http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjTV_9_Fbt8
Conventions of Slasher Film
- Victims - teenagers
- isolated surroundings
- serial killer
- weapons - axe, knife
- unknown identity - twist at the end
- female hero
- heightened levels of suspense, terror etc.
- quick flashes - fast paced
- Screaming
Narrative Structure
- opening - we are introduced to the main characters and the scene is set, we see that equilibrium has started, the teenagers are in a school lecture.
- Eventually equilibrium shifts and there is now disequilibrium. Things start to go wrong, they talk about the myths about the Urban Legends and then this starts to become a reality for them. The shots become very fast paced and give us glimpses of the problems occurring, glimpses of who the villain is.
- There are many teasing shots, we catch a slight view of the problematic events but are never fully revealed to them, leaves us asking questions... which makes this a successful trailer.
- It ends on a huge cliffhanger. The guy opens up the microwave and screams really loudly, this is an abrupt ending and leaves us as viewers in suspense, making us want to know more, asking questions such as 'why?', 'What happened to him?' etc.
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