http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZYAuHKWxHA
First the film starts off with the trailers setting the scene, being that in a barren highway, already creating an eerie place to be weary of. The colours at the start merge into black, shadows are apparent, making it seem like a place is tainted, and that even in the day the shadows are reaching out to submerge the light. The silhouette of a man and a house are seen, though no distinct features are looked upon, making it more mysterious and the character being eccentric by not being shown straight away, and giving the audience the impression that perhaps this man shouldn’t be seen, that it’s better for him to be cloaked in darkness instead of being straight away revealed to us. The trailer already creates tension by this effect, and the dark black colours used to impact for the sense of approaching danger. Just from the shadow of the man there is the sense of either “western” influence of a more commanding person due to his style of hat, what could resemble a cowboys or a policeman’s.
We then move into the bit where the woman is dabbing a girls forehead, who looks extremely distressed and disorientated, being tied up, it symbolizes her being trapped with loss of freedom, whilst it also could implicate that she has been kidnapped. Then after this is shown, the camera zooms up very close to the girls face, so that only her face is seen, which seems dirty, and sweaty, indicating there was trouble even before she got to this place, to be in such a state, and gives insight into there being action in the film. As it zooms up onto the girls face, it shows her setting eyes on some other character, which shocks her, and is used to suddenly set the blood tingling, as a cut creates hysteria and terror as it cuts to the shadow of a man, who against the brightness of a sunny day, stands out with the presence of his dark shadow, running the sunshine and the image of the country side around him. The scene then explodes in a ray of light, the combustion of light signifying a huge event that might take place, or something so big that is has shocking consequences to blow up in “someone’s face”. Again the genre of horror is easily identified as it progresses into a quick cut that shows stairs descending down into a filthy place, the walls rotten and uncared for, a place that looks horrid and subjective to torture down below, due to the images what are carved onto the wall, and fingernails, that show that human life could possibly have been extinguished or forgotten with these small references in this place.
Writing in small font, but bold because of it’s white colour against black ground say’s “every legend”. This is good for giving insight that this film is not just a horror tale, but this film highlights a main character as being the start of this legend perhaps, as it quickly cuts to a person who could signify this due to his disturbing mental state of mind which isn’t great, as his face wearing a mask of some sort reflects him a hideous twisted evil being, who as he fly’s across the screen in distorted camera like colours makes it seem like he is upsetting the balance of things, by his quick messy movements. As it is being seen on camera like view, this could add to the realism the film is trying to create “with every legend” and then the insight into cameras trying to capture this “legend” which proves to be unsuccessful due to the amount of strength the man has.
The image of two feet sticking out from a dark place signifies death, or heavy violence so that the person is unconscious and the sense of a struggle due to the papers strewn about his feet like they have been disturbed in an act of force. Most personally reflects that someone is going to create violence in the film, as soon after this clip is shown, there is a cut that shows weapons. There is a quick cut of a blade of some sort that is grabbed quickly, then another cut that shows someone holding a weapon in a gripped hand posture, which makes him look threatening and powerful as he looks to advance against something in the poise he has constructed with a faded background that might not be showing what he is going to go forward too, making the tension thicker by not knowing what this figure is going to do next in the room.
The next scene then shows the inside of a house. There is distorted sunlight that manages to get through a cracked window with yellowed drapes, the connotations making the drapes sickly with their colour, and quite old. The sunlight that comes in doesn’t have an effect of the room, which cloaked in darkness only makes the sunlight a unworthy opponent in battling to shine into the room, as the room seems to be powerful in it’s darkness, and the fact that no sunlight is hardly retaining its bright happy colour in this room, makes the room seem dreaded, lonely and cold, with no warmth but only a distinctive hostility about the room it’s self. The cuts quickly move on, showing another scene in an uncared room of the house, with a knitting machine perhaps used for some menacing activity and not rather for an old woman to knit, who appeared at the start of the trailer. The other scene then reveals more of the body of a man up to his head lying flat down on the floor, such as earlier when there is a man seen, this set of scenes is then concluded by a cut into black and then white writing that slowly with ominous effect comes into view. “Has a beginning” still the mystery of this is not revealed yet, the tension still running thick, a climax to be awaited by these words. If looked at closer the font reads in the style of some typed text, as if this is an actual account of something that happened, the realism deepening even more with the effect of this being documented.
After this it cuts to a photograph, one which is black white, signifying history to the photograph, as well as the type of clothes they are wearing which are not modern but something worn in earlier time. There is a past which could connect to this film perhaps by use of an old fashioned photo. Then the film shifts it’s mood, as after capturing the shot in which a woman seems to be on the guard for something possibly the van that is shown straight after that scene (could indicate she is keeping in line of sight something she might want, the van full of people, making it a strange target) it then creates a happy laidback mood with a vehicle full of friends shown because of their laughter and ease with each other. It seems to be the potential of a “cool” summer road trip, with the friends both in couples, lovers of sort because of their intimate kissing. But this is then disrupted as a police officer steps into view, again not shown in a light way, but partly in darkness against the light of day, standing with his batton to show that this weapon should make people fear him and what he can do if he uses it. The car then glimpses this man maybe, as it cuts to the car suddenly realizing their about to hit something as they all grapple for the wheel, then another cut into black shows the car being hurled into air, skidding dangerously across the hard road. There is a strong sense of danger now at this point as the car has crashed fatally. It then shows the policeman old and sarcastic with his manner of behaviour in how he deals with peering into the car, and then it cuts to the scene where the police car speeds off, but it appears someone is hiding from the police car as you see the glimpse of it far off in the distance and the rustle of undergrowth signifying it hiding someone. The fact that this police car is being feared, cuts the usual stereotypical views of them, as instead of being the source to go to for help, this policeman seems dangerous and not very helpful at all with the morals normal policeman would have. His eyes that look in his windscreen mirror help portray this.
