The trailer sets the narrative of the film, using a mixture
of inter-titles and slow montage to introduce the audience into the film and
build up tension. The trailer then gets progressively quicker, with quicker cut
scenes now focusing more on the action and building up a sense of panic rather
than focusing on the narrative, although certain parts of the trailer still
involve a voice over from a character. The trailer ends on a shocking scene,
where a possessed woman cuts her tongue open and kisses another woman. This scene
is edited slowly, firstly because this creates a collision cutting effect,
adding emphasis onto this scene, and secondly so the gore and horror is
highlighted. The scene is filmed with a close up of the woman cutting her
tongue, which is in place to make the audience feel uneasy as the body horror
is shown so openly. Throughout the trailer, parallel music is used to emphasise
the dramatic mood of the trailer, which works well. The trailer itself is set
in a creepy location; a remote shack in the woods, with low key lighting used
throughout, to give the trailer an easily recognisable horror film feel. The trailer
is edited into a fast montage from when a man unleashed the monsters, which
helps recreate the panic and terror that the characters are feeling, making the
audience share emotions with the characters.
One thing that I didn’t like about
the trailer was that there was too much gore; I felt that you became desensitized
to it by the end of the trailer. Also, as the trailer was a highlights trailer,
I felt that if I went to see the full film, I would’ve already seen most of the
best parts, as the trailer was filled with constant action.
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