TEXTUAL ANALYSES
AT THIS STAGE WE LOOKED AT HORROR FILM TRAILERS , HORROR FILM POSTERS AND HORROR FILM MAGAZINES IDENTIFYING AND ANALYZING THE SEVERAL FEATURES THAT THEY ALL HELD SUCH AS MISE EN SCENE, LIGHTING, TYPOGRAPHY ETC THIS IS ALL ESSENTIAL IN ALLOWING US TO GAIN FURTHER UNDERSTANDING OF THEY TYPICAL HORROR TRAILER , MAGAZINE AND POSTER ENSURING WE INCLUDE SIMILAR FEATURES IN OUR OWN CREATION.
HORROR POSTERS
FILM TITLE: CARRIE
RELEASE DATE: 2013 DIRECTOR: KIMBERLY PEIRCE FILM INFO: CARRIE IS BASED ON THE ON THE ORIGINAL CARRIE BY STEPHEN KING IT'S THE THIRD FILM ADAPTATION OF HIS NOVEL SAME NAME SYNOPSIS: CARRIE WHITE IS A SHY AND AWKWARD TEEN WHO WAS RAISED IN AN OVERLY RELIGIOUS HOME CARRIE IS FREQUENTLY THE TARGET OF BULLIES AT HIGH SCHOOL BUT UNKNOWN TO MANY CARRIE HAS A SECRET ,SHE IS ABLE TO MOVE THINGS WITH HER MIND. ON PROM NIGHT A SERIOUSLY CRUEL PRANK PUSHES CARRIE TO NEW LIMITS AND SHE BEGINS TO UNLEASH HER TELEKINETIC POWERS ON ANYONE WHO GETS IN HER WAY. PRODUCTION/ FINANCING COMPANY: MISHER FILMS PRINCIPLE CAST: CHLOE GRACE MORTEZ AS CARRIE WHITE, JUDY GREER AS MISS DESJARDIN PORTIA DOUBLEDAY AS CHRIS HARGENSEN ALEX RUSSEL AS BILLY NOLAN GABRIELLA WILDE AS SUE SNELL JULIANE MOORE AS MARGARET WHITE ANSEL ELGORT AS TOMMY ROSS BARRY SHABAKA HENLEY AS PRINCIPLE HENRY MORTON ZOE BELKIN AS TINA BLAKE KARRISA STRAIN AS NICKI WATSON KATIE STRAIN AS LIZZY WATSON SAMANTHA WEINSTEIN AS HEATHER DEMETRIUS JOYETTE AS GEORGE DAWSON MOUNA TRAORE AS ERIKA SUB - GENRE: SUPERNATURAL HORROR RE- MAKE: THIS IS THE THIRD ADAPTATION OF STEPHEN KING NOVEL PUBLISHED IN 1974 |
MISE EN SCENE
LIGHTING:THE BACKGROUND HERE IS KEPT DARK WITH USE OF LOW KEY LIGHTING AND THE MAIN IMAGE CAN BE SEEN DRENCHED IN BLOOD
NVC: THE CHARACTER CAN BE SEEN GIVING DIRECT EYE CONTACT WITH BOTH ARMS RAISED CREATING WITHIN THE VIEWER A SENSE OF FEAR AS SHE IS DRENCHED IN BLOOD ADDING TO FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN AS SHE MAY HAVE KILLED SOMEONE WITHOUT THE USE OF ANYTHING BUT HER HANDS PORTRAYING HER AS ANIMALISTIC.
SETTING: THERE IS NO SETTING THAT CAN BE SEEN WITHIN THIS POSTER AS IT IS PITCH BLACK.
PROPS: THERE IS NO PROPS APART FROM HER HANDS WHICH MAY BE CONSIDERED WEAPONS
COSTUME: THE CHARACTER CAN BE SEEN WEARING A DRESS DRENCHED IN BLOOD HER EYE CONTACT MAY SUGGEST TO THE VIEWER THAT SHE IS TO BE FEARED.
CAMERA: THIS IS A LONG SHOT AN IS USED TO ESTABLISH THAT THE MAIN IMAGE IS COVERED IN BLOOD.
TYPOGRAPHY: THE TITLE IS MADE BOLD IN COMPARISON TO THAT OF THE OTHER TEXT IN ORDER TO BE EYE CATCHING TO ITS VIEWER AND KEEPS A CONSISTENT COLOUR SCHEME OF WHITE AND RED.
TARGET AUDIENCE: THIS MOVIE HAS AN AGE RATING OF 15 IN THE UK AND APPEALS TO THAT OF TEENAGERS AND WOULD MOST LIKELY DRAW THEIR ATTENTION AND HAVE THE AFFECT INTENDED BY THE CREATORS ON ITS AUDIENCE
PRINCIPLE CAST:
ETHAN HAWKE AS ELLISON OSWALT JULIET RYLANCE AS TRACY OSWALT FRED THOMPSON AS SHERIFF JAMES RANSONE AS DEPUTY SO & SO CLARE FOLEY AS ASHLEY OSWALT MICHAEL HALL D'ADDARIO AS TREVOR OSWALT VINCENT D'ONOFRIO AS PROFESSOR JONAS |
FILM TITLE: SINISTER
RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 12TH 2012 DIRECTOR: SCOTT DERRICKSON FILM INFO: THIS IS A SUPERNATURAL HORROR AND STARS ETHAN HAWKE AS A FICTIONAL TRUE CRIME WRITER A SEQUEL WAS LATER RELEASED AUGUST 2015 SYNOPSIS: ELLISON WATSON MOVES HIS FAMILY INTO A NEW HOME IN WHICH THE PREVIOUS OWNERS WERE BRUTALLY MURDERED HE IS FULLY AWARE OF THIS BUT THE REST OF HIS FAMILY REMAINS IN THE DARK, BIZARRE EVENTS BEGIN TO TAKE PLACE AND WHAT ELLISION HAD INTENDED TO USE AS THE BASIS FOR HIS NEW BOOK BECOMES FATAL FOR THAT OF HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY. PRODUCTION/ FINANCING COMPANY: ALLIANCE FILMS AUTOMATIK BLUMHOUSE PROUDCTIONS IM GLOBAL POSSESSED PICTURES MORE CAST:
VICTORIA LEIGH AS STEPHANIE STEVENSON CAMERON OCASIO AS BBQ BOY ETHAN HABERFIELD AS POOL PARTY BOY DANIELLE KOTCH AS LAWN WORK GIRL BLAKE MIZRAHI AS CHRISTOPHER MILLER NICK KING AS BUGHUUL SUB - GENRE: SUPERNATURAL HORROR RE - MAKE: THIS WAS NOT A REMAKE |
MISE EN SCENE
LIGHTING: THE LIGHTING HERE IS KEPT LOW KEY THERE IS A CONSISTENT GRAY THEME
NVC: THE CHARACTER CAN BE SEEN FACING AWAY FROM THE CAMERA WHICH MAKES HER SEEM CLOSED OFF SHE IS DRAGGING HER ARM ACROSS THE WALL ADDING MYSTERY TO HER CHARACTER . THE PAINT / BLOOD ON THE WALL IS GIVEN A FACE HOWEVER AND IS GIVING THE FEMALE DIRECT EYE CONTACT ALLOWING THE VIEWER TO INFER THAT SHE IS IN DANGER.
SETTING:THE SETTING APPEARS TO BE AN ABANDONED / NOT VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF ROOM AS THE WALLS ARE PEELING.
PROPS: THERE ARE NO PROPS WITHIN THIS IMAGE
COSTUME:THE MAIN CHARACTER CAN BE SEEN WEARING WHAT APPEARS TO BE PAJAMAS SUGGESTING SHE IS TIRED AND DISENGAGED.
CAMERA: THE USE OF LONG SHOT IS USED TO SHOW THE MAIN SUBJECTS ENTIRE SETTING WITH HER BACK TURNED TO WHAT SEEMS TO BE A PAINTED FACE INTO THE WALL THIS AND HER HAND TOUCHING THIS PAINT THIS CREATES WITH THE VIEWER A SENSE OF TENSION
TYPOGRAPHY: THE MAIN TITLE IS MADE BIG AND USES SANS SERIF IN ORDER TO ADD TA DARK NOT TO BOLD LOOK IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE IT IS A PART OF THE WALL THE TAGLINE MAY ALSO LEAD THE AUDIENCE TO BELIEVE THAT SHE HAS NOT SEEN THE IMAGE BEHIND HER AND SHE IS THE NEXT VICTIM.
TARGET AUDIENCE: THIS MOVIE HAS AN AGE RATING OF 15 AND ITS POSTER WOULD CATCH THE EYE OF THAT OF SOMEONE WITHIN THIS AGE RANGE AND OLDER.
LIGHTING: THE LIGHTING HERE IS KEPT LOW KEY THERE IS A CONSISTENT GRAY THEME
NVC: THE CHARACTER CAN BE SEEN FACING AWAY FROM THE CAMERA WHICH MAKES HER SEEM CLOSED OFF SHE IS DRAGGING HER ARM ACROSS THE WALL ADDING MYSTERY TO HER CHARACTER . THE PAINT / BLOOD ON THE WALL IS GIVEN A FACE HOWEVER AND IS GIVING THE FEMALE DIRECT EYE CONTACT ALLOWING THE VIEWER TO INFER THAT SHE IS IN DANGER.
SETTING:THE SETTING APPEARS TO BE AN ABANDONED / NOT VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF ROOM AS THE WALLS ARE PEELING.
PROPS: THERE ARE NO PROPS WITHIN THIS IMAGE
COSTUME:THE MAIN CHARACTER CAN BE SEEN WEARING WHAT APPEARS TO BE PAJAMAS SUGGESTING SHE IS TIRED AND DISENGAGED.
CAMERA: THE USE OF LONG SHOT IS USED TO SHOW THE MAIN SUBJECTS ENTIRE SETTING WITH HER BACK TURNED TO WHAT SEEMS TO BE A PAINTED FACE INTO THE WALL THIS AND HER HAND TOUCHING THIS PAINT THIS CREATES WITH THE VIEWER A SENSE OF TENSION
TYPOGRAPHY: THE MAIN TITLE IS MADE BIG AND USES SANS SERIF IN ORDER TO ADD TA DARK NOT TO BOLD LOOK IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE IT IS A PART OF THE WALL THE TAGLINE MAY ALSO LEAD THE AUDIENCE TO BELIEVE THAT SHE HAS NOT SEEN THE IMAGE BEHIND HER AND SHE IS THE NEXT VICTIM.
TARGET AUDIENCE: THIS MOVIE HAS AN AGE RATING OF 15 AND ITS POSTER WOULD CATCH THE EYE OF THAT OF SOMEONE WITHIN THIS AGE RANGE AND OLDER.
PRINCIPLE CAST:
TOBIN BELL AS JOHN KRAMER, COSTAS MANDY AS DETECTIVE, MARK HOFFMAN SCOTT PATTERSON AS AGENT PETER STRAHM BETSY RUSSEL AS JILL TUCK LYRIQ BENT AS LIEUTENANT DANIEL RIGG ATHENA KARKANIS AS AGENT LINDSEY PEREZ JUSTIN LOUIS AS ART BLANK DONNIE WAHLBERG AS DETECTIVE ERIC MATTHEWS ANGUS MACFADYEN AS JEFF DENION DINA MEYER AS DETECTIVE ALLISON KERRY MARTY ADAMS AS IVAN LANDSNESS JANET LAND AS MORGAN RON LEA AS REX |
FILM TITLE: SAW IV
RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 26TH 2007 DIRECTOR: DARREN LYNN BOU-SMAN FILM INFO: SAW IV IS THE FOURTH INSTALLMENT OF THE SAW FRANCHISE.
