The trailer starts with a slow montage of clips, edited
slowly paced to build up tension. The trailer then shows a point of view shot
of a zombie child, approaching her mother’s bedroom. This shot is very slow and
has parallel music alongside it, to build tension up, making the audience
anticipate that something eventful is about the happen. As soon as the child
attacks, the trailer changes to a quick montage through collision cutting,
which reflects the panic and terror that the characters are feeling. After this
sequence is over, the Universal and Strike title scenes appear, sending the
trailer back into a slow montage, once again through collision cutting. The
rest of the trailer sets a narrative for the rest of the film, through the use
of inter-titles and voice-overs. The scenes in the trailer are in chronological
order which works well to understand the narrative of the film. Parallel music
throughout the trailer helps to enhance the character’s emotions. The trailer also shows body horror in small sections, as
well as iconic images related to the film including the zombie baby scene.
These images help create rememberable points about the trailer. Overall, I
think the trailer works well in presenting the narrative and overall feel of
the film, however for me it doesn’t fit into the horror genre enough.
No comments:
Post a Comment