The next scene shows a girl lying underneath a car trying to get away from someone, but also hiding, then the heavy thud of boots suddenly shocks her as it comes down giving the feel that she might be captured. It then cuts back to the house shown at the start, and it is then revealed that the shadow of the man at the start is this policeman, and that he belongs to his house makes his arrival at driving the young woman and young men to his house a worrying factor. In the scene in the car the people look disgusted and scared by the man with disbelief shown on the girls face.
It cuts to after showing the producers name, a scene in which people are running, blood stained, with one scene showing rain at night, showing that both are escaping through each hours of the day and night indicating that some people in the group might be separated at some point, if some are trying to escape at different times. There is then a multitude of quick cuts that show running again, the forest a place where a girl is being stalked, and then a man running, with a dangerous “bear trap” in front of him, with him screaming it is unbeknown if he is caught in the trap, but it is clear that whoever is after him is sadistic and with murderous intent against these people. The next line of writing is clever then to perhaps show that the person does indeed get caught in the trap because it reads “this fall” showing that he might fall into the horror at his feet. Again the next cuts then reflect on the shadowy figure still not seen properly from earlier. Holding a chainsaw he appears to be the “Texas Chainsaw” as he bolts downs steps into the disgusting place shown at the start, chasing someone. With bulging eyes the girl seen hiding under the stairs in the next cut inspires fear into us but for her own safety as she hopes not to be found by the man with the chain saw. “Witness the birth of fear” again makes viewers be a part of watching this, and observe what could be true events, as it doesn’t warn the people not to watch it, but to see the horrible spectacle about to unfold because of how we as the audience should see the truth!
The next scene shows a dinner scene, though it’s more than just an ordinary feast, as the girl is chained to her chair and looking down in horror at her food as if she is being asked to take part in some ritualistic meal as the other people watch her struggle in the chair not to eat her food. The next scene shows a dirty hand pushing against a man who’s struggling; the dirty hands could represent him being dirty with the stains of doings shown on his skin, tainting him. The dirt seems to fracture innocence also, as on the other characters running covered in dirt; they seem to have been touched by something dark, the dirt conveying this. The smashing of a window in the next scene is quick and deliberate to create impact as either someone is forced to seek desperate measures to escape, endangering themselves because the horror is to great to endure. Seeing a human actually physically injuring himself also shocks the audience.
The other scene then cuts to the chainsaw, in close up range, showing it to be bloodstained and used to destroy and maim, and then after this cut it shows the man holding the chainsaw as his weapon of pride but also his weapon for killing as he swings it in a frenzied murderous way. It then suggests he might use it on the people running as the next scenes show the girl running to avoid the encounter with the chainsaw in various places. The writing of the title is shown in a way that looks like it’s filled with sunlight with its vibrant glow, but perhaps it’s just the imagery of an explosion happening inside the letters, the horror contained inside. The bottom letters are also in red, blood red indicating there might be a strong sense of gore, which was shown earlier with the imagery of the chainsaw covered in blood. There is one last final clip that shocks at the end, all goes quiet as if the trailer has finished but quick pictures cuts across the floor with the deranged face of the murderer and then it goes quiet to leave you with the last image and feeling of terror as other credits roll in for the film. The film does a good job in inspiring fear into the audience with its quick cuts and slow suspense clips that suddenly evolve into one explosive clip of horror. The film which is an 18 definitely portrays it’s age group with the gore and violence that is to be expected in this film.
As there are no credits to really maximize this film in terms of star quality it relies on the plot of the film more then what people are going to star in it.
Sound
A lullaby which is meant to be soothing and tender, is turned into something more eerie and weird, as an old woman’s voice is the sound what appears over the following clips, her presence noted then makes the music turn into darker pitch. This screams and footsteps help add to the terror being chased. Heartbeats and heavy breathing contribute to the fear felt in the people; whilst the creaky sounds of an old distorted camera and film being used makes the sound more mechanical like this film has actually been recorded. There is music towards the end what doesn’t run parallel to the theme of the movie, as it’s “amazing grace” so this a church hymn, makes the house they are outside anything but holy, and that “God” can’t save them from what they are about to go through, so that wickedness, danger and brutality overrule the feeling of safety and harmony that the hymn could represent on normal basis in a church. So that in fact the house is a place of sin. Also the chainsaw sound is focused in on which gives the sense of impending doom with its high pitched wailing mechanical noise that can inflict damage more than any other weapon that does not rely on mechanics for it’s power and way of causing bloodshed.
From looking at this film trailer, i think the effects what would be good in my film trailer are these.
. Use of cutting quickly for the sense of disturbance and exhilaration of shock.
. Colours red and black, contribute to the negative connotations needed to show in our film, as well as the use of shadows.
. Non digetic sounds such as nature and the rustle of bushes, so that it creates more suspense.
. Use of heavy breathing and heartbeat so that danger can be represented well in my film.
. The use of music that doesn’t fit in with the theme, so that is breaks rules for good reason to portray something different.
. Use of slow clips to build up tension, but to then shock as a quick cut reveals the highlight of scaring my audience.
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