Laura - An opening of a film, that apply's to the conventions of a Horror.

SEVERANCE. (2006)

I chose the opening clip of the film Severance (a British horror/comedy).

The film opens with a man and two women running through the woods. The women fall into a large pit trap while the man, after refusing to help them, continues running only to be caught in a snare. As the man hangs helplessly, a masked man approaches and disembowels him with a knife.

I chose it, because within the first 2 minutes, it establishes the two main characters as the 2 girls who fall in the pit trap. Eerie music, and fast paced editing is also used, as well as suitable arrangement of the credits, right before we are introduced, to the 'masked man', 2 minutes into the film.