I found this film particularly intriguing, as I haven't seen it yet and looks spectacular. Most importantly it shows the horror conventions very clearly in this teaser.
Amplified sound of a match being lit, an extreme close up of a flame as it dissolves to production company logo the picture of the company logo is in black & white signifying the film is set in the past. A dissolve instantly Medium close up of A-list star standing there in shock. The low lighting implies this is a Horror/Thriller. Camera then dollying in to him, suddenly an impact sound takes place and a cut to an establishing shot of an island. The shoot looks very spooky and has side lighting which suggests something could be wrong with island. A cut to another establishing shot of the building with guards standing next to big black gates half open. Camera then zooms In whilst gates continue to open which makes audience feel like their being dragged into this horrific atmosphere. There are dialogue clips over the images, the tone of his (Leonardo) voice is sinister which continues through out most of the teaser trailer linking it to the horror genre.
An Ariel/establishing shot of the building itself takes place showing audience the level of security which and the isolation of the institute all of this adds a feeling of unease to the audience. Impact sound leading to a cut to a shot of an arm with blood on the hand this shot is only there for a quarter of a second. Fade to black and then a cut straight back to the arm and then a fade to black again. Over the shoulder shot focusing on the A-list star and then a cut to a shot of papers in a puddle which creates mystery. Cut to a shot of a deranged looking man in a type of prison cell which shows the audience something is wrong. The man also looks very scary showing this Is a horror/thriller. The biggest impact sound of appears in this next shot of a chain hanging from the ceiling. Rapid editing takes place which adds intensity as the text appears on screen in white with a black background. The non-digetic sound slows down along side the editing. Close up of A-list star (Leonardo) who looks very suspicious but has a speck of fear inside him too.
M.C.U of a strange and mental looking old woman – This puts fear into the audience as she is very, very scary. Jump cut into a Close – up on her. Cut to Black gates closing with two men on each side of the gate closing them , lighting is very dim. The darkness in this shot sets the audiences mood. In-between shots there are texts of famous films made by the director. There is then long shot of two people at the edge of a cliff, with sea at the bottom. This shot drags in the audience into feeling lost and trapped as it looks incredibly isolated. After a shot of more text there is a cut to A-list star in a white uniform, he looks disturbed and pail. This could mean the film has something to do with mental people. Cut to the hall way he's walking through (point of view shot), It looks very dark and gloomy. Impact sound and then a Cut to an arm violently reaching out of a cell cage trying to grab a person. A cut to child (girl) for a quarter of a second and then a cut to an old odd looking man. The fact that a child is put in this teaser trailer reflects the genre as children are known to be in horror genre type films.
The audience are usually effected by this. Close-up of A-list star glazing at something/someone in shock. Cut to more text of films made by director (Martin Scorsese) and then a cut to a birds eye view shot of a dead body laying in a pool of blood in a room whilst papers float around the air. This creates mystery and builds the tension. Texts appear on screen. Suddenly editing becomes rapid again showing off horror conventions again. There is a medium shot/tracking shot of a man running as if he was trying to escape from somewhere. The lighting on his back looks like a torch, this implies that maybe somebody is chasing him. This sets fear into the audiences mind and creates adrenaline for a quarter of a second . Cuts back to a text and then straight to a Birds eye view of a character acting paranoid the camera then twists/contra zoom. Cut to a silhouette of a child or a doll inside water floating. Leading straight to a cut of a pale but terrifying child holding a woman's hand. The lighting makes it seem like their both in flames as there is an explosion behind them, shot only lasts for a quarter of a second.
This again shows horror conventions as children are revealed. Text continues to appear and then a cut to high angle shot of character clinging onto the side of a cliff, as the ocean is in the background this shows someone trying to escape which keeps the audiences guessing or wondering, or even confused. As Camera lowers which show the desperate facial expression on A-list stars face. Rapid Editing continues, numerous images appear as editing quickens along side the non-digetic horrific sharp sound,which keeps the tension and the adrenaline in the atmosphere. Showing conventions of horror genre yet again. Impact sound comes in at the same time voice-over of main character screams 'Let me see you're damn face', editing speeds up even more whilst images flicker of disturbing scary faces. As all those things are happening at the same time this causes the tension and keeps the audiences on the edge of their seat which is another convention of the horror genre. Text continues to appear in-between images.
“OF FEAR”
Is part of the sentence in the text. The word 'Fear' is usually put into tag lines of horror films or inside a horror trailer. So this shows again it is a horror film. Rapid editing continues through loads of different spooky images. And then a sudden cut to a close-up of A-list star with a lit match in his hand with smoke coming from the spark. He looks terrified and disturbed. The match may signify that he is running out of time as he has limited light in the darkness. Everything in the frame is faded to black apart from the flame from the match which enlarges, with A-list stars name on it in grey. The fact that the font is in white and black or grey shows audiences this is a dark film, which also again leads back to it being a horror convention. Everything goes quite and settles down, we hear A-list star whisper 'Oh My God,' straight away a cut to a medium shot of main character with a big terrifying man who is initially behind him and then grabs him. As this takes place the editing had speed up again along side an impact sound. This has an even bigger effect on audience as they were taken by surprise which is what horror film directors do to satisfy audiences. This again is part of a horror genre conventions. Title appears along with credits after it.
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