Bye Bye Berrymore According to Bordwell and Thompson, a good film’s narrational techniques are functional in telling the story. The most prominent of these techniques are mise-en-scene and cinematography. If used well they can constitute an aesthetically pleasing appeal, keeping the audiences attention, and “sucking” them into the story. In certain types of films, like horror films, for instance, the mise-en scene and cinematography can create suspense or surprise. Wes Craven effectively uses these …showed first 75 words of 1758 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1758 total…Thompson point out that the human mind is attuned to detecting both change and patterns, the latter of which are more soothing. The uneasiness and suspense Craven creates in Scream is attained through no use of patterns, but through several rapid cuts. Craven effectively performs the function of relating the story to the audience through the use of mise-en-scene and cinematography to aesthetically appeal to the audience and enrapture them in the narrative. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**