Film evaluation #2


UALab L2 Creative Media Trailer Textual Analysis Checklist 2


General


Name of film: Smiley 2012                                                             Genre: Horror


Does the trailer name the film stars? If so, who are they? No film stars where mentioned but the main character was Smiley.


Does the trailer name the filmmakers? If so, who are they? No but they had it in text which was Michael Wormser


How long is the trailer?
1:01


Mise en scene


How many different locations are seen? What are they? Around 4-5. There wasn’t much. It was mainly outside near forest. Police Station, an ordinary house and a café.


How would you describe the costume(s) worn by the main characters? A casual clothing. The police officer had an Officer outfit, and the serial killer had a masked sowed to the face with a huge smiley face and blood where the stitches were.


What key props are seen? Mainly houses, knifes, weapons, mask and clothing’s.


Is text used? How would you describe it? NO text were used.


Editing


How many shots are there in total? Divide this number by the number of seconds for an ‘average shot length’
Number of shots:       25                        Average shot length: 0.24


Are there any transitions (other than cuts) between the shots? If so, describe them. There were scary transitions. Instant pop ups and short cuts of the murderer.


Sound


Is there non-diegetic sound? How would you describe it? There was a typical murderer background sound.


Is there a voice-over? How would you describe the voice? What are they saying and why?
There was a voice over for a few seconds of the detective describing the murderer


Cinematography


Are there any close ups or long shots? What are they of? Why do you think they were shown like this? There were long shots and close ups of the murderer. How he approached the victims. To show how scary it is


Are there any high or low angle shots? What are they of? Why do you think they were shown like this? There were low shots of the murderer holding the knife.



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