Name of film- 30 Days of Night
Genre- Horror
Year released-2009
Your mark after viewing- 8/10
Genre- Horror
Year released-2009
Your mark after viewing- 8/10
What happened in the trailer?
The trailer starts when a woman is pulled out a window by a vampire and killed. More deaths follow and the intertitles address help progress the narrative by telling us that vampires are attacking an Alaskan town as night lasts 30 days there.
The trailer starts when a woman is pulled out a window by a vampire and killed. More deaths follow and the intertitles address help progress the narrative by telling us that vampires are attacking an Alaskan town as night lasts 30 days there.
What positive, clever or interesting aspects do you think you could
include in your own trailer? What generic features are well fulfilled?
The trailer featured an unconventional convention where a jump scare, which usually appears at the end, appears at the beginning of the trailer to give a cunning connotation and represent that the film is surprising and unexpected. The trailer also uses collision cutting between the vampire action and slower paced monologue scenes which gives the trailer an exciting pace. The body horror was well represented in the trailer and the vampire threat isn’t too established as well meaning the audience don’t really know what the full extent of the threat is. The intertitles also don’t give too much of the narrative away but still sell the idea to the audience. The background colour, and low key lighting, for these intertitles and the trailer was a gloomy blue to represent the cold atmosphere but as the trailer progresses this intertitles background changes to red to connote that blood will be spilt.
The trailer featured an unconventional convention where a jump scare, which usually appears at the end, appears at the beginning of the trailer to give a cunning connotation and represent that the film is surprising and unexpected. The trailer also uses collision cutting between the vampire action and slower paced monologue scenes which gives the trailer an exciting pace. The body horror was well represented in the trailer and the vampire threat isn’t too established as well meaning the audience don’t really know what the full extent of the threat is. The intertitles also don’t give too much of the narrative away but still sell the idea to the audience. The background colour, and low key lighting, for these intertitles and the trailer was a gloomy blue to represent the cold atmosphere but as the trailer progresses this intertitles background changes to red to connote that blood will be spilt.
Which aspects of the trailer did you think were unsuccessful and would
put off its target audience? How is it disappointing?
The trailer did have a few flaws however, namely that no characters were
introduced so the audience aren’t able to connect with the characters and learn
about their role in the narrative.
The trailer was also very long and could lose the attention of some members of
the audience. It also featured too
many editing fades where the screen dipped to black. This is annoying for the
audience as it ruins the quick pacing
of the trailer.
What was the trailers average class score? Why did it receive that
mark?
The average class score was 8/10 due to the fact it highlighted the action horror conventions as well as showing the body horror aspects that attract the horror target audience. The trailer used intertitles very well to address the narrative and it also featured a jump scare at the beginning and end of the trailer to throw you straight into action and keep you immersed in the action the trailer has to offer.
The average class score was 8/10 due to the fact it highlighted the action horror conventions as well as showing the body horror aspects that attract the horror target audience. The trailer used intertitles very well to address the narrative and it also featured a jump scare at the beginning and end of the trailer to throw you straight into action and keep you immersed in the action the trailer has to offer.
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