The trailer starts showing the couples journey into the woods,
slow fading transitions making it relaxed, it shows them laughing and joking
which gives it a light and happy feel.
It then goes
on to show text saying “out of the city” “off the map” and shows a clip of the
males sat nav, which is telling him to turn around. The transitions become
faster and sharper which starts to give the viewer more of a panicked feeling.
There is a clip of the camera scanning the woods, tracking it from bird’s eye
view.
The feel of
the trailer becomes more and more stressed when the screen flashes red and have
an image of a dog barking loud, which makes the viewer and the women on screen
jump.
It then has a
long shot from a distance of a gang of stereotypical teenagers walking towards
the couple who are at the time sunbathing. This interrupts the relaxed feel of
the trailer and introduces the atmosphere of how the film and trailer will
follow. The shots and transitions become shorter and faster. Day turns to night
in the trailer, making it scarier for the viewer.
It shows the
main teenager driving the couples car towards the couple, which shows and
introduces him as the typical bad guy, and the ‘evil’ one in the film (the
leader of the group of teenagers) The screen flashes red with the teenagers
face faded in the background, flipping and changing to close ups of the couple
who are crying, with dirt and blood on their face, this shows the viewer that
something has happened to the couple which has resulted in them being injured.
There is a loud sound clip of the dog barking, and suspense music in the background,
which makes the viewer tenser.
It goes on to show a
mid shot of the women running through the woods trying to get away from the
group of teens. It also shows a close up shot tracking the women’s face.
It constantly shows the women fighting for her survival covered in dirt, blood and grime. It shows that she is trying to help her partner. It finishes showing the women hiding in a toilet, you can hear her breathing heavily with fear, there’s a close up cut out shot of her hand holding some sort of blade. Then there’s a loud bang, you see the door open and it ends.
This film is aimed at 18+ as the films age is 18 and over anyway which excludes the younger age groups. The thriller and horror genre is very popular in this age group and therefore fits well with its target audience.
It constantly shows the women fighting for her survival covered in dirt, blood and grime. It shows that she is trying to help her partner. It finishes showing the women hiding in a toilet, you can hear her breathing heavily with fear, there’s a close up cut out shot of her hand holding some sort of blade. Then there’s a loud bang, you see the door open and it ends.
This film is aimed at 18+ as the films age is 18 and over anyway which excludes the younger age groups. The thriller and horror genre is very popular in this age group and therefore fits well with its target audience.
