trailer analysis 1
UALab L2 Creative Media Trailer Textual Analysis Checklist
General
Name of film: Halloween
Genre: horror
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Does the trailer name the film stars? If so, who are they?
No
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Does the trailer name the filmmakers? If so, who are they?
Executive producers: John Carpenter, Jamie Lee, Danny
McBride.
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How long is the trailer?
2:44
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Mise en scene
How many different locations are seen? What are they?
There are 5 location which are asylum, street, house, bus
and the toilet.
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How would you describe the costume(s) worn by the main
characters?
The main villain wears a mask and a big coat.
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What key props are seen?
The mask that the villain wears, knife, pulled out teeth,
headphones, a bus and a gun
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Is text used? How would you describe it?
They are all upper case letters and they have cuts
in-between them.
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Editing
How many shots are there in total? Divide this number by
the number of seconds for an ‘average shot length’
Number of shots: 109 Average shot
length: 2 second
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Are there any transitions (other than cuts) between the
shots? If so, describe them.
It fades out at the end
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Sound
Is there non-diegetic sound? How would you describe it?
The music is intense and creepy
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Is there a voice-over? How would you describe the voice?
What are they saying and why?
There is a scene where the girl is screaming in the toilet
before that she says “who’s there”
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Cinematography
Are there any close ups or long shots? What are they of? Why
do you think they were shown like this?
There are some close ups of the main villain to show the
bad guy in the movie
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Are there any high or low angle shots? What are they of?
Why do you think they were shown like this?
There is a birds eye view 3 characters in the asylum and
then there’s another birds eye view of the asylum this time you can see 11
people but they are all separated. The people that are wearing white are in a
yellow square which suggest that they are not allowed to step out of it
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