THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT - TRAILER REVIEW
WHICH POSITIVE,
CLEVER OR INTERESTING ASPECTS DO YOU THINK YOU COULD INCLUDE IN YOUR OWN
TRAILER? WHAT GENERIC FEATURES ARE FULFILLED WELL?
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I like how at the start of the film, the dialogue between John
(father) and Mary (daughter) states that they’ll be living at “the last house
on the left” which is “the only house for miles”. This connotes the mise-en-scene
of an isolated location. The way they’ve used the film name embedded into their
dialogue is very clever and gives it more significance – denotes that something’s
going to occur to which will restrict a character greatly.
·
the way the scene goes from happy and joyful whilst Mary, Justin
and Paige are being typical teenagers, messing about, smoking and having fun
but then there’s a rapid collision cut where the joyful tune in the background
turns to intense music when the crooks all walk in the rooms, this is where the
horror then occurs.
·
Several sections in the trailer fade to black to show the harsh horror
events that will happen in the movie, for example when the crooks are shooting
at Mary whilst she’s on her escape swimming in the water, it fades to black and
then it shows the three crooks stating “you got her”.
·
The way the pace is very quick showing all the best sections in
the film, makes it seem extremely horrific and edgy. It mirrors the events in
the actual film. The upbeat pace gives adrenalin.
WHICH ASPECT
OF THE TRAILED DID YOU THINK WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, AND WOULD PUT OFF ITS TARGET
AUDIENCE? HOW IS IT DISAPPOINTING?
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It doesn't deliver horror enough; it’s more of an action/thriller
film.
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I watched the film before I saw the trailer, and I can see that there
are no hidden sections in this; this is a highlights trailer that sells the
whole story line and shows the best and most horrific parts in the film. Thus is
what will put people off.
WHAT DO YOU
RATE THE TRAILERS SCORE? WHY DID IT RECEIVE THAT MARK?
I rate it an
8 because I think the trailer is very good. It has horrific aspects entailed
and the pace is upbeat which gives you adrenalin as well as giving the film an
edge to which will make you want to watch it more. I know the trailer releases
too much of the story line which is why it dropped two marks from 10 marks but
I believe they've made clever use of collision cutting, black outs and
restricted narration. The way they've played on the name of the film is very
enticing which signifies the location being enclosed and creepy. Overall, great
editing and very enticing.
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