’ is written below the arrows and as foxes take chickens from barns at night this too is a metaphor for danger. The door squeaks as it opens and footsteps are heard as the mysterious person enters, the singing has stopped which shows that where he is, he cannot be heard by people outside the cabin. Sinister non digetic high pitched music can be heard which builds up tension for the audience. From the perspective of the mysterious man we see he is looking at the sleeping children in their separate beds. This makes the audience nervous as they appear to be vulnerable. As the mysterious person looks around we see there are a lot of red items scattered around the room. Red can be a connotation for blood and danger. As he moves across the room, the non digetic music is building creating more tension. The mysterious man moves towards a different door, we realise then that he is not randomly killing but is selective. The door squeaks as he leaves.

The camera now cuts back to a master shot of the teenagers singing. The camera then cuts in on the teenagers allowing us to see their faces and to see their shirts showing that they are counsellors at the camp. They finish singing and the camera shows a wide shot of the group of which two of them get up and walk away into a shadow and kiss. We hear faint talking in the background.