'Scream' opening scene

This would be a good example of a thriller as it uses good techniques such as the cameras on the phone when it goes off for the second time, it zooms in as it rings again possibly representing the danger she is in or to build up the tension to find out what he says next.

It also uses a good use of pathetic fallacy as it's set at night and this adds a bit of a "scary" feature as it limits the view of the human looking around the house to see if there is anyone outside, - which adds a sense that the person is trapped and/or caged in their house.

In the scene, the character also makes wrong or predictably wrong actions such as in this scene, as it was set in the 90's, the popcorn was made differently as it was contained in a pan and it was put on the stove instead of microwave.  This would immediately set the audience off knowing that something would go wrong as first the camera keeps going back to it as it is 'growing' as the popcorn is cooking but as it carries on it catches fire, leaving smoke which adds to the idea that she cannot see who is in the house and she is put off by the fire, which may lead her to being killed by the murderer.