Friday 13th

establishing shot of this is of the moon which is a long shot. The moon is bright and provides the only lighting for that current scene. We get a sense or darkness and horror due to the dark background and suspicious music in the scene. However the moon itself only provides dim lighting for the scene and there are black clouds which are covering parts of the moon which helps in emphasising that it will be a dark trailer. The fact that there are no props in the background suggests that there will be no gimmicks and will get straight to the point of the film. It is also a full moon which seems to be a common convention in horror films it usually suggests the beginning of a bad era about to begin. As we are unable to see much it could possibly be a suggestion that the antagonist will be hard to find due to the pitch black background and the moon being the only source of light which seems to get covered by dark clouds. This could also suggest that purity (being the moon) will be tampered with as the cloud which could be seen at darkness is constantly covering up which could lead us to think that it could be a slasher film.

the next shot is the shot of the main which is a long shot of the man. We see that there is a bright light shining on him but his surrounding are black which enforces the fact that he could be one of the main characters in this trailer. We also notice that he is wearing yellow which is usually colour which people use when they need help for example S.O.S. His facial expression shows confusion which makes us think that something has already happened to him and the current situation seems odd to him. The music in the background of this scene tells us that something is about to happen as it has that tension to it. Then he slowly starts walking towards the camera and at the end we see a close up shot of him where we hear the slasher noise resulting in him falling on the floor in pain. The transitions from these shots are quick cuts which emphasises the confusion of the current situation. However when we see the long shot its almost shaky which makes us assume that it could also be a point of view shot from who we assume is the antagonist as at the end of this scene  he kills this man who seems to be completely innocent.

In the third scene we see that there is a girl and a boy who seemed as they have sinned through sexual activity and as soon as they see someone coming it turns into a close up on the male character who dies. However, it also seems like a point of view shot from the killer’s aspect which therefore makes it seem like this boy is apologising to us. By using a point of view shot it puts us in the killer’s aspect which allow us to only understand what they do when they walk in on these teenager, this helps in leavening the killer anonymous which allows the director to build up suspense as we have no idea what it could be. Again they are both wearing yellow which suggest that they are in need of help. The mise en scene tells us that they are in a hidden location as the room seems to be empty. The girl is also blonde which suggests that she is unable to think for herself and constantly sins therefore practically putting herself up to this horror. This also shows carol clovers ‘final girl’ theory as we see who we assume is her boyfriend get killed but she still sits there on the floor in shock. Again there is dim lighting which is another common convention in horror films as it helps in building up to horror aspect for this trailer as not being able to see much tells us more.