A contemporary Horror movie released in 2011, in this blog post i am going to deconstruct the trailer.
In the beginning of the trailer their is a sense of equilibrium of two protagonists in a car speaking to one another, the lighting is natural and bright. From the next scene it is clear to audience that they are in the desert a slow pan of a car pulling up sets the scene. Then the lighting dims and slowly the music score is introduced anchoring the fade out to text on screen informing the audience of the equilibrium now being un balanced. The mise en scene now is in an abanded warehouse of some sorts. A contemporary twist on the classic forest horror scene, used to update the genre. The characters are predominantly female dressed in skimpy tops and shorts enphasising their sexuality, the males are in shorts and t-shirts. The lighting is dim and dark as the scenes are of a dark and unsettling nature a series of mid shots and close ups show women tied up screaming and one female holding a gun, who is then has a line which connotes her defiance, however she is punched in the face destroying her false hope. The music score anchors the moving images on screen building up the tension to highlight key bits and suspence. The camera angles and shots are majoritively close ups showing the emotions on the characters faces. Framed in a tracking shot. This use of the camera portrays the females of the piece as weak and scared and unable to be in control a stereotypical portrayl of females in film.Whipe shots to the next scene are used in the beginning and as the pace of the trailer quickens these are changed to fade shots to ensure continuity.
In comparison i am going to deconstruct Tucker and Dale v Evil
This is a Horror spoof and very different to the above horror.
The Establishing shot is a crane shot of a long road inbetween some woods with a car in focus. A fade out takes us to the next shot which is a close up with three characters in focus in the car. The next shot is a subjective shot from those characters as the supposed villains of the piece are seen. The Mise en Scene is set in the woods which a classic setting for a horror movie, the Lighting at the beginning of the trailer is bright and natural establishing the equilibrium. This changes quickly as the disruption sees the protagonists spooked by a couple of locals. As non diagetic sound is introduced the lighting dims and main we see one of the protagonists scream on seeing the locals again. The non diagetic music score increases the tension to a crescendo as the protagonists mistakenly believe one of them is being kidnapped by the locals. The dim lighting anchors. At the end of the crescendo the lighting returns the natural bright as seen in the beginning and the series of events unfolds. The camera swings from an objective to subjective view point. The camera shots and angles is mostly mid shots with though from a subjective view point the shot is a close up. From the objective view point it is a long shot. The editing is not set at a fast pace which emphasises the spoof nature of the film. A few fade outs to text on scream connote the horror element, with words such as "blood" seen in dripping red to a black background.
Gender in this trailer is portrayed equally however a female protagonist is the supposed captor which is in following with a stereo typical classic horror.
In the beginning of the trailer their is a sense of equilibrium of two protagonists in a car speaking to one another, the lighting is natural and bright. From the next scene it is clear to audience that they are in the desert a slow pan of a car pulling up sets the scene. Then the lighting dims and slowly the music score is introduced anchoring the fade out to text on screen informing the audience of the equilibrium now being un balanced. The mise en scene now is in an abanded warehouse of some sorts. A contemporary twist on the classic forest horror scene, used to update the genre. The characters are predominantly female dressed in skimpy tops and shorts enphasising their sexuality, the males are in shorts and t-shirts. The lighting is dim and dark as the scenes are of a dark and unsettling nature a series of mid shots and close ups show women tied up screaming and one female holding a gun, who is then has a line which connotes her defiance, however she is punched in the face destroying her false hope. The music score anchors the moving images on screen building up the tension to highlight key bits and suspence. The camera angles and shots are majoritively close ups showing the emotions on the characters faces. Framed in a tracking shot. This use of the camera portrays the females of the piece as weak and scared and unable to be in control a stereotypical portrayl of females in film.Whipe shots to the next scene are used in the beginning and as the pace of the trailer quickens these are changed to fade shots to ensure continuity.
In comparison i am going to deconstruct Tucker and Dale v Evil
This is a Horror spoof and very different to the above horror.
Gender in this trailer is portrayed equally however a female protagonist is the supposed captor which is in following with a stereo typical classic horror.
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