We start the trailer with a Point of View shot (POV) shot,
of a person looking up to a light this would make the audience think of a
dentist chair or somewhere quite clinical, this type of setting is already not
a very welcoming setting as often people do not enjoy trips to the dentist.
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| Fig. 1 POV shot surgical light. |
This is matched with the voiceover of it seems
that it’s been quite a while since your first consultation, this is easily relatable
to the audience as the dentist is not a place people go regularly. This allows
for the scene to appear far more believable and real, this makes it more
frightening to the audience as they are left guessing what happens next, how
will this character be killed? Due to the nature of this particular film franchise,
it’s clear to the audience what will happen next.
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| Fig 2. Overexposed camera shot. |
Through the use of filters it
makes the light and overall frame appear to extremely over exposed making the
frame go white this then transitions into the character Olivia lying on her back
in the chair appearing afraid and shaking, creating tension and the camera shot
is extremely close-up.
At the start of the trailer we are introduced to the idea of
death and uncertainty. The monologue at the start is in a very monotonous, humourless
tone in some ways what the woman says at the start is slightly predictable as
to what would happen in the film. With the words ‘I don’t want to miss anything…’
is what the whole film is based around missing things avoiding death in any
type of way, which sets the tone for a sense of irony over the whole film. The
use of the non-diegetic sound here allows for the audience to try and guess
what the film may be about it also creates an uneasy tone to the entire film as
her voice could be seen as quite unnerving. With
this being the fifth instalment of the final destination series it is clear its
Unique Selling Point is the ways in which people die, as the from the trailer
is easy to predict how the film will end.
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| Fig 3. Olivia close up shot. |
After this short clip of Olivia becoming visibly upset, are
the words ‘We all share…a common…destination’ this words all flash up in
between the clip of Olivia trying to reach for the Emergency stop button and
her later screaming. Through the use of the constant beeping of the laser eye
machine seeming to increase intensity and speed; Olivia beginning to panic then
later her screams it turns into a sound mix of diegetic and non-diegetic sounds
of the uneasy music. Through the use of sound it allows the audience to get a
sense of what genre this is and what will happen in this film, as well as
making the overall trailer quite frightening and tense. The words that pop up
on the screen (‘we all share…a common…destination’) written in capital letters
in a Times New Roman font which already has quite gothic connotations, this gives
the trailer quite an uneasy and ominous feel, especially with the text being
white and the background being a very dark black all navy with smoking coming
off the letters it in some way symbolises graveyard and death themes.
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| Fig 4. Text |
Through camera angles it is clear of the nature of the film
through the use of POV angles it’s clear that it is horror/thriller as this is
a common camera angle in this type of genre. The film creates tension for a
period of medium length cut scenes as it makes it hard for the audience to
anticipate what’s next. Olivia at the start is seen clutching a teddy bear this
symbolises her innocence and youth later on in the trailer we see the teddy
bear falling to the floor this symbolises her being no longer protected by her
innocence the laser starts to come on. This trailer portrays all the
conventions within the horror genre which makes it effective and appealing to
the desired audience.
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