This is an A2 produced film trailer, it does the first point very well. It captives its target audience by containing the main basis of the film within the trailer yet leaves the audience intrigued to see where the story goes.
Wrong Decision (2011)
Instantly we are exposed to a thundery screen with text insert of the "FOG Productions" which is an acronym for "Full of Gore"- This pathetic fallacy immediately sets the audience up for the horror genre.
Interior mid-shot of two characters, sitting on the sofa intensely watching the news. The composition, facial expressions and body language emphasises normality and a casual situation.
Non- diegetic music- deep, chimes, creepy sinister, grime music which suggests dis-equilibrium on the rising horizon in this urban location.
Over which we hear the news report highlighting someone has escaped from prison- at this point a close up of the female's exaggerated shock expression focusing the audience to the storyline- suggesting she is more important than the male lead.
It cuts to a the mid short of both characters reactions.
The use of realistic but fake text inserts from a news broadcast lures the audience into the possibility of this occurring.
Non-diegetic thunder/rumbling sound as a flickered mid-shot of dark figure in the cloak of night, the only light source is a street lamp. Introduction of the antagonist, exposing them to danger.
A point of view shot of the antagonist putting on a mask focuses the fear and mystery to the shadowed character. Which cuts to to long shot of the masked villain, dressed in all black.
A transition into a young male running away from danger before a blackout in which a blood splattered graffiti text insert "Have you ever"- we cut back to a mid-shot of the male falling over and a dark character approaching as he tries to scramble to his feet- heightens the danger and emphasises the connotations of their genre- blackout appears with text that reads "Regretted something that not only puts your life in danger"
We then get close ups which conform to the genre- A close up of the victim's feet being dragged by the antagonist, the constant light flicker then a close up of the victims hands vigorously grasping the grass, cuts to a flicker of light then a close up of the masked villain parallel to the non-diegetic grime music.
As the black out occurs again the text reads " But also the lives of others", the slow development of text emphasises the horror and tension.
A mid-shot, zooms in to a close up as the female victim flees, we then get a handheld point of view shot of an unsteady close up focused on the villains white mask while the protagonist is being dragged unsettles the audience.
We then get a series of enigmas of character's being chased through a montage of handheld out of focused shots- highlighting horror mirroring the music.
After a series of blackouts with text inserts and magazine like rating with a voice over.
We get more point of view shots and close ups of danger which mirror the pleonastic heat beating followed by the release date
A mid-shot tilting upwards to reveal the antagonist light by a head light. A close of of his prop. a knife also complies with the genre conventions. more fast paced shots connoting danger, complement the fast heartbeat. We then get the film title and release date once more.
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