SYNOPSIS: JIGSAWS KILLERs OBSEESION WITH TEACHING PEOPLE THE VALUE OF THEIR LIVES CONTINUES ON INTO THIS INSTALLMENT AS A CASETTE IS DISCOVERED DURING THE AUTOPSY IN HIS STOMACH WARNING THAT THE GAMES WILL CONTINUE DANIEL RIGG SURE ENOUGH IS FORCED TO FOLLOW THE THIS TRAIL OF TORTURE IN ORDER TO FIND HIS TWO MISSING COLLEAGUES. PRODUCTION/ FINANCING COMPANY: TWISTED PICTURES PRINCIPLE CAST:
SARAIN BOYLAN AS BRENDA, BILLY OTIS AS CECIL ADAMS, KEVIN RUSHTON AS TREVOR MIKE REALBA AS DETECTIVE FISK INGRID HART AS TRACY RIGG JAMES VAN PATTEN AS DR. HEFFNER EMMANUELLE VAUGIER AS ADDISON CORDAY NOAM JENKINS AS MICHAEL MARKS TONY NAPPO AS GUS COLYARD MIKE BUTTERS AS PAUL STALLBERG J. LAROSE AS TROY OREN KOULES AS DONNIE GRECO SUB GENRE: SUPERNATURAL HORROR
RE - MAKE: THIS IS CONTINUATION AND THE FOURTH INSTALLMENT OF THE SAW FRACHISE |
MISE EN SCENE
LIGHTING:THE BACKGROUND IS KEPT DARK HOWEVER AROUND THE MAIN IMAGE ILLUMINATED IN ORDER TO DRAW FOCUS TO THE CHARACTER CREATING A FOCAL POINT FOR THE AUDIENCE .
NVC: THE MAIN IMAGE IS FACING AWAY FROM THE VIEWERS WHICH CREATES A CLOSED OF TENSE ATMOSPHERE FOR THE VIEWER THIS IS FURTHER EMPHASIZED BY THE CHARACTER BEING STRAPPED INTO A CHAIR AND MASKED WHICH CREATES FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
SETTING: THE SETTING APPEARS TO BE A DARK AND ABANDONED ROOM WITH ONLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LIGHT ON THE MAIN IMAGE MAKING THEM THE FOCAL POINT OF THE PAGE
PROPS: THERE ARE NO PROPS BEING USED
COSTUME:THE INDIVIDUAL IS WEARING A CLOAK AS WELL AS PIGS FACE WHICH ADDS AN ELEMENT OF FEAR WITHIN THE VIEWER .
CAMERA: THE USE OF LONG SHOT HERE IS USED TO ESTABLISH THE ENTIRE MAIN IMAGE BEING STRAPPED INTO THE TORTURE DEVICE THE INDIVIDUAL IS CLOAKED AND ONLY PART OF A PIGS FACE CAN BE SEEN CREATING AN ELEMENT OF FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN. AS IT BECOMES DIFFICULT FOR THE VIEWER TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE FACE IS THE INDIVIDUALS OR A MASK.
TYPOGRAPHY: THE TEXTS APPEARS TO BE THAT OF SANS SERIF THE TITLE IS WRITTEN IN RED A COLOUR THAT CONNOTES DANGER AS WELL AS BLOOD THE LOWER CREDITS ARE THEN WRITTEN IN WHITE WHICH JUXTAPOSES REDS CONNOTATION HOWEVER ADDS TO THE MYSTERY OF THE UNKNOWN.
TARGET AUDIENCE: THE AGE RATING OF SAW IV IS 18 AND THEREFORE AIMED AT YOUNG ADULTS WITHIN THIS AGE RANGE
LIGHTING:THE BACKGROUND IS KEPT DARK HOWEVER AROUND THE MAIN IMAGE ILLUMINATED IN ORDER TO DRAW FOCUS TO THE CHARACTER CREATING A FOCAL POINT FOR THE AUDIENCE .
NVC: THE MAIN IMAGE IS FACING AWAY FROM THE VIEWERS WHICH CREATES A CLOSED OF TENSE ATMOSPHERE FOR THE VIEWER THIS IS FURTHER EMPHASIZED BY THE CHARACTER BEING STRAPPED INTO A CHAIR AND MASKED WHICH CREATES FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
SETTING: THE SETTING APPEARS TO BE A DARK AND ABANDONED ROOM WITH ONLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LIGHT ON THE MAIN IMAGE MAKING THEM THE FOCAL POINT OF THE PAGE
PROPS: THERE ARE NO PROPS BEING USED
COSTUME:THE INDIVIDUAL IS WEARING A CLOAK AS WELL AS PIGS FACE WHICH ADDS AN ELEMENT OF FEAR WITHIN THE VIEWER .
CAMERA: THE USE OF LONG SHOT HERE IS USED TO ESTABLISH THE ENTIRE MAIN IMAGE BEING STRAPPED INTO THE TORTURE DEVICE THE INDIVIDUAL IS CLOAKED AND ONLY PART OF A PIGS FACE CAN BE SEEN CREATING AN ELEMENT OF FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN. AS IT BECOMES DIFFICULT FOR THE VIEWER TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE FACE IS THE INDIVIDUALS OR A MASK.
TYPOGRAPHY: THE TEXTS APPEARS TO BE THAT OF SANS SERIF THE TITLE IS WRITTEN IN RED A COLOUR THAT CONNOTES DANGER AS WELL AS BLOOD THE LOWER CREDITS ARE THEN WRITTEN IN WHITE WHICH JUXTAPOSES REDS CONNOTATION HOWEVER ADDS TO THE MYSTERY OF THE UNKNOWN.
TARGET AUDIENCE: THE AGE RATING OF SAW IV IS 18 AND THEREFORE AIMED AT YOUNG ADULTS WITHIN THIS AGE RANGE
FILM TITLE: THE RETURN
RELEASE DATE: NOVEMEBER 10TH 2006 DIRECTOR: ASIF KAPADIA FILM INFO: THE FILM STARS SARAH MICHELLE, KATE BEAHAN ,PETER O BRIEN AND SAM SHEPARD SYNOPSIS: JOANNA MILLS KEEPS HAVING VISIONS OF A TOWNS SHES NEVER BEEN TO AND PEOPLE SHES NEVER MET EVENTUALLY SHE GOES TO INVESTIGATE THESE PLACES AND PEOPLE LEADING HER TO HAVE VIVID VISIONS OF MURDER. ONCE THERE SHE BEGINS TO REALIZE THE MEANING AND IMPORTANCE OF THESE VISIONS AND STARTS TO REALIZE WHAT IS CAUSING HER TO HURT HERSELF AND THOSE AROUND HER. ONCE SHE CONCLUDES THE REASONING BEHIND THE VISIONS SHE REALIZES WHO THE MURDERER IS BUT HE ALSO REALIZES WHO SHE IS. PRODUCTION/ FINANCING COMPANY: UNIVERSAL PICTURES PRINCIPLE CAST: SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR AS JOANNA MILLS SAM SHEPARD AS ED MILLS PETER O'BRIEN AS TERRY STAHL KATE BEAHN AS MICHELLE ADAM SCOTT AS KURT SUB- GENRE: PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR RE - MAKE: THIS IS NOT A REMAKE OF ANY OTHER FILM |
MISE EN SCENE
LIGHTING:THE LIGHTING HERE IS KEPT LOW KEY AND THERE IS A CONSISTENT USE OF GRAY TO ADD TO
THE MYSTERIOUS AS WELL AS DARK THEME
NVC: AN EXTREME CLOSE UP OF AN OPAQUE EYE WHICH MAY SUGGEST A LACK OF IDENTITY IN THIS CHARACTER WITH CLOSE OBSERVATION YOU CAN SEE A HAND IN THIS EYE SUGGESTING THAT A PERSON IS TRAPPED WITHIN THIS INDIVIDUAL.
SETTING: THERE IS NO SETTING AS THIS IS AN EXTREME CLOSE UP OF THE INDIVIDUAL ALLOWING US TO ONLY THEIR EYE.
PROPS: THERE IS NO PROP AS THE USE OF A HOLLOW EYE ITSELF ALLOWS FOR INFERENCE OF EMPTINESS AND ALLOWS THE VIEWER TO KNOW THAT THEIR IS EVIL THEMES WITHIN THE FILM.
COSTUME:THERE IS NO COSTUME USED WITHIN THIS POSTER.
CAMERA: THE CAMERA SHOT USED IN THE MAIN IMAGE IS AN EXTREME CLOSE UP OF THE SUBJECTS EYES THIS IS DONE TO EMPHASIZE THE IDEA OF FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN AS THEIR IS ALSO A HAND RATHER THAN AN IRIS ELIMINATING AN ELEMENT OF EMPATHY BETWEEN THE CHARACTER AND AUDIENCE ADDING TO THE COLDNESS IN THE POSTER.
TYPOGRAPHY:THE FONT USED IS KEPT A CONSISTENT GRAY WHICH CONNOTES BEING DETACHED AS WELL AS DARK AND DEPRESSED THIS LEAVES THE AUDIENCE IN A STATE OF FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
TARGET AUDIENCE:ALTHOUGH THIS IS RATE PG 13 THE POSTER GIVES IT A WIDER AND OLDER TARGET AUDEINCE AS IT PLAYS ON THE IDEA OF FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
LIGHTING:THE LIGHTING HERE IS KEPT LOW KEY AND THERE IS A CONSISTENT USE OF GRAY TO ADD TO
THE MYSTERIOUS AS WELL AS DARK THEME
NVC: AN EXTREME CLOSE UP OF AN OPAQUE EYE WHICH MAY SUGGEST A LACK OF IDENTITY IN THIS CHARACTER WITH CLOSE OBSERVATION YOU CAN SEE A HAND IN THIS EYE SUGGESTING THAT A PERSON IS TRAPPED WITHIN THIS INDIVIDUAL.
SETTING: THERE IS NO SETTING AS THIS IS AN EXTREME CLOSE UP OF THE INDIVIDUAL ALLOWING US TO ONLY THEIR EYE.
PROPS: THERE IS NO PROP AS THE USE OF A HOLLOW EYE ITSELF ALLOWS FOR INFERENCE OF EMPTINESS AND ALLOWS THE VIEWER TO KNOW THAT THEIR IS EVIL THEMES WITHIN THE FILM.
COSTUME:THERE IS NO COSTUME USED WITHIN THIS POSTER.
CAMERA: THE CAMERA SHOT USED IN THE MAIN IMAGE IS AN EXTREME CLOSE UP OF THE SUBJECTS EYES THIS IS DONE TO EMPHASIZE THE IDEA OF FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN AS THEIR IS ALSO A HAND RATHER THAN AN IRIS ELIMINATING AN ELEMENT OF EMPATHY BETWEEN THE CHARACTER AND AUDIENCE ADDING TO THE COLDNESS IN THE POSTER.
TYPOGRAPHY:THE FONT USED IS KEPT A CONSISTENT GRAY WHICH CONNOTES BEING DETACHED AS WELL AS DARK AND DEPRESSED THIS LEAVES THE AUDIENCE IN A STATE OF FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
TARGET AUDIENCE:ALTHOUGH THIS IS RATE PG 13 THE POSTER GIVES IT A WIDER AND OLDER TARGET AUDEINCE AS IT PLAYS ON THE IDEA OF FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
HORROR MAGAZINES
MAGAZINE TITLE: HORRORHOUND
FILM TITLE: THRILLER RELEASE DATE: 2 DECEMBER 1983 DIRECTOR: JOHN LANDIS FILM INFO: THIS WAS A 13 MINUTE MUSIC VIDEO STARRING MICHAEL JACKSON SYNOPSIS: MICHAEL AND HIS GIRLFRIEND ARE OUT ON WHAT APPEARS TO BE A NORMAL EVERYDAY DATE HOWEVER ONCE THE MOON APPEARS WHAT ONCE WAS AN INNOCENT CHARACTER TURN INTO A WEREWOLF AND SHE IS NOW LEFT TO PROTECT HERSELF. PRODUCTION/ FINANCING COMPANY: OPTIMUM PRODUCTIONS PRINCIPLE CAST: MICHAEL JACKSON- MICHAEL OLA RAY - MICHAEL'S GIRLFRIEND VINCENT PRICE -NARRATOR HANALA SAGAL- DANCER MISE EN SCENE
LIGHTING : A NATURAL DIM LIGHTING IS KEPT WITHIN THIS IMAGE IN ORDER TO ADD TO THE DARK THEME THIS IS DONE IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE FONT TO BE MORE EYE CATCHING AND BRIGHT TO THE VIEWER. |
NVC: THE MAIN IMAGE IS SURROUNDED BY ZOMBIES HOWEVER HAS A STRAIGHT FACE AND IS GIVING DIRECT EYE CONTACT THIS ADDS TO THE ELEMENT OF MYSTERY OF THE UNKNOWN AS THE MAIN IMAGE SHOWS NO FEAR WHICH MAY LEAD VIEWERS TO INFER THAT HE IS WITH THE ZOMBIES RATHER THAN UNDER ATTACK.
SETTING:IT APPEARS TO BE A STREET SETTING AS THE MAIN IMAGE AS WELL AS ZOMBIES ARE STOOD BEFORE A BRICK WALL WHICH MAY LEAD AN AUDIENCE TO INFER THEY ARE ATTACKING ORDINARY PEOPLE.
PROPS:THERE ARE NO PROPS THAT CAN BE SEEN WITHIN THIS APART FROM A METAL BAT BEING HELD IN ONE OF THE COVERLINES.
COSTUME: THE MAIN IMAGE CAN BE SEEN IN RED WHICH HAS SEVERAL HORROR RELATED CONNOTATION SUCH AS DANGER BLOOD AND LUST AND IS SURROUNDED BY SEVERAL ZOMBIES.
CAMERA: THIS IS A MID SHOT WHICH IS DONE IN ORDER TO CAPTURE THE SETTING AS WELL AS THE ZOMBIES SURROUNDING WHAT SEEMS LIKE AN ORDINARY PERSON THE MAIN IMAGES NVC HOWEVER CREATES AND ELEMENT OF MYSTERY.
TYPOGRAPHY: THE MASTHEAD IS KEPT AT THE TOP CENTRE AND USES THE COLOUR RED WHICH IS REPRESENTATIVE OF DANGER AND BLOOD, THIS IS ALSO TO ENSURE THAT IT IS RECOGNIZABLE TO ITS AUDIENCE AND STANDS OUT FROM THE REST OF THE TEXT JUST BELOW THE TAGLINE IS WRITTEN IN A GOTHIC FONT AND ALSO KEEPS THE CONSISTENT RED COLOUR SCHEME.
TARGET AUDIENCE: I BELIEVE THAT THE TARGET AUDIENCE IS AIMED AT THOSE BETWEEN THE AGE 16 - 25 THE USE OF STAR CASTING ALSO ADDS TO THIS HOWEVER THE FACE THAT IT IS SLIGHTLY GRAPHIC LOWERS THE AGE OF THE TARGET AUDIENCE AND MAKES IT MORE AVAILABLE TO A WIDER AUDIENCE
SETTING:IT APPEARS TO BE A STREET SETTING AS THE MAIN IMAGE AS WELL AS ZOMBIES ARE STOOD BEFORE A BRICK WALL WHICH MAY LEAD AN AUDIENCE TO INFER THEY ARE ATTACKING ORDINARY PEOPLE.
PROPS:THERE ARE NO PROPS THAT CAN BE SEEN WITHIN THIS APART FROM A METAL BAT BEING HELD IN ONE OF THE COVERLINES.
COSTUME: THE MAIN IMAGE CAN BE SEEN IN RED WHICH HAS SEVERAL HORROR RELATED CONNOTATION SUCH AS DANGER BLOOD AND LUST AND IS SURROUNDED BY SEVERAL ZOMBIES.
CAMERA: THIS IS A MID SHOT WHICH IS DONE IN ORDER TO CAPTURE THE SETTING AS WELL AS THE ZOMBIES SURROUNDING WHAT SEEMS LIKE AN ORDINARY PERSON THE MAIN IMAGES NVC HOWEVER CREATES AND ELEMENT OF MYSTERY.
TYPOGRAPHY: THE MASTHEAD IS KEPT AT THE TOP CENTRE AND USES THE COLOUR RED WHICH IS REPRESENTATIVE OF DANGER AND BLOOD, THIS IS ALSO TO ENSURE THAT IT IS RECOGNIZABLE TO ITS AUDIENCE AND STANDS OUT FROM THE REST OF THE TEXT JUST BELOW THE TAGLINE IS WRITTEN IN A GOTHIC FONT AND ALSO KEEPS THE CONSISTENT RED COLOUR SCHEME.
TARGET AUDIENCE: I BELIEVE THAT THE TARGET AUDIENCE IS AIMED AT THOSE BETWEEN THE AGE 16 - 25 THE USE OF STAR CASTING ALSO ADDS TO THIS HOWEVER THE FACE THAT IT IS SLIGHTLY GRAPHIC LOWERS THE AGE OF THE TARGET AUDIENCE AND MAKES IT MORE AVAILABLE TO A WIDER AUDIENCE
SPECIFIC CONVENTIONS
MASTHEAD: THE MASTHEAD IS MADE BOLD WITH A WHITE OUTLINE IN ORDER TO CAPTURE THE ATTENTION OF ITS TARGET AUDIENCE AND DISTINGUISH THE MAGAZINE FROM ALL OTHERS. MAIN IMAGE: THE MAIN IMAGE IS TAKEN AT A LONG SHOT SURROUNDED BY WHAT APPEARS TO BE ZOMBIES, THE MAIN IMAGE IS MADE THE MAIN FOCAL POINT AND IS GIVING DIRECT EYE CONTACT IN ORDER TO DRAW IN THE READERS ATTENTION. THE NVC OF THE ZOMBIES ARE INTENTIONALLY SCARY IN ORDER TO DRAW READER IN AND CONVINCE THEM TO GO AND SEE THE FILM. COVERLINE:THE COVERLINES HERE ARE WRITTEN IN RED IN ORDER TO KEEP A CONSISTENT COLOUR SCHEME AS WELL AS SUPPORT THE CONNOTATIONS OF BLOOD |
SELLING LINE: THE SELLING LINE IS MADE NEARLY AS OUTSTANDING AS THAT OF THE MASTHEAD IN ORDER TO CAPTURE THE READERS ATTENTION AS IT IS SHORT AND SNAPPY THIS IS ALSO COMPLIMENTED BY THE WHITE OUTLINE.
DATELINE/ PRICE: THIS IS THE YEAR OR MONTH IN WHICH THE MAGAZINE WAS PUBLISHED
BARCODE:THIS WAS PLACED VERTICALLY ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE TO ADD A MODERNISTIC LOOK AS WELL AS NOT TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF THE BOTTOM HALF TAKING AWAY FROM THE HORROR AESTHETICS.
WEBSITE:THIS IS USED IN ORDER FOR THE AUDIENCE TO BE ABLE GAIN FURTHER INSIGHT IF NECESSARY INTO THE MAGAZINE.
DATELINE/ PRICE: THIS IS THE YEAR OR MONTH IN WHICH THE MAGAZINE WAS PUBLISHED
BARCODE:THIS WAS PLACED VERTICALLY ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE TO ADD A MODERNISTIC LOOK AS WELL AS NOT TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF THE BOTTOM HALF TAKING AWAY FROM THE HORROR AESTHETICS.
WEBSITE:THIS IS USED IN ORDER FOR THE AUDIENCE TO BE ABLE GAIN FURTHER INSIGHT IF NECESSARY INTO THE MAGAZINE.
MAGAZINE TITLE: HORRORHOUND
FILM TITLE: SCREAM 4 RELEASE DATE: APRIL 15TH 2011 DIRECTOR: WES CRAVEN FILM INFO: THIS IS THE FOURTH PART OF THE MOVIE IN WHICH THE PROTAGONIST RETURNS TO HER HOME TOWN IN WHICH A NEW ANTAGONIST DISGUISED AS GHOSTFACE ONCE AGAIN BEGINS TO ATTACK THE STUDENTS OF WOODSBORO HIGH SYNOPSIS: IN ORDER TO GET OVER THE HORRIFIC EVENTS THAT ONCE TOOK PLACE IN THE TOWN OF WOODSBORO SIDNEY PRESCOTT THE MAIN PROTAGONIST RETURNS TO HER HOME TOWN AFTER WRITING A SELF HELP BOOK. ON HER RETURN SHE RECONNECTS WITH OLD FRIENDS HOWEVER ONCE SHE ARRIVES SO DOES GHOST FACE PUTTING HERSELF AND THE RESIDENTS OF HER TOWN IN DANGER . PRODUCTION/ FINANCING COMPANY: DIMENSION FILMS PRINCIPLE CAST: SIDNEY PRESCOTT , GALE WEATHERS , CASEY BECKER GHOSTFACE DWIGHT RILEY SUB - GENRE : SLASHER/ SPLATTER |
MISE EN SCENE
LIGHTING : A BRIGHT BACKGROUND WITH HIGH KEY LIGHTING THIS HELLISH LOOKING BACKGROUND JUXTAPOSES THE USUAL DARK AND LOW KEY LIGHTING USUALLY USED AND ADDS MYSTERY TO THE MASKED CHARACTER
NVC: THIS MASKED CHARACTERS FACIAL EXPRESSION IS FEAR AND SHOCK THE EYES AND MOUTH ARE COMPLETELY DARK SUGGESTING AN ELEMENT OF EMPTINESS IN THIS CHARACTER.
SETTING: THE SETTING IS AN ORANGE HELLISH LOOKING BACKGROUND WHICH MAY SUGGEST THE EXTENT OF THE EVIL BEHIND THIS CHARACTER.
PROPS: THE MASKED MAN CAN BE SEEN HOLDING A KNIFE SUGGESTING THAT HE HAS EVIL INTENTION CONNOTING DANGER AND EVIL.
COSTUME: THIS CHARACTER CAN BE SEEN IN A CLOAK AS WELL AS MASK AND GLOVES DISGUISING WHO THE ACTUAL ANTAGONIST WHICH CREATES AN ELEMENT OF MYSTERY AS WELL AS FEAR DUE TO THIS ANTAGONIST HOLDING A KNIFE THE LACK OF CHANGE IN FACIAL EXPRESSION MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO TELL IT INTENTIONS.
CAMERA: THIS IS A MID SHOT IN ORDER FOR THE VIEWER TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE SETTING WHICH APPEARS ALMOST HELLISH AND WE ARE ABLE TO SEE THE MAIN IMAGE TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO CREATE A FURTHER FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN IN THE VIEWER AS THE CHARACTER IS CLOAKED AS WELL AS MASKED.
TYPOGRAPHY: THE TYPOGRAPHY USED HERE IS KEPT A CONSISTENT EYE CATCHING BOLD AND KEEPS A CONSISTENT COLOUR SCHEME OF WHITE RED AND BLACK.
TARGET AUDIENCE:THE USE OF THE MASK AND WEAPONS MAKES THIS APPEAL TO A TARGET AUDIENCE BETWEEN THE AGES 16 - 25 AS IT IS THOUGHT PROVOKING AND ADDS AND ELEMENT OF FEAR DRAWING IN IT AUDIENCE
LIGHTING : A BRIGHT BACKGROUND WITH HIGH KEY LIGHTING THIS HELLISH LOOKING BACKGROUND JUXTAPOSES THE USUAL DARK AND LOW KEY LIGHTING USUALLY USED AND ADDS MYSTERY TO THE MASKED CHARACTER
NVC: THIS MASKED CHARACTERS FACIAL EXPRESSION IS FEAR AND SHOCK THE EYES AND MOUTH ARE COMPLETELY DARK SUGGESTING AN ELEMENT OF EMPTINESS IN THIS CHARACTER.
SETTING: THE SETTING IS AN ORANGE HELLISH LOOKING BACKGROUND WHICH MAY SUGGEST THE EXTENT OF THE EVIL BEHIND THIS CHARACTER.
PROPS: THE MASKED MAN CAN BE SEEN HOLDING A KNIFE SUGGESTING THAT HE HAS EVIL INTENTION CONNOTING DANGER AND EVIL.
COSTUME: THIS CHARACTER CAN BE SEEN IN A CLOAK AS WELL AS MASK AND GLOVES DISGUISING WHO THE ACTUAL ANTAGONIST WHICH CREATES AN ELEMENT OF MYSTERY AS WELL AS FEAR DUE TO THIS ANTAGONIST HOLDING A KNIFE THE LACK OF CHANGE IN FACIAL EXPRESSION MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO TELL IT INTENTIONS.
CAMERA: THIS IS A MID SHOT IN ORDER FOR THE VIEWER TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE SETTING WHICH APPEARS ALMOST HELLISH AND WE ARE ABLE TO SEE THE MAIN IMAGE TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO CREATE A FURTHER FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN IN THE VIEWER AS THE CHARACTER IS CLOAKED AS WELL AS MASKED.
TYPOGRAPHY: THE TYPOGRAPHY USED HERE IS KEPT A CONSISTENT EYE CATCHING BOLD AND KEEPS A CONSISTENT COLOUR SCHEME OF WHITE RED AND BLACK.
