Research and planning - opening two minutes of the ring analysis

The film the ring is a mainstream horror film. It introduces some cliches which are included in the horror genre of films. The opening two minutes of the film shows two teenage girls having a night in watching television then one of the girls spontanously came out with this new video that if you watch it you shall die in seven days. The other girl had a worried look on her face and admitted that she has seen that video which gets the audeince to get the storyline of the film.
Some of the cliches used in the ring are that the teenage girls are home alone and usually in horror films teens are known to be spolied brats and they deserve to die the film does this by using a sterotype of typical american girls who think there better than everyone else and who like to belittle people so this will get the audience thinking that these two girls are the target of the horror film and it will make the audience also have an instant judgement on the two american girls. The opening two minutes captures tension as when the girl speaks about the video and that you die within seven days if youve approached and watched the video it goes all silent and shall make the audeince feel thats something big is going to happen. It will get the audiences adrenaline and anxiety levels up as it shall make them feel engaged and apart of the horror film as they will be questioning about whats going to happen next and it gives a social side of things as the audience will be speaking about what they believe is going to happen next. During the first 2minutes of the film you are introduced to the two main characters and the outline of the story and whats going to be included in the horror film. The 2minutes of horror films or films in general don't tend to have much going on its brief and basic so it doesn't give the whole narrative and story-line away. The first 2minutes of the ring mentions an important bit about the horror film which was if you've watched the video your going to die in seven days and the cliches mentioned for horror films have been included in the first 2minutes and another cliche has been included just after the 2minutes which was never answer the phone in a horror movie so what happens in the ring? the phone rings and one of the american girls answers it. This always infers and shows to the audience that something bad is about to happen which will create tension towards the audience and will be questioning whats going to happen next. This makes the audience feel engaged with the film.