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Trailer Analysis
Micro Features Cinematography (camera shots and angles) Horror Trailer 1 The Unborn high angle shots, close-ups, extreme close-ups Horror Trailer 2 Halloween (new) Long shot, mid shot, extreme close-ups, low angle shot, close-up, low angle shots
His costume and mask are dirty and torn; this shows neglect. Cant see his face shows uneasiness and tension. He is robotic to show he has no emotions.
Horror Trailer 3 Childs Play Establishing shot, sweeping shot. POV shot, close-up, extreme close-up, mid shots, high angle shots Fashionable clothes to show a normal family, respectable looking Chucky is there to ruin this balance. Scared facial expressions, setting is in the families house Christmas song to show happiness at first. Voice over explaining all is not as it seems
Most Effective and Why? The Unborn because the use of the eerie camera angles is very effective Childs Play because the use of a normal looking family and to then have Chucky to ruin this as he is totally the opposite is very effective Halloween because it has a very recognisable soundtrack and builds up a lot of tension The Unborn because the use of special FX gives a very real feel to the paranormal happenings
Mise en scene Costume & make-up Facial exp, behaviour, body lang, positioning of characters, setting, props
white clothes purity. Boy disfigured. Worried confused face to show horror. Eerie then fast paced music
Dialogue talking about people involved in making the film. Soundtrack at end for nostalgia of older versions of the film. Dialogue of characters explaining the plot.
Editing Cut, jump cut, crosscutting, fade, slow motion or speeded up, crash zoom
Cuts used, jump cut, cutting fade, slow motion, speed up and crash zoom, dialogue
Jump cuts on action parts. Fade at beginning with voice morph and slow-mo. Crash zoom also on action scenes