Friday the 13th (2009 version) Trailer

Friday the 13th Trailer Analysis

This trailer is of Friday the 13th (2009 version). The genre of this movie is Horror. There are various settings seen in this trailer, for example, open water, the woods, cabin and a camp-site  In this trailer there is alot of camera work, for example, there is lots of editing as there are cuts in each scene of the trailer to show briefly what the film is about. There is also good use of montage (editing) in this trailer, as when the numbers appear on the screen, in a matter of seconds it swaps to the next victim and then to the next number, this is really effective. The use of the montage, helps create the mood/tone to the audience, I would also say that this image includes collision cutting. This trailer, has certain aspects of Iconography in it for example, the killer is male this is always the case in many horror films and also the victims are mostly female this is also the case for most horror films. The killer is normally always disguised by wearing a mask and wearing black clothing this is very stereotypical to horrors as this used to create the feeling to the audience that he is the bad guy/evil. Some of the themes that can be applied tot his trailer, just from seeing what is happening, could be, retribution, betrayal, revenge, rampage, death and violence.

From this trailer we can see that a chain of events has occurred at some point during this film, as it has caused a man, which is identified as a killer to go round killing the citizens on the specific day of his birthday.

The use of knowing the binary opposites that are featured in the film/trailer, helps makes the the film/trailer more understanding, giving it a story and also people can identify the genre of the film just by looking at the binary opposites that have been used. Some examples are, Innocent/guilt, life/death, good/evil, past/present, human/monster, normal/abnormal and light/dark..

Relating Halloween to the 4 Theories

Tzvetan Todorov: This theory doesnt really work in Halloween, there is an equilibrium, this is the night of halloween and  which is then disrupted causing a disequilibrium, the disruption is when the boy kills the girl at the start or could be when someone breaks into the hardware store to retrieve a mask and a weapon. But then the end of the tale isnt resolved so there is no new equilibrium as the killer doesnt actually die, the characters think the he is, but then realise that he isnt where his body landed, this theory doesnt really work.
Vladamir Propp: In this movie you can say that there is an example for each of the 8 character roles so I feel that this theory does actually work, the ones you can say that it works for, is that there is a villain, hero, the doner, the helper, the princess, the dispatcher and also the false hero (this could be when the little boy kills the girl at the start of the movie).
Claude Levi-Strauss: In this movie there is a good use of binary opposites, the use of the binary opposites help makes the film more understanding, giving it a story and also help people know the genre of the film, it gives them a basic idea of what happens and who is in the film and also what causes the events in the film. this theory relates to Halloween very well, for example some of these are, good/evil, light/dark, normal/strange, sanity/insanity and civilian/killer
Bordwell and Thompson: This theory works well in Halloween, as there is a chain of events, occuring in time and space for example when the killer breaks into the hardware store, at the strat when the kid kills the girl, these are all examples of this. Identifying these events that happen during this film, help us understand the genre of the film, just from viewing these events in the film helps us immediately discover the film genre is Horror.
The theory that would be the best to use to analyse Halloween would be Bordwell and Thompson

Horror Trailer Analysis

In this Trailer, I like the font that has been used as the colours are very simple and is very sharp. This font has a very horror style to it because of the way it is solid and sharp. I also like the way it appears on the screen as really makes you focus on what has been said because of the way it has been shown. I feel that having  avoice-over in the trailer makes it even more scary and relative to horror as you get the feeling that the perosn is a news reporter explaining the events that have already happened. There are typical conventions of Horror movies in this trailer, for example the expressions and feelings on the characters faces, the use of noise such as screeching, shouting and banging. Overall I really like the way that this trailer has been produced, it is really effective towards the audience, very influencial.

Horror Trailer