Thursday, 25 April 2013

Trailer Review: 30 Days Of Night


The trailer begins with intertitles and a slow montage building up tension. The intertitles introduce the audience to the narrative of the film, but the scenes being shown are the characters going about their day to day life. The trailer then picks up, parallel music is introduced in combination with a short quick montage of clips to introduce the vampires and a small amount of gore into the trailer. Once some gore is shown, the trailer uses a collision cut back to a slow montage, where tension begins to build again, through clever shots revealing vampires lurking in the village, and the character’s speech telling the narrative instead of intertitles. A scene is shown where a woman is alone by herself in the middle of the city, isolated from everybody else and calling out for help. Contrapuntal music kicks in along with a quick montage of gore and vampire attacks, creating a panic stricken feel to the trailer. The trailer finishes on a scene of a woman screaming whilst being bitten by a vampire, which then cuts to a title screen with the name of the film. Overall I think that the trailer works very well, as it is almost entirely set in low key lighting, giving the trailer a very dark and gloomy feel. There is plenty of gore, and the quick montages are done very well, giving off a strong sense of panic in the village. 

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