TARGET AUDIENCE:THE USE OF THE MASK AND WEAPONS MAKES THIS APPEAL TO A TARGET AUDIENCE BETWEEN THE AGES 16 - 25 AS IT IS THOUGHT PROVOKING AND ADDS AND ELEMENT OF FEAR DRAWING IN IT AUDIENCE
SPECIFIC CONVENTIONS
MASTHEAD:THIS IS PRINTED IN BOLD AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE MAGAZINE COVER HOWEVER IS WRITTEN IN BLACK WITH A WHITE OUTLINE IN ORDER TO GRAB THE ATTENTION OF THE AUDIENCE. MAIN IMAGE:THE MAIN IMAGE IS A MID SHOT OF A MASKED INDIVIDUAL WHOSE FACIAL EXPRESSION IS HIDDEN BUT THE MASKS NVC SUGGESTS FEAR AS THE CHARACTER HOLDS A KNIFE FORWARD.THE ANTAGONIST WOULD EASILY BE RECOGNIZED AS GHOSTFACE TO THE AUDIENCE ATTRACTED TO THIS MAGAZINE. MAIN COVERLINE: COVERLINE: THERE IS MINIMAL COVERLINES WHICH IS DONE DUE TO THE LEFT COLUMN CONTAINING ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION. SELLING LINE: THE SELLING LINES ARE BRIEF SNIPPETS OF WHAT THE MAGAZINE ENTAILS AND WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL WOULD GAIN FROM PURCHASING THIS MAGAZINE THIS ATTRACTS THE AUDIENCE ATTENTION AS THE WORDS ARE PLACE RIGHT ABOVE THE MASTHEAD. |
DATELINE:THIS IS THE YEAR OR MONTH IN WHICH THE MAGAZINE WAS PUBLISHED
BARCODE: IN ORDER TO BE MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING AND NOT TAKE UP THE ENTIRE BOTTOM HALF OF THE PAGE IT IS PLACED VERTICALLY ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE. |
MAGAZINE TITLE:SCREAM
FILM TITLE: HATCHET RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 25TH 2006 DIRECTOR: ADAM GREEN FILM INFO:THIS WAS A 2006 SLASHER WITH AN ALL STAR CAST SYNOPSIS: TWO COLLEGE STUDENTS IN NEW ORLEANS BEN AND MARC ARE ENJOYING MARDI GRAS AND DECIDE TO TAKE A TOUR OF AN ALLEGEDLY CURSED BOAT THEY MEET UP WITH SEVERAL OTHER TOURISTS AND ARE ENTERTAINED BY THEIR GUIDE WHO TELLS THEM TALES OF A GHOSTLY SERIAL KILLER THEY LAUGH AT THE TALES AND DISREGARD THEM UNTIL SOMETHING STARTS TAKING THE MEMBERS ONE BY ONE. PRODUCTION/ FINANCING COMPANY: ARIESCOPE PICTURES RADIOAKTIVE FILM HIGH SEAS ENTERTAINMENT PRINCIPLE CAST: TAMARA FELDMAN AS VICTOR CROWLEY JOEL MOORE AS BEN DEON RICHMOND AS MARCUS MERCEDES MCNAB AS MISTY PARRY SHEN AS SHAWN JOLEIGH FIOREAVANTI AS JENNA ROBERT ENGLUND AS SAMPSON DUNSTON TONY TODD AS REVEREND ZOMBIE JOEL MURRAY AS DOUG SHAPIRO PATRIKA DARBO AS SHANNON PERMATTEO RICHARD RIEHLE AS JIM PERMATTEO JOSHUA LEONARD AS AINSLEY DUNSTON JOHN CARL BUECHLER AS JACK CRACKER RILEAH VANDERBILT AS YOUNG VICTOR SUB-GENRE: SLASHER |
MISE EN SCENE
LIGHTING : THE LIGHTING HERE IS KEPT LOW KEY THEIR IS A USE OF DARK GRAY THIS IS USED TO ADD EMPHASIS TO THE DARK THEME THAT IS LINKED TO THAT OF HORROR FILMS WHICH SUGGESTS EVIL WILL TAKE PLACE.
NVC: THE MAIN IMAGE IS A CLOSE UP OF A DEHUMANIZED CHARACTER HIS EYES ARE KEPT EMPTY WHICH SUGGESTS HE IS VACANT OF PERSONALITY AND LACKS IDENTITY THIS EMPTINESS CONNOTES MYSTERY AND DANGER THE MAIN IMAGE CAN ALSO BE SEEN HOLDING A HATCHET COVERING HIS MOUTH AND ONLY DISPLAYING HIS EMPTY EYES THE VIEWER CAN THEN INFER THAT THIS IS WEAPON WILL MOST LIKELY BE USED ON THAT OF ANOTHER PERSON.
SETTING: THE MAIN IMAGE IS DISPLAYED WITH A CLOSE UP MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE THE SETTING BUT IT CAN BE INFERRED THAT THE MAIN IMAGE IS AT THE ENTRANCE OF A DARK DESOLATE LOCATION OR A BASEMENT
PROPS: THE PROP THAT CAN BE SEEN BEING HELD IS A HATCHET THIS IS MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE USED BY THAT OF THE CHARACTER WHICH PRESENTS/ CONNOTES DANGER DUE TO THE VACANT LOOK ON HIS FACE
COSTUME: THE MAIN IMAGE CAN BE SEEN WEARING A CASUAL T-SHIRT PERHAPS SUGGESTING THAT HE WAS ONCE AN ORDINARY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN MADE EMPTY OF IDENTITY
CAMERA: HERE WE GET A CLOSE UP OF THE MAIN IMAGES FACE WHICH ALLOWS FOR US TO SEE THAT HIS EYES ARE VOID OF IRIS WHICH DEMONSTRATES DEHUMANIZATION AND BEING VOID OF AN IDENTITY YET HE MANAGES TO KEEP DISENGAGED EYE CONTACT WITH THE VIEWERS WHICH CREATES AN ELEMENT OF FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
TYPOGRAPHY: THE TYPOGRAPHY IS KEPT BOLD FOR THE MASTHEAD WHICH IS RED THIS HAS MANY NEGATIVE CONNOTATION SUCH AS BLOOD DEATH AND DANGER THE MOVIE TITLE IS LESS BOLD HOWEVER AND LOOKS AS THOUGH IT HAS BEEN PAINTED ONTO THE HATCHET HOWEVER IN WHITE WHICH CONNOTES PURITY AND THEREFORE JUXTAPOSES THE MAGAZINE.
TARGET AUDIENCE: THE USE OF THE HATCHET AND LACK OF IRIS MAKES THIS APPEAL TO A TARGET AUDIENCE BETWEEN THE AGES 16 - 25 AS IT IS THOUGHT PROVOKING AND ADDS AND ELEMENT OF FEAR DRAWING IN IT AUDIENCE.
LIGHTING : THE LIGHTING HERE IS KEPT LOW KEY THEIR IS A USE OF DARK GRAY THIS IS USED TO ADD EMPHASIS TO THE DARK THEME THAT IS LINKED TO THAT OF HORROR FILMS WHICH SUGGESTS EVIL WILL TAKE PLACE.
NVC: THE MAIN IMAGE IS A CLOSE UP OF A DEHUMANIZED CHARACTER HIS EYES ARE KEPT EMPTY WHICH SUGGESTS HE IS VACANT OF PERSONALITY AND LACKS IDENTITY THIS EMPTINESS CONNOTES MYSTERY AND DANGER THE MAIN IMAGE CAN ALSO BE SEEN HOLDING A HATCHET COVERING HIS MOUTH AND ONLY DISPLAYING HIS EMPTY EYES THE VIEWER CAN THEN INFER THAT THIS IS WEAPON WILL MOST LIKELY BE USED ON THAT OF ANOTHER PERSON.
SETTING: THE MAIN IMAGE IS DISPLAYED WITH A CLOSE UP MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE THE SETTING BUT IT CAN BE INFERRED THAT THE MAIN IMAGE IS AT THE ENTRANCE OF A DARK DESOLATE LOCATION OR A BASEMENT
PROPS: THE PROP THAT CAN BE SEEN BEING HELD IS A HATCHET THIS IS MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE USED BY THAT OF THE CHARACTER WHICH PRESENTS/ CONNOTES DANGER DUE TO THE VACANT LOOK ON HIS FACE
COSTUME: THE MAIN IMAGE CAN BE SEEN WEARING A CASUAL T-SHIRT PERHAPS SUGGESTING THAT HE WAS ONCE AN ORDINARY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN MADE EMPTY OF IDENTITY
CAMERA: HERE WE GET A CLOSE UP OF THE MAIN IMAGES FACE WHICH ALLOWS FOR US TO SEE THAT HIS EYES ARE VOID OF IRIS WHICH DEMONSTRATES DEHUMANIZATION AND BEING VOID OF AN IDENTITY YET HE MANAGES TO KEEP DISENGAGED EYE CONTACT WITH THE VIEWERS WHICH CREATES AN ELEMENT OF FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
TYPOGRAPHY: THE TYPOGRAPHY IS KEPT BOLD FOR THE MASTHEAD WHICH IS RED THIS HAS MANY NEGATIVE CONNOTATION SUCH AS BLOOD DEATH AND DANGER THE MOVIE TITLE IS LESS BOLD HOWEVER AND LOOKS AS THOUGH IT HAS BEEN PAINTED ONTO THE HATCHET HOWEVER IN WHITE WHICH CONNOTES PURITY AND THEREFORE JUXTAPOSES THE MAGAZINE.
TARGET AUDIENCE: THE USE OF THE HATCHET AND LACK OF IRIS MAKES THIS APPEAL TO A TARGET AUDIENCE BETWEEN THE AGES 16 - 25 AS IT IS THOUGHT PROVOKING AND ADDS AND ELEMENT OF FEAR DRAWING IN IT AUDIENCE.
DATELINE:THIS IS THE YEAR OR MONTH IN WHICH THE MAGAZINE WAS PUBLISHED
BARCODE: THIS IS SQUEEZED INTO THE RIGHT HAND CORNER IN ORDER TO NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE MAGAZINES AESTHETICS |
SPECIFIC CONVENTIONS
MASTHEAD:THE MASTHEAD USED HERE IS IN BOLD BUT A PAINTED FONT THAT LOOKS LIKE IT DRIPPING BLOOD THE USE OF THE COLOUR RED AGAINST THE GRAY BACKGROUND ALLOWS FOR IT TO STAND OUT VERY WELL ATTRACTING IT AUDIENCE ALLOWING THEM TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM OTHER MAGAZINES. MAIN IMAGE: THE MAIN IMAGE WAS TAKEN USING A CLOSE UP IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE EMPTINESS IN HIS NVC AND FACIAL EXPRESSION AS HE APPEARS DETACHED FROM REALITY THE WHITE EYES AND HATCHER COVERING HIS MOUTH ADD TO THIS. COVERLINE: THE COVERLINES ARE PLACED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MAGAZINES AROUND THE MAIN IMAGE THEY ARE INTENTIONALLY KEPT SHORT IN ORDER TO GET THE AUDIENCES ATTENTION. SELLING LINE: THIS GIVES THE READER WHAT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO SEE WITHIN THE MAGAZINE AND IS ABOVE THE MASTHEAD IN BOLD. |
MAGAZINE TITLE: FANGORIA
FILM TITLE: THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE : THE BEGINNING RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 13TH 2006 DIRECTOR:JONATHAN LIEBMAN FILM INFO:THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE IS A PREQUEL TO 2003'S THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. SYNOPSIS: TWO BROTHERS AND THEIR GIRLFRIENDS TAKE ONE LAST ROAD TRIP BEFORE ONE OF THEM IS SENT OFF TO SERVE IN VIETNAM HOWEVER ON THIS JOURNEY THE FOURSOME ARE HARASSED BY BIKERS AN ACCIDENT THEN SOON FOLLOWS RESULTING IN A SHERIFF BEING CALLED TO THE SCENE THEY ARE LED TO A SECLUDED HOUSE WHERE THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL BEGINS . PRODUCTION/ FINANCING COMPANY: PLATINUM DUNES NEXT ENTERTAINMENT PRINCIPLE CAST: JORDANA BREWSTER AS CHRISSIE TAYLOR HANDLEY AS DEAN A. HILL DIORA BAIRD AS BAILEY MATT BOMER AS ERIC HILL R.LEE ERMEY AS CHARLIE HEWITT ANDREW BRYNIARKI AS THOMAS HEWITT TERRENCE EVANS AS MONTY HEWITT SUB GENRE: SLASHER SPLATTER |
MISE EN SCENE
LIGHTING :THE LIGHTING USED HERE IS KEPT LOW KEY WHICH TENDS TO HAVE NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS EMPHASIZING THE DARK EVIL EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE WITHIN THAT OF HORROR FILMS
NVC: THE ANTAGONISTS IS FOCUSED ON SOMETHING BELOW HIM WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN HIS FACE HIS BODY LANGUAGE FURTHER DEVELOPS THE VIEWERS UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MAY BE TAKING PLACE AS HE IS HOLDING UP A BLOODIED CHAINSAW IT IS EASY TO INFER THAT THIS CHARACTER IS ABOUT TEAR INTO SOMETHING MORE SPECIFICALLY A PERSON DUE TO IT BEING A HORROR MAGAZINE HIS ATTENTIVENESS JUXTAPOSES THE USE OF WEAPON.
SETTING:FROM THE DARK RUSTY WALLS THAT CAN BE SEEN IT COULD BE INFERRED THAT THIS IS A DUNGEON OR BASEMENT AS WITHIN HORROR THEY TEND TO BE IN DESOLATE CLOSED OF PLACES
PROPS: THE PROPS THAT CAN BE SEEN BEING HELD BY THE MAIN IMAGE IS A CHAINSAW WHICH CAN BE SEEN AS A TOOL OF DOMINANCE AS THE ANTAGONIST IS MALE.
COSTUME:THE ANTAGONIST CAN BE SEEN WEARING A BLOODIED SHIRT WITH ROLLED UP SLEEVES AS WELL AS AN APRON WHICH EMPHASIZES HIS BUTCHERING ROLL, A MASK IS WORN OVER HIS FACE FURTHER ADDING AN ELEMENT OF PROFESSIONALISM TO UNCIVILIZED DEHUMANIZED PERSON JUXTAPOSING HIM. HIS HAIR IS ALSO LEFT LONG WHICH FURTHER COVERS HIS FACE. THIS USE OF COSTUME ADDS AN ELEMENT OF MYSTERY TO THIS ANTAGONIST.
CAMERA: THE SHOT HERE IN A MID SHOT THIS IS DONE IN ORDER FOR THE VIEWER TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THE SETTING AND MAIN IMAGE BUT CUT OF WHAT IS BELOW THE ANTAGONIST CREATING AN ELEMENT OF FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN AS WE CAN SEE THE CHAINSAW HOWEVER CAN ONLY INFER WHAT IS ABOUT TO BE CUT
TYPOGRAPHY: THE TYPOGRAPHY USED FOR THE MASTHEAD IS KEPT BOLD IN ORDER TO CATCH THE VIEWERS EYE AS WELL AS DISTINGUISH THEM FROM OTHER MAGAZINES THE COLOUR IS RED IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT THE NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLOUR SUCH AS BLOOD AND DEATH. THERE IS A CONSISTENT COLOUR SCHEME OF RED WHITE AND YELLOW WHICH IS USED TO COMPLIMENT THE DARK THEME OF THIS HORROR POSTER. THE MOVIES TITLE IS KEPT AT A SINISTER SAN SERIF RATHER THAN THE CONSISTENT BOLD USED THROUGHOUT THE MAGAZINE.
TARGET AUDIENCE: THIS MAGAZINE WOULD BE AIMED AT 18+ HORROR FANATICS AS ITS QUITE GORY AND EXPLICIT IN NATURE.
LIGHTING :THE LIGHTING USED HERE IS KEPT LOW KEY WHICH TENDS TO HAVE NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS EMPHASIZING THE DARK EVIL EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE WITHIN THAT OF HORROR FILMS
NVC: THE ANTAGONISTS IS FOCUSED ON SOMETHING BELOW HIM WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN HIS FACE HIS BODY LANGUAGE FURTHER DEVELOPS THE VIEWERS UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MAY BE TAKING PLACE AS HE IS HOLDING UP A BLOODIED CHAINSAW IT IS EASY TO INFER THAT THIS CHARACTER IS ABOUT TEAR INTO SOMETHING MORE SPECIFICALLY A PERSON DUE TO IT BEING A HORROR MAGAZINE HIS ATTENTIVENESS JUXTAPOSES THE USE OF WEAPON.
SETTING:FROM THE DARK RUSTY WALLS THAT CAN BE SEEN IT COULD BE INFERRED THAT THIS IS A DUNGEON OR BASEMENT AS WITHIN HORROR THEY TEND TO BE IN DESOLATE CLOSED OF PLACES
PROPS: THE PROPS THAT CAN BE SEEN BEING HELD BY THE MAIN IMAGE IS A CHAINSAW WHICH CAN BE SEEN AS A TOOL OF DOMINANCE AS THE ANTAGONIST IS MALE.
COSTUME:THE ANTAGONIST CAN BE SEEN WEARING A BLOODIED SHIRT WITH ROLLED UP SLEEVES AS WELL AS AN APRON WHICH EMPHASIZES HIS BUTCHERING ROLL, A MASK IS WORN OVER HIS FACE FURTHER ADDING AN ELEMENT OF PROFESSIONALISM TO UNCIVILIZED DEHUMANIZED PERSON JUXTAPOSING HIM. HIS HAIR IS ALSO LEFT LONG WHICH FURTHER COVERS HIS FACE. THIS USE OF COSTUME ADDS AN ELEMENT OF MYSTERY TO THIS ANTAGONIST.
CAMERA: THE SHOT HERE IN A MID SHOT THIS IS DONE IN ORDER FOR THE VIEWER TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THE SETTING AND MAIN IMAGE BUT CUT OF WHAT IS BELOW THE ANTAGONIST CREATING AN ELEMENT OF FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN AS WE CAN SEE THE CHAINSAW HOWEVER CAN ONLY INFER WHAT IS ABOUT TO BE CUT
TYPOGRAPHY: THE TYPOGRAPHY USED FOR THE MASTHEAD IS KEPT BOLD IN ORDER TO CATCH THE VIEWERS EYE AS WELL AS DISTINGUISH THEM FROM OTHER MAGAZINES THE COLOUR IS RED IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT THE NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLOUR SUCH AS BLOOD AND DEATH. THERE IS A CONSISTENT COLOUR SCHEME OF RED WHITE AND YELLOW WHICH IS USED TO COMPLIMENT THE DARK THEME OF THIS HORROR POSTER. THE MOVIES TITLE IS KEPT AT A SINISTER SAN SERIF RATHER THAN THE CONSISTENT BOLD USED THROUGHOUT THE MAGAZINE.
TARGET AUDIENCE: THIS MAGAZINE WOULD BE AIMED AT 18+ HORROR FANATICS AS ITS QUITE GORY AND EXPLICIT IN NATURE.
SPECIFIC CONVENTIONS
MASTHEAD: FANGORIA IS WRITTEN BOLD CAPITALS IN THE COLOUR RED WHICH HAS SEVERAL CONNOTATION SUCH AS DANGER AND BLOOD THIS IS DONE IN ORDER TO GET THE TARGET AUDIENCE ATTENTION. THE MASTHEAD IS THE GIVEN A WHITE BOLD OUTLINE IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE TARGET AUDIENCE TO BE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM OTHER MAGAZINES. MAIN IMAGE: THE MAIN IMAGE IS A MID-SHOT OF AN INDIVIDUAL BLOODIED WEARING AN APRON AND HOLDING A BLOODIED CHAINSAW THE MAIN IMAGES NVC IS LOOKING AWAY FROM THE AUDIENCE AND DOWN PERHAPS TOWARDS SOMETHING THE LEADS THE AUDIENCE TO INFER THAT THEY ARE USING THIS CHAINSAW ON SOMEONE, THIS GIVES A SNIPPET OF WHAT THE FILM ENTAILS AND LEADS PEOPLE TO WANT TO GO AND WATCH IT. MAIN COVERLINE: THIS COVERLINE IS WRITTEN IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE SAN SERIF CREATING A SINISTER DARK LOOK BUT KEEPING THE CONSISTENT THEME OF RED AND YELLOW. COVERLINE: THERE ARE HARDLY AND COVERLINES AS THE INFORMATION IS PLACE ON THE SIDES OF THE MAGAZINE WHICH ALLOWS THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. |
SELLING LINE: THIS IS PLACED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE WITH SHORT AND SNAPPY PIECES OF INFORMATION GUIDING THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE MAGAZINE IT IS EASILY SEEN SUE TO IT BEING YELLOW AND ABOVE THE MASTHEAD
BARCODE: THIS IS USED TO PURCHASE THE PRODUCT AND PLACED IN THE LEFT HAND CORNER AS IT ALLOWS FOR THE MAGAZINE TO REMAIN AESTHETICALLY PLEASING. |
FILM TRAILERS
FILM TITLE: UNFRIENDED
RELEASE DATE: MAY 1ST 2015 DIRECTOR: LEO GABRIADZE FILM INFO: THE FILMS STARS SHELLEY HENNIG AS ONE OF SEVERAL FRIENDS WHO FIND THEMSELVES TERRORIZED BY ANONYMOUS PERSON ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SYNOPSIS: A GROUP OF FRIENDS START A GROUP CHAT SESSION THEY ARE THEN SUDDENLY JOINED BY A USER KNOWN AS BILLIE227 THEY THINK ITS A TECHNICAL GLITCH AND CONTINUE THEIR DISCUSSION UNTIL THEY BEGIN TO RECEIVE MESSAGES FROM A CLASSMATE WHO KILLED HERSELF ONE YEAR PRIOR AS BLAIRE TRIES TO EXPOSE BILLIES IDENTITY HER FRIENDS ARE PROCEED TO CONFRONT THEIR DARKEST SECRETS AND LIES. PRODUCTION/ FINANCING COMPANY: BAZELEVS COMPANY BLUMHOUSE PRODUCTIONS SUB- GENRE: SUPERNATURAL HORROR RE-MAKE:UNFRIENDED WASNT A REMAKE THE CONCEPT WAS BASED ON THE IDEA OF CYBER BULLYING WHICH IS FAIRLY RECENT. |
PRINCIPLE CAST:
SHELLEY HENNIG AS BLAIRE LILY MOSES JACOB STORM AS MITCH ROUSSEL RENEE OLSTEAD AS JESS FELTON WILL PELTZ AS ADAM SEWELL JABO WYSOCKI AS KEN SMITH COURTNEY HALVERSON AS VAL ROMMEL HEATHER SOSSAMAN AS LAURA BARNS MICKEY RIVERS AS DANK JIMMY CAL BARNES AS RANDO PAULS |
NARRATIVE: THE NARRATIVE APPEARS TO BE LINEAR THIS ADDS A SLIGHT BACK STORY TO THE CHARACTERS PLAYING WITH THE AUDIENCES EMOTIONS AND GIVING THEM THE DESIRE TO WATCH THE MOVIE , TENSION IS ALSO ADDED BY MAKING IT SLIGHTLY FRAGMENTED CREATING MYSTERY AND FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
CHARACTERS:
MISE EN SCENE:
LIGHTING: THE LIGHTING IS VERY NATURAL HIGH KEY AT THE START WITHIN THE VIDEO PLAYER SCENES FOLLOWING THE DEATH ONCE IT SHIFTS TO THE GROUP CHAT IT BECOMES LOW KEY IN ORDER TO CREATES TENSION AND ANXIOUSNESS IN THE VIEWER AS THEY KNOW THE VICTIMS ARE IN THE COMFORT OF THEIR ROOMS.
NVC: THEY CAN BE SEEN IN EXTREME FEAR TOWARD THE END OF THE TRAILER WHILST WATCHING VIDEOS OF THEMSELVES DOING THINGS THEY DIDNT WANT TO BE SEEN DOING AND WHEN BEING TORTURED.
SETTING: THE SETTING FROM THE VIDEO PLAYER APPEAR TO BE THE CELEBRATORY MOMENTS IN THEIR LIVES AND WE ARE GIVEN ESTABLISHING SHOTS OF THESE , THE SETTING THEN SWITCHES FROM THIS AND APPEARS TO BE CONSISTENTLY WITHIN THEIR ROOMS
PROPS:
COSTUME: THE CLOTHING IN THIS IS ORDINARY TEEN CLOTHING THESE INCLUDE JEANS,SHIRT ETC
THEME: TORTURE AND VIOLENCE
CAMERA: THE TRAILER STARTS WITH SEVERAL QUICK CUTS OF VIDEO PLAYER WHICH CREATES WITHIN THE VIEWER THE SENSE THAT THEY ARE WATCHING FROM A COMPUTER SCREEN.WITHIN THESE VIDEO PLAYER SCENES THERE ARE VARIOUS SHOTS ESTABLISHING, REACTION, WIDE ANGLE ETC.
SOUND/VOICE OVER: THE DIEGETIC SOUND / SCORE MUSIC START QUITE POSITIVELY JUXTAPOSING THAT OF A HORROR FILM WE CAN ALSO HEAR DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE CHARACTER PRIOR TO THE ANYTHING BAD HAPPENING BUT THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE SHIFT INTO DARK SCORE MUSIC , THERE IS THE USE OF FOLEY SOUND TO CREATE THE SOUNDS HEARD WHEN USING GROUP VIDEO CHATS TO EMPHASIZE THE FEELING OF VIEWING THIS FROM THE COMPUTER SCREEN ALMOST AS THOUGH THE AUDIENCE IS THE ANTAGONIST.
EDITING: FROM THE VERY START IT BEGINS AS THOUGH IT IS BEING VIEWED FROM A COMPUTER SCREEN AS THE SCREEN GLITCHES WHEN WE SEE THE COMPANY LOGO FOR UNIVERSAL , THERE THEN APPEARS TO BE VIDEO PLAYER QUICK SHOTS WHICH SUBVERTS THE TYPICAL HORROR CONVENTIONS ,FADING TO BLACK AND BUFFERING AND SEVERAL QUICK CUTS WHEN IT SPEEDS UP IN PACE TOWARDS THE END.
ON SCREEN GRAPHICS: THE GRAPHICS ARE TYPED IN TO CREATE WITH IN THE AUDIENCE THE SENSE THAT THEY ARE VIEWING THIS FROM A COMPUTER SCREEN WITH GLITCHES THAT CREATE AN ANXIOUSNESS WITHIN THE AUDIENCE AS IT IS BEING TYPED IN RATHER THAN APPEARING IN FULL CREATING A FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
CHARACTERS:
MISE EN SCENE:
LIGHTING: THE LIGHTING IS VERY NATURAL HIGH KEY AT THE START WITHIN THE VIDEO PLAYER SCENES FOLLOWING THE DEATH ONCE IT SHIFTS TO THE GROUP CHAT IT BECOMES LOW KEY IN ORDER TO CREATES TENSION AND ANXIOUSNESS IN THE VIEWER AS THEY KNOW THE VICTIMS ARE IN THE COMFORT OF THEIR ROOMS.
NVC: THEY CAN BE SEEN IN EXTREME FEAR TOWARD THE END OF THE TRAILER WHILST WATCHING VIDEOS OF THEMSELVES DOING THINGS THEY DIDNT WANT TO BE SEEN DOING AND WHEN BEING TORTURED.
SETTING: THE SETTING FROM THE VIDEO PLAYER APPEAR TO BE THE CELEBRATORY MOMENTS IN THEIR LIVES AND WE ARE GIVEN ESTABLISHING SHOTS OF THESE , THE SETTING THEN SWITCHES FROM THIS AND APPEARS TO BE CONSISTENTLY WITHIN THEIR ROOMS
PROPS:
COSTUME: THE CLOTHING IN THIS IS ORDINARY TEEN CLOTHING THESE INCLUDE JEANS,SHIRT ETC
THEME: TORTURE AND VIOLENCE
CAMERA: THE TRAILER STARTS WITH SEVERAL QUICK CUTS OF VIDEO PLAYER WHICH CREATES WITHIN THE VIEWER THE SENSE THAT THEY ARE WATCHING FROM A COMPUTER SCREEN.WITHIN THESE VIDEO PLAYER SCENES THERE ARE VARIOUS SHOTS ESTABLISHING, REACTION, WIDE ANGLE ETC.
SOUND/VOICE OVER: THE DIEGETIC SOUND / SCORE MUSIC START QUITE POSITIVELY JUXTAPOSING THAT OF A HORROR FILM WE CAN ALSO HEAR DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE CHARACTER PRIOR TO THE ANYTHING BAD HAPPENING BUT THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE SHIFT INTO DARK SCORE MUSIC , THERE IS THE USE OF FOLEY SOUND TO CREATE THE SOUNDS HEARD WHEN USING GROUP VIDEO CHATS TO EMPHASIZE THE FEELING OF VIEWING THIS FROM THE COMPUTER SCREEN ALMOST AS THOUGH THE AUDIENCE IS THE ANTAGONIST.
EDITING: FROM THE VERY START IT BEGINS AS THOUGH IT IS BEING VIEWED FROM A COMPUTER SCREEN AS THE SCREEN GLITCHES WHEN WE SEE THE COMPANY LOGO FOR UNIVERSAL , THERE THEN APPEARS TO BE VIDEO PLAYER QUICK SHOTS WHICH SUBVERTS THE TYPICAL HORROR CONVENTIONS ,FADING TO BLACK AND BUFFERING AND SEVERAL QUICK CUTS WHEN IT SPEEDS UP IN PACE TOWARDS THE END.
ON SCREEN GRAPHICS: THE GRAPHICS ARE TYPED IN TO CREATE WITH IN THE AUDIENCE THE SENSE THAT THEY ARE VIEWING THIS FROM A COMPUTER SCREEN WITH GLITCHES THAT CREATE AN ANXIOUSNESS WITHIN THE AUDIENCE AS IT IS BEING TYPED IN RATHER THAN APPEARING IN FULL CREATING A FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
PRINCIPLE CAST:
JAY HERNANDEZ AS PAXTON DEREK RICHARDSON AS JOSH EYPOR GUOJONSSON AS OLI BARBARA NEDELJAKOVA AS NATALYA JAN VIASK AS THE DUTCH BUSINESSMAN JENNIFER LIM AS KANA KEIKO SEIKO AS YUKI |
FILM TITLE: HOSTEL
RELEASE DATE: 24 MARCH 2006 DIRECTOR: ELI ROTH FILM INFO: THE FILM TELLS THE STORY OF TWO COLLEGE STUDENTS TRAVELLING ACROSS EUROPE WHO FIND THEMSELVES BEING ATTACKED BY A MYSTERIOUS GROUP THAT TORTURES AND KILLS THEIR VICTIMS. SYNOPSIS: TWO FRIENDS JOSH AND PAXTON AFTER THEIR COLLEGE GRADUATION DECIDE TO GO ACROSS EUROPE HOWEVER WHILST STOPPING IN AMSTERDAM THEY MEET LIKE MINDED TRAVELLERS FROM ICELAND. THE TRIO DECIDE TO INVESTIGATE THE RUMOURS OF A HOSTEL AND FIND THEMSELVES DRAWN INTO A DEADLY GAME. PRODUCTION/ FINANCING COMPANY: NEXT ENTERTAINMENT RAW NERVE SUB- GENRE: TORTURE RE-MAKE: THIS IS NOT A REMAKE |
NARRATIVE: THE NARRATIVE WITHIN THE TRAILER IS NON LINEAR AND SEEM QUITE FRAGMENTED THIS IS DONE TO EMPHASIZE THE FEAR AS WELL AS CONFUSION WITHIN THAT OF THE VICTIMS ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS LINEAR FROM CERTAIN MOMENTS DUE TO THE ANTAGONISTS PRECISION AND ORGANISATION IN ATTACKING THEIR VICTIMS. THESE CREATES AN ELEMENT OF TENSION WITHIN THE VIEWER LEAVING THEM WITH AN URGE TO GO AND SEE THE FILM UNFOLD FURTHER.
CHARACTERS: FROM THE VERY START OF THE TRAILER WE SEE A MASKED MAN HOSING DOWN A BLOODIED ROOM WHICH THEN CUTS THE NEXT SCENE OF A VICTIM IN FEAR FOR THEIR LIFE . THE VILLIANS APPEAR TO BE MASKED CONSISTENTLY TO ADD AN ELEMENT OF MYSTERY TO THEM WHICH THEN INSTILLS FEAR IN THE VIEWERS AS NO ONE APPEARS TO BE TRUSTWORTHY.,THE CHARACTERS RANGE FROM YOUNG ADULTS TO MIDDLE AGED.
MISE EN SCENE:
LIGHTING: THE TRAILER BEGINS WITH lOW KEY LIGHTING AND REMAINS CONSISTENTLY LIKE THIS IN ORDER CREATE A FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN IN THE AUDIENCE AS THEY BEGIN TO FEEL VULNERABLE AS THEY CAN SENSE THAT DANGER AWAITS.
NVC: AN EXTREMELY FEARFUL MAN CAN BE SEEN STRAPPED TO A CHAIR WHICH ADDS TO A FEAR OF WHAT IS YET TO COME IN CONTRAST TO THAT OF THE MASKED INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO SEE ANY FACE AND CREATES A FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN IN THE AUDIENCE
SETTING: THERE IS NO CLEAR ESTABLISHED LOCATION HOWEVER THE TRAILER GIVES THE VIEWER THE ABILITY TO INFER THAT THEY MAY BE IN A HOSTEL DUE TO THE APPEARANCE OF HALLWAYS ROOMS AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE BASEMENTS AS WELL AS ESTABLISHING SHOTS OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE AN ABANDONED BUILDING
PROPS: THE HOSE PIPE , PLIERS, SCISSORS ALL THESE WEAPONS CONNOTE DANGER AND BUILD ANXIOUSNESS IN THE AUDIENCE.
COSTUME: THE FIRST VILLIAN LOOKING CHARACTER CAN BE SEEN WEARING AN APRON AND HOSING DOWN THE FLOORS WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN AND MYSTERY PLACED BEHIND THIS CHARACTER THE FACT HE APPEARS TO BE CLEANING UP BLOOD RESULTS IN HIM APPEARING DANGEROUS AND ALLOWS FOR THE AUDIENCE TO ANTICIPATE THE TORTURE THAT IS YET TO TAKE PLACE IN THIS PLACE.
THEME : GORE VIOLENCE AND TORTURE
CAMERA: THE TRAILER BEGINS WITH AN ESTABLISHING SHOT OF THE HOSTEL WHICH THEN SLOWLY TURNS TO MID SHOTS AS WELL AS CLOSE UPS OF THE ANTAGONISTS USING VARIOUS METHODS OF TORTURE AGAINST THE VICTIMS THE PACE OF THE QUICK CUTS START TO SPEED UP BUILDING FEAR AND SHOCK IN THE VIEWER.
SOUND/ VOICE OVER: THERE IS A CONSTANT USE OF NON DIEGETIC SCORE MUSIC WHICH GRADUALLY BUILDS PACE THROUGH OUT THE TRAILER IN ORDER TO ADD A TENSE MORE HAUNTING ATMOSPHERE WHICH IS EMPHASIZED BY THE DISTRESSED MODE OF ADDRESS AND QUICK SNIPPETS OF THE VICTIMS PLEA FOR HELP. THIS IS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY THE USE OF FOLEY SOUNDS OF WATER DRIPPING , FLICKERING LIGHTS , CHAINSAWS ETC.
EDITING: THERE IS A USE OF FAST CUTS TOWARDS THE ENDS TO AMPLIFY THE TORTURE BEING SEEN BY THE VIEWER THIS IS DONE FAST HOWEVER TO ALLOW FOR IT TO BE SEEN BY ALL RATHER THAN RESTRICTED TO A CERTAIN GROUP DUE TO AGE.
ON SCREEN GRAPHICS : THE CAPTIONS APPEAR TO BE IN A FADED DARK YELLOW AND REVEL TO THE VIEWERS THAT EVERYONE HAS A DARK SIDE WHICH JUXTAPOSES THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE COLOUR YELLOW, THEY MAY BE TRYING TO SUBVERT THE POSITIVE CONNOTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLOUR TO SHOW THIS DARKER SIDE THAT EVERYONE HAS WHICH IS EMPHASIZED THROUGH IT BEING IN BLOCK CAPITALS
CHARACTERS: FROM THE VERY START OF THE TRAILER WE SEE A MASKED MAN HOSING DOWN A BLOODIED ROOM WHICH THEN CUTS THE NEXT SCENE OF A VICTIM IN FEAR FOR THEIR LIFE . THE VILLIANS APPEAR TO BE MASKED CONSISTENTLY TO ADD AN ELEMENT OF MYSTERY TO THEM WHICH THEN INSTILLS FEAR IN THE VIEWERS AS NO ONE APPEARS TO BE TRUSTWORTHY.,THE CHARACTERS RANGE FROM YOUNG ADULTS TO MIDDLE AGED.
MISE EN SCENE:
LIGHTING: THE TRAILER BEGINS WITH lOW KEY LIGHTING AND REMAINS CONSISTENTLY LIKE THIS IN ORDER CREATE A FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN IN THE AUDIENCE AS THEY BEGIN TO FEEL VULNERABLE AS THEY CAN SENSE THAT DANGER AWAITS.
NVC: AN EXTREMELY FEARFUL MAN CAN BE SEEN STRAPPED TO A CHAIR WHICH ADDS TO A FEAR OF WHAT IS YET TO COME IN CONTRAST TO THAT OF THE MASKED INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO SEE ANY FACE AND CREATES A FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN IN THE AUDIENCE
SETTING: THERE IS NO CLEAR ESTABLISHED LOCATION HOWEVER THE TRAILER GIVES THE VIEWER THE ABILITY TO INFER THAT THEY MAY BE IN A HOSTEL DUE TO THE APPEARANCE OF HALLWAYS ROOMS AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE BASEMENTS AS WELL AS ESTABLISHING SHOTS OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE AN ABANDONED BUILDING
PROPS: THE HOSE PIPE , PLIERS, SCISSORS ALL THESE WEAPONS CONNOTE DANGER AND BUILD ANXIOUSNESS IN THE AUDIENCE.
COSTUME: THE FIRST VILLIAN LOOKING CHARACTER CAN BE SEEN WEARING AN APRON AND HOSING DOWN THE FLOORS WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN AND MYSTERY PLACED BEHIND THIS CHARACTER THE FACT HE APPEARS TO BE CLEANING UP BLOOD RESULTS IN HIM APPEARING DANGEROUS AND ALLOWS FOR THE AUDIENCE TO ANTICIPATE THE TORTURE THAT IS YET TO TAKE PLACE IN THIS PLACE.
THEME : GORE VIOLENCE AND TORTURE
CAMERA: THE TRAILER BEGINS WITH AN ESTABLISHING SHOT OF THE HOSTEL WHICH THEN SLOWLY TURNS TO MID SHOTS AS WELL AS CLOSE UPS OF THE ANTAGONISTS USING VARIOUS METHODS OF TORTURE AGAINST THE VICTIMS THE PACE OF THE QUICK CUTS START TO SPEED UP BUILDING FEAR AND SHOCK IN THE VIEWER.
SOUND/ VOICE OVER: THERE IS A CONSTANT USE OF NON DIEGETIC SCORE MUSIC WHICH GRADUALLY BUILDS PACE THROUGH OUT THE TRAILER IN ORDER TO ADD A TENSE MORE HAUNTING ATMOSPHERE WHICH IS EMPHASIZED BY THE DISTRESSED MODE OF ADDRESS AND QUICK SNIPPETS OF THE VICTIMS PLEA FOR HELP. THIS IS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY THE USE OF FOLEY SOUNDS OF WATER DRIPPING , FLICKERING LIGHTS , CHAINSAWS ETC.
EDITING: THERE IS A USE OF FAST CUTS TOWARDS THE ENDS TO AMPLIFY THE TORTURE BEING SEEN BY THE VIEWER THIS IS DONE FAST HOWEVER TO ALLOW FOR IT TO BE SEEN BY ALL RATHER THAN RESTRICTED TO A CERTAIN GROUP DUE TO AGE.
ON SCREEN GRAPHICS : THE CAPTIONS APPEAR TO BE IN A FADED DARK YELLOW AND REVEL TO THE VIEWERS THAT EVERYONE HAS A DARK SIDE WHICH JUXTAPOSES THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE COLOUR YELLOW, THEY MAY BE TRYING TO SUBVERT THE POSITIVE CONNOTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLOUR TO SHOW THIS DARKER SIDE THAT EVERYONE HAS WHICH IS EMPHASIZED THROUGH IT BEING IN BLOCK CAPITALS
PRINCIPLE CAST:
JARED PADLESKI AS CLAY MILLER DANIELLE PANABAKER AS JENNA TRAVIS VAN WINKLE AS TRENT AARON YOO AS CHEWIE DEREK MEARS JASON VOORHEES JONATHAN SADOWSKI WADE JULIANNA GUILL AS BREE BEN FIELDMAN AS RICHIE ARLEN ESCARPETA AS LAWRENCE RYAN HANSEN AS NOLAN WILLA FORD AS CHELSEA NICK MENNELL AS MIKE AMERICA OLIVO AS AMANDA KYLE SAVIS AS DONNIE RICHARD BURGI AS OFFICER BRACKE |
FILM TITLE: FRIDAY THE 13TH
RELEASE DATE: 12th FEBRURARY 2009 DIRECTOR: MARCUS NISPEL FILM INFO: THIS FILM IS THE REBOOT OF FRIDAY THE 13TH FILM SERIES. THE CHARACTER JASON VOORHEES WAS REDESIGNED AS A QUICK KILLER WITH A BACKSTORY THAT ALLOWS FOR THE VIEWER TO FEEL LESS SYMPATHY FOR HIM. SYNOPSIS: CLAY GOES AGAINST THE ADVICE OF THAT OF THE LOCAL POLICE AND SCOURS THE WOODS FOR HIS MISSING SISTER, HERE HE NOT ONLY STUMBLES ACROSS THE ABANDONED SUMMER CAMP BUT A HOCKEY MASKED KILLER WHO LIE IN WAIT FOR A CHANCE TO USE HIS RAZOR MACHETE ON CLAY AND THE GROUP OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO HAVE COME TO THE FOREST TO PARTY. PRODUCTION/ FINANCING COMPANY: NEW LINE CINEMA PLATINUM DUNES CRYSTAL LAKE ENTERTAINMENT SUB- GENRE:SLASHER RE-MAKE: THIS IS A REMAKE OF THE ORIGINAL 1980 FRIDAY THE 13TH |
NARRATIVE: THE NARRATIVE BEGINS WITH A FAINT VOICE IN THE BACKGROUND STATING "HIS NAME WAS JASON AND TODAY WAS HIS BIRTHDAY" THE SAME STATEMENT IS MADE AT THE END MAKING THE TRAILER CYCLICAL. THE TRAILER IS LINEAR IN ORDER TO GIVE THE AUDIENCE A BACKSTORY AND LEAVES THE VIEWER WITH A DESIRE TO GO AND SEE THIS FILM.
CHARACTERS: THE CHARACTERS ARE TEENAGERS AND ARE PORTRAYED WITH THE STEREOTYPICAL SEXUALLY ACTIVE THRILL SEEKERS ,THE ANTAGONIST IS PORTRAYED AS THE TYPICAL VILLAIN.
MISE EN SCENE:
LIGHTING: THE TRAILER BEGINS WITH AN ESTABLISHING SHOT AND NATURAL HIGH KEY LIGHTING AND WHAT SEEMS TO BE A FUN LOVING FRIENDLY TRIP ONCE CLAY'S SISTER GOES MISSING QUICKLY RESULTS IN A SHIFT IN LIGHTING TO LOW KEY.
NVC: FROM THE START OF THE TRAILER WE SEE THE GROUP OF FRIENDS ENJOYING THEMSELVES ON THIS HOLIDAY HOWEVER ONE OF THE CHARACTERS SEES THE ANTAGONIST WHILST IN THE WATER AND WE SEE A TERRIFIED FACIAL EXPRESSION FROM THIS POINT ON WARDS IN THE TRAILER THEY APPEAR TO BE ANXIOUS AND IN FEAR.
SETTING: THE GROUP OF FRIENDS APPEAR TO BE IN THE STEREOTYPICAL DESOLATE WOODS AND EMPTY CABIN WHICH WE SEE THROUGH VARIOUS ESTABLISHING SHOTS CREATING ANXIOUSNESS IN THE AUDIENCE.
PROPS: A TORCH AS WELL AS A MACHETE CAN BE SEEN WITHIN THIS TRAILER.
COSTUME: THEY ARE WEARING EVERYDAY TEENAGE WEAR WHICH CONSISTS OF SHIRTS , JEANS ETC.
THEME: TORTURE GORE AND VIOLENCE, FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
CAMERA: THE TRAILER BEGINS WITH A LOW ANGLE SHOT BELOW WATER WHICH ADDS TO THE STATEMENT BEING MADE OF A CHILD DROWNING IN THOSE WATER IT PANS OUT AND HAS AN ESTABLISHING SHOT OF THE WOODS THIS THEN GOES INTO SEVERAL QUICK SHOTS OF THE YOUNG TEENS HAVING FUN THERE IS THEN A SHIFT IN MOOD AND SEVERAL CLOSE UPS AND REACTIONS SHOTS ARE USED TO EXAGGERATE THE VICTIMS FEAR THIS BECOMES MORE EVIDENT AS THE PACE QUICKENS DURING THE TRAILER.
SOUND/ VOICE OVER: THE TRAILER BEGINS WITH DIALOGUE OF AN ELDERLY SOUNDING WOMAN THIS IS THEN FOLLOWED BY QUICK AND UPBEAT DIEGETIC SOUND ONCE THE MOOD CHANGES HARD SOUND IS CONSTANTLY USED AS WELL AS THE DIALOGUE OF THE VICTIMS SCREAMS AND PANIC AS WELL AS QUICK CUTS ALL CONTRIBUTE IN CREATING TENSION FOR THE AUDIENCE.
EDITING: THERE IS A STEADY PACE WHICH EVENTUALLY LEADS TO QUICK CUTS THAT CREATE TENSION WITHIN THE AUDIENCE AS IT CAN INITIALLY BE SEEN THAT DURING TIMES OF JOY THE GROUP OF TEENS HAVE SLOW MOTION HOWEVER DURING TERROR EVERYTHING SPEEDS UP THE TRANSITION FROM HAPPY TO SAD CAN BE SEEN WHEN THE SCREEN FADES TO BLACK AND THERE'S A CHANGE IN THE SCORE MUSIC.
ON SCREEN GRAPHICS: IN BOLD EYE CATCHING FONT IN THE CENTRE OF THE SCREEN THEY COUNT UP TO 13 WHICH BUILDS TENSION FOR THE AUDIENCE BEFORE PRINTING THE MOVIES TITLE.
CHARACTERS: THE CHARACTERS ARE TEENAGERS AND ARE PORTRAYED WITH THE STEREOTYPICAL SEXUALLY ACTIVE THRILL SEEKERS ,THE ANTAGONIST IS PORTRAYED AS THE TYPICAL VILLAIN.
MISE EN SCENE:
LIGHTING: THE TRAILER BEGINS WITH AN ESTABLISHING SHOT AND NATURAL HIGH KEY LIGHTING AND WHAT SEEMS TO BE A FUN LOVING FRIENDLY TRIP ONCE CLAY'S SISTER GOES MISSING QUICKLY RESULTS IN A SHIFT IN LIGHTING TO LOW KEY.
NVC: FROM THE START OF THE TRAILER WE SEE THE GROUP OF FRIENDS ENJOYING THEMSELVES ON THIS HOLIDAY HOWEVER ONE OF THE CHARACTERS SEES THE ANTAGONIST WHILST IN THE WATER AND WE SEE A TERRIFIED FACIAL EXPRESSION FROM THIS POINT ON WARDS IN THE TRAILER THEY APPEAR TO BE ANXIOUS AND IN FEAR.
SETTING: THE GROUP OF FRIENDS APPEAR TO BE IN THE STEREOTYPICAL DESOLATE WOODS AND EMPTY CABIN WHICH WE SEE THROUGH VARIOUS ESTABLISHING SHOTS CREATING ANXIOUSNESS IN THE AUDIENCE.
PROPS: A TORCH AS WELL AS A MACHETE CAN BE SEEN WITHIN THIS TRAILER.
COSTUME: THEY ARE WEARING EVERYDAY TEENAGE WEAR WHICH CONSISTS OF SHIRTS , JEANS ETC.
THEME: TORTURE GORE AND VIOLENCE, FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
CAMERA: THE TRAILER BEGINS WITH A LOW ANGLE SHOT BELOW WATER WHICH ADDS TO THE STATEMENT BEING MADE OF A CHILD DROWNING IN THOSE WATER IT PANS OUT AND HAS AN ESTABLISHING SHOT OF THE WOODS THIS THEN GOES INTO SEVERAL QUICK SHOTS OF THE YOUNG TEENS HAVING FUN THERE IS THEN A SHIFT IN MOOD AND SEVERAL CLOSE UPS AND REACTIONS SHOTS ARE USED TO EXAGGERATE THE VICTIMS FEAR THIS BECOMES MORE EVIDENT AS THE PACE QUICKENS DURING THE TRAILER.
SOUND/ VOICE OVER: THE TRAILER BEGINS WITH DIALOGUE OF AN ELDERLY SOUNDING WOMAN THIS IS THEN FOLLOWED BY QUICK AND UPBEAT DIEGETIC SOUND ONCE THE MOOD CHANGES HARD SOUND IS CONSTANTLY USED AS WELL AS THE DIALOGUE OF THE VICTIMS SCREAMS AND PANIC AS WELL AS QUICK CUTS ALL CONTRIBUTE IN CREATING TENSION FOR THE AUDIENCE.
EDITING: THERE IS A STEADY PACE WHICH EVENTUALLY LEADS TO QUICK CUTS THAT CREATE TENSION WITHIN THE AUDIENCE AS IT CAN INITIALLY BE SEEN THAT DURING TIMES OF JOY THE GROUP OF TEENS HAVE SLOW MOTION HOWEVER DURING TERROR EVERYTHING SPEEDS UP THE TRANSITION FROM HAPPY TO SAD CAN BE SEEN WHEN THE SCREEN FADES TO BLACK AND THERE'S A CHANGE IN THE SCORE MUSIC.
ON SCREEN GRAPHICS: IN BOLD EYE CATCHING FONT IN THE CENTRE OF THE SCREEN THEY COUNT UP TO 13 WHICH BUILDS TENSION FOR THE AUDIENCE BEFORE PRINTING THE MOVIES TITLE.
FILM TITLE: THE POSSESSION
RELEASE DATE: 31ST AUGUST 2012 DIRECTOR: OLE BORNEDAL FILM INFO: THE FILM IS BASED ON THE ALLEGEDLY HAUNTED DYBBUK BOX SYNOPSIS: EMILY THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF CLYDE AND STEPHANIE BECOMES OBSESSED WITH A STRANGE WOODEN BOX BOUGHT FROM A YARD SALE AT FIRST THE BOX APPEARS HARMLESS HOWEVER EMILY BECOMES EXTREMELY VOLATILE AND HER FAMILIES FEARS OF A SUPERNATURAL FORCE BECOMES A REALITY WHEN THEY LEARN THE BOX CONTAINS A DYBBUK THAT INHABITS AND DEVOURS ITS HOSTS. PRINCIPLE CAST: NATASHA CALIS AS EMILY JEFFEREY DEAN AS CLYDE KYRA SEDGWICK AS STEPHANIE MADISON DAVENPORT AS HANNAH GRANT SHOW AS BRETT QUINN LORD AS STUDENT MATISYAHU AS TZADOK PRODUCTION/ FINANCING COMPANY: GHOST HOUSE PICTURES NORTH BOX PRODUCTIONS SUB- GENRE: SUPERNATURAL HORROR |
MORE CAST:
JAY BRAZEAU AS PROFESSOR MCMANNIS DAVID HOVAN AS RABBI ADAN BRENDA CRICHLOW AS MISS SHANDY ANNA HAGAN AS ELEANOR ELLA WADE AS DYBBUK CAMERON SPRAGUE AS THE ABYZOU |
NARRATIVE: THE NARRATIVE APPEARS TO MOVE IN A LINEAR ORDER TO GIVE THE AUDIENCE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS GOING THIS REVEALS A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO THE AUDIENCE BUT WITHHOLDS ENOUGH TO CAPTURE THEIR INTEREST.
CHARACTER: EMILY IS THE CHARACTER WHO IS POSSESSED WITHIN THIS TRAILER AND IS REPRESENTED AS AT FIRST AN INNOCENT CHARACTER AND APPEARS TO BECOME THE ANTAGONIST HER POSSESSION SUPPORTS THE CONVENTION THAT CHILDREN ARE LIKELY TO BE POSSESSED THIS CREATES A FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN IN THE AUDIENCE AS LITTLE GIRLS ARE STEREO TYPICALLY PORTRAYED AS INNOCENT WHICH PLAYS ON THE AUDIENCES EMOTIONS.
MISE EN SCENE:
LIGHTING: THE LIGHTING WAS KEPT PREDOMINANTLY LOW KEY TO ADD TO THE HAUNTED MYSTERIOUS ELEMENT OF THE TRAILER HOWEVER WHEN THE SCENE WAS OUTSIDE NATURAL LIGHTING WAS USED TO SHOW THE INS AND OUTS OF THEIR NORMAL LIFE AND THE DRASTIC CHANGE THAT IS YET TO COME.
NVC: EMILY'S NVC APPEAR LIKE THAT OF AN INNOCENT SWEET GIRL BUT BEGIN TO CHANGE DRASTICALLY AND BECOMES DISTANT SHE THEN APPEARS VOLATILE AND AGGRESSIVE.
SETTING: THE SETTING GOES FROM THEIR HOME IN WHICH THE BOX IS MOST LIKELY TO RESIDE AND CAN BE INFERRED TO BE IN A DESOLATE LOCATION AS WELL AS A CAFE AND THEN A JEWISH SYNAGOGUE AS WELL AS A HOSPITAL THE PACE IS KEPT QUITE QUICK IN ORDER TO CREATE TENSION.
PROPS:THE BOX WHICH HOLDS THE DYBBUK AS WELL AS THE BIBLE ARE BOTH PROPS USED WITHIN THIS TRAILER THAT HAVE VERY SYMBOLIC RELIGIOUS CONNOTATIONS THIS INSTILLS AN ELEMENT OF FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
COSTUME: THE CLOTHING APPEARS TO BE ORDINARY CLOTHING HOWEVER LATER BECOMES PLAIN WHITE PAJAMAS AS WELL AS A HOSPITAL GOWN WHICH SUGGESTS VULNERABILITY YET JUXTAPOSES HER CHARACTER.
THEME:POSSESSION VIOLENCE AND TORTURE
CAMERA: VARIOUS SHOTS ARE USED THROUGH OUT THE TRAILER BUT IT BEGINS WITH AN ESTABLISHING SHOT OF THEIR HOME THIS STARTS TO ALTERNATE BETWEEN ESTABLISHING SHOTS AND WIDE ANGLES IN ORDER TO VIEW THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE FAMILY THIS IS DONE TO ENGAGE THE AUDIENCE WITH A SLIGHT BACKSTORY AND INCLUDES REACTION SHOTS, MID SHOTS, LONG SHOTS AND TWO SHOTS THE PACE THEN BEGINS TO BUILD TOWARDS THE END TO GIVE THE AUDIENCE ENOUGH TO WATCH THE FILM BUT NOT GIVE TOO MUCH AWAY.
SOUND/VOICE OVER: WITHIN THIS TRAILER THERE IS A CONSTANT USE OF NON DIEGETIC SCORE MUSIC WHICH GRADUALLY BUILDS PACE THROUGH OUT THE TRAILER IN ORDER TO ADD A TENSE MORE HAUNTING ATMOSPHERE THE DIALOGUE FROM THE START IS QUITE FAMILY FRIENDLY HOWEVER ONCE THEY HAVE THE BOX THE MOOD BECOMES DARK AND MORE SINISTER AND THE PACE SPEEDS AS THE MUSIC VOLUME INCREASES THE IS THEN MET BY AN IMMEDIATE SILENCE TO CREATE TENSION BEFORE THE PACE SLOWS DOWN AND VOLUME DECREASES.
EDITING: THE CUTS WITHIN THIS TRAILER ARE SLOW TO START WITH AND GRADUALLY BUILD TO QUICK CUTS THIS IS DONE TO BUILD TENSION WITHIN THE AUDIENCE AND IS ACCOMPANIED BY DIALOGUE AS WELL AS DIEGETIC SOUND TO AMPLIFY THE TENSION.
ON SCREEN GRAPHICS: THE WORDS BASED ON A TRUE STORY IS USED WHICH BRINGS IN THE AUDIENCES INTEREST AND CAUSES THEM TO QUESTION THE FILM , TOWARDS THE END WE THEN SEE THE WORD "DARKNESS" RE INSTILLING FEAR IN ITS TARGET AUDIENCE.
CHARACTER: EMILY IS THE CHARACTER WHO IS POSSESSED WITHIN THIS TRAILER AND IS REPRESENTED AS AT FIRST AN INNOCENT CHARACTER AND APPEARS TO BECOME THE ANTAGONIST HER POSSESSION SUPPORTS THE CONVENTION THAT CHILDREN ARE LIKELY TO BE POSSESSED THIS CREATES A FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN IN THE AUDIENCE AS LITTLE GIRLS ARE STEREO TYPICALLY PORTRAYED AS INNOCENT WHICH PLAYS ON THE AUDIENCES EMOTIONS.
MISE EN SCENE:
LIGHTING: THE LIGHTING WAS KEPT PREDOMINANTLY LOW KEY TO ADD TO THE HAUNTED MYSTERIOUS ELEMENT OF THE TRAILER HOWEVER WHEN THE SCENE WAS OUTSIDE NATURAL LIGHTING WAS USED TO SHOW THE INS AND OUTS OF THEIR NORMAL LIFE AND THE DRASTIC CHANGE THAT IS YET TO COME.
NVC: EMILY'S NVC APPEAR LIKE THAT OF AN INNOCENT SWEET GIRL BUT BEGIN TO CHANGE DRASTICALLY AND BECOMES DISTANT SHE THEN APPEARS VOLATILE AND AGGRESSIVE.
SETTING: THE SETTING GOES FROM THEIR HOME IN WHICH THE BOX IS MOST LIKELY TO RESIDE AND CAN BE INFERRED TO BE IN A DESOLATE LOCATION AS WELL AS A CAFE AND THEN A JEWISH SYNAGOGUE AS WELL AS A HOSPITAL THE PACE IS KEPT QUITE QUICK IN ORDER TO CREATE TENSION.
PROPS:THE BOX WHICH HOLDS THE DYBBUK AS WELL AS THE BIBLE ARE BOTH PROPS USED WITHIN THIS TRAILER THAT HAVE VERY SYMBOLIC RELIGIOUS CONNOTATIONS THIS INSTILLS AN ELEMENT OF FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
COSTUME: THE CLOTHING APPEARS TO BE ORDINARY CLOTHING HOWEVER LATER BECOMES PLAIN WHITE PAJAMAS AS WELL AS A HOSPITAL GOWN WHICH SUGGESTS VULNERABILITY YET JUXTAPOSES HER CHARACTER.
THEME:POSSESSION VIOLENCE AND TORTURE
CAMERA: VARIOUS SHOTS ARE USED THROUGH OUT THE TRAILER BUT IT BEGINS WITH AN ESTABLISHING SHOT OF THEIR HOME THIS STARTS TO ALTERNATE BETWEEN ESTABLISHING SHOTS AND WIDE ANGLES IN ORDER TO VIEW THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE FAMILY THIS IS DONE TO ENGAGE THE AUDIENCE WITH A SLIGHT BACKSTORY AND INCLUDES REACTION SHOTS, MID SHOTS, LONG SHOTS AND TWO SHOTS THE PACE THEN BEGINS TO BUILD TOWARDS THE END TO GIVE THE AUDIENCE ENOUGH TO WATCH THE FILM BUT NOT GIVE TOO MUCH AWAY.
SOUND/VOICE OVER: WITHIN THIS TRAILER THERE IS A CONSTANT USE OF NON DIEGETIC SCORE MUSIC WHICH GRADUALLY BUILDS PACE THROUGH OUT THE TRAILER IN ORDER TO ADD A TENSE MORE HAUNTING ATMOSPHERE THE DIALOGUE FROM THE START IS QUITE FAMILY FRIENDLY HOWEVER ONCE THEY HAVE THE BOX THE MOOD BECOMES DARK AND MORE SINISTER AND THE PACE SPEEDS AS THE MUSIC VOLUME INCREASES THE IS THEN MET BY AN IMMEDIATE SILENCE TO CREATE TENSION BEFORE THE PACE SLOWS DOWN AND VOLUME DECREASES.
EDITING: THE CUTS WITHIN THIS TRAILER ARE SLOW TO START WITH AND GRADUALLY BUILD TO QUICK CUTS THIS IS DONE TO BUILD TENSION WITHIN THE AUDIENCE AND IS ACCOMPANIED BY DIALOGUE AS WELL AS DIEGETIC SOUND TO AMPLIFY THE TENSION.
ON SCREEN GRAPHICS: THE WORDS BASED ON A TRUE STORY IS USED WHICH BRINGS IN THE AUDIENCES INTEREST AND CAUSES THEM TO QUESTION THE FILM , TOWARDS THE END WE THEN SEE THE WORD "DARKNESS" RE INSTILLING FEAR IN ITS TARGET AUDIENCE.