It Follows (2014) - opening scene

 Horror movie significant opening scene. 
It follows opening scene analysis.
In the beginning of this scene we are introduced with a slow paced establishing shot of the setting which is a middle class neighbourhood road, in the Autumn, the camera then stops and focuses on one house in particular we then see a young lady come running out of the front door, She looks frightened this makes the audience curious to know what she is running from, The camera than zooms in closer to her and there is a tracking shot used to keep us with her running. Mise en scene in this scene is interesting as the girl is wearing high heels and a white vest and shorts. This is an odd costume for her to be wearing as we can see in this scene that it is autumn , as the leaves of trees have fallen of and its cloudy and not at all sunny. This suggests that the girl is so desperate to run out of the house that she didn't care about feeling cold in what she's wearing as it is ironic that she is sprinting in  heels. The girl then stops at the middle of the road in a long shot so that we can see her full body and the setting behind her. This shot is close enough for us to see her facial expression which is one of fear as she looks from side to side as if she is paranoid. This suggests that there is someone or something after her  that only she can see. then there is some diegetic  sound of her panting, this is a very typical sound in horror movies as panting and gasps show us how anxious the character is feeling and makes it personal to them this connotes fear and adrenalin. There is then dialogue followed by her dad asking if she is okay and she says "I'm fine dad" this is ironic as we can clearly see she is not acting normal so her dialogue connotes mystery and suggests she is hiding the problem from her dad. The girl then starts running again and the camera follows her running in a circular motion emphasising how disoriented she is. There is then nondiegetic sound being played as background music , the music is slow and has loud thumping sounds that makes it sound creepy causing tension in this scene. The girl runs in the house then comes running back out and when she comes running out the music changes to a fast paced rhythm which connotes adrenalin and accelerates the scene.The girl rushes into the car and drives off in along shot allowing the audience to see the surroundings. The camera then cuts to a shot inside the vehicle filming the character from the back as if the audience is sitting in the back seat of the car.This is effective as it makes the scene more personal and causes fear for the audience as we feel as if we are in the moment with her.Supposedly her mobile then rings and the girl quickly looks back in this shot while still stirring.