Trailer Evaluation #3

UALab L2 Creative Media Trailer Textual Analysis Checklist #3
General
Name of film: Unfriended                                                             Genre: Horror
Does the trailer name the film stars? If so, who are they? No film stars where mentioned however there was 6 main characters in the movie
Does the trailer name the filmmakers? If so, who are they? No but the filmmaker was Stephen Susco
How long is the trailer?
2:34
Mise en scene
How many different locations are seen? What are they? Around 4-5. There wasn’t much. It was mainly indoors, people on laptops, a factory where people are being tortured and hospital.
How would you describe the costume(s) worn by the main characters? It was only casual clothing nothing special.
What key props are seen? Mainly houses, knifes, laptops.
Is text used? How would you describe it? There as text to add make it seem scarier. For example “everyone has secrets”
Editing
How many shots are there in total? Divide this number by the number of seconds for an ‘average shot length’
Number of shots:       33                      Average shot length:3.23
Are there any transitions (other than cuts) between the shots? If so, describe them. There were just instant transitions and immediately shows victims reaction to peoples torture.
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?
No it was just a Skype call and everybody was speaking.
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 torturing scenes. Mainly close ups of face cams.
Are there any high or low angle shots? What are they of? Why do you think they were shown like this? Not specifically.

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