Carver film trailer analysis

Carver
The film Carver is about a group of friends who are on vacation and get lost and end up at a filling station where they are approached by a strange man. They took a detour and ended up at a very quiet and empty spot. The strange man asks them for their help and they reluctantly accept, not knowing the danger they are putting themselves in. They go to an abandoned looking house where the strange man claims to live and they come across a horror film and a projector. The scenes were gruesome and terrifying. Unbeknown to them, the scenes they saw in the horror film take place for real at the very place they are staying, and they are the victims, but they are unaware of this until strange events start taking place. To quote the voice over “when they open doors that should not have been opened”, that is where all the horrible and truly gruesome events start to take place, with shocking killings and horrid events taking place. The way they die is inexplicable due to the sheer horror of how they die.
The film trailer Carver starts off with a variety of long shots showing the countryside and the camera is panning from left to right. The countryside represents peace and harmony and gives away that this film won’t turn out like that. It shows a happy family scene at the start with medium shot of girls on a male’s shoulders and them all having a good time.
A voice over is used for effect to let us, the audience know what is actually happening and builds up to exciting and gruesome events. The voice over gives us detail about how their trip started and adds a scary effect to the film. A variety of quick editing such as fade and dissolve are used to make the transition of shots look good and to a high standard. When the gang discover the horror film a sequence of shots are used to show each of their reactions to finding the horror film, from then on, every thing changes. Medium shots and close ups are used to show the gang members being tortured after discovering this horror film. Every thing they see on the horror film happens to them for real.
The use of editing throughout the middle of the trailer is a concept of the film trailer as it is fast paced and shows all the gang members reactions to the going on’s. A close up is used on one of males faces, whose face is covered in blood. The close up shows us the agony he’s going through and gives us an idea of how bad his face or head is injured. Incidental music is played throughout to build up the tension of the scenes in the middle as all the gang members lives are in danger. It heightens the drama of what is happening
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