Technical Conventions A

 


Screen Still One: (1:11) of the Happy Death Day trailer. In this still-shot, the main protagonist is stuck in a tense moment where she is on her own and isn't aware of the serial-killer behind her whilst us as viewers do know. This slow shot attempts to make the audience tense and fearful and they worry for the main protagonist as she isn't aware of the killer ready to strike behind her. This is done so that the viewer can feel pleasure worrying about what will happen next to the protagonist and gets the audience's adrenaline pumping as they fear for the character.

Mise En Scene

In the action based/tense scenes the audience is usually presented with dark and warm colors to present an unsettling atmosphere. To light up the buildings, dim artificial lighting is used to light up small parts of the room so that the audience can have small glimpses of the surrounding area. 

Screen Shot Two: In this shot, the audience is presented with a shocking abrupt scene of the car which the protagonist was driving in.




At 2:19 of the trailer when the police officer was unexpectedly and shockingly killed in front of the viewer a candle quickly drops to surprise and shock the viewer. To lead up to this scene, fade-outs were used to show the killer getting closer to the protagonist hiding in the car:





These transitions were used to build-up tension slowly to bring more  fear into the audience so that they worry for the main protagonist as the killer gets closer and finally reaches the car door .The audience are only left to watch in anticipation powerless to do something. Instrumental music is also built  up to lead to the scene. The music cuts in and cuts out as the killer appears on the screen before fading out only to cut in again as a suspenseful scene emerges.  

Suddenly, a loud unexpected 'Boom' is presented as the protagonists car suddenly explodes. This unexpected scene is intended to startle the viewer as they're forced to watch the protagonist which they have been fearing for the whole trailer caught in a life-risking moment. A moment like this is supposed to get the viewer's heart racing as they wait and see if the protagonist of the film is okay or what has happened to them.



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