Creep Analysis

SETTING

Creep is set in an underground station and the tunnels surrounding it. This is a good setting as it is familiar to an audience sit gives connotations that it is safe, however when Kate gets trapped it becomes unfamiliar as underground stations are never empty and it now becomes quite claustrophobic.

The operating room creates a very scary ambiance as we are not used to seeing somewhere that should be so clean and sterile as being so dirty and creepy.

The cages where the killer keeps his ‘human pets’ is an abandoned area of the sewage system in London. This is a good setting as it ties in with the underground tunnel links and also the sewage worker.

CHARACTERS

Kate(lead) – slightly stupid, (falling asleep in underground, gets on empty train although the station is locked up…) she is quite pretty, blonde. She is very determined to survive and in the end kills the killer.

‘Craig’ (the Killer)- psychotic, ruthless killer, also a bit mentally ill, as we see in the operating theatre (puts on dirty gloves, washes hands without water)

The homeless people and sewage man- Kate finds comfort with these people although they die which leaves the audience to think she is now in a even worse position.

ICONOGRAPHY

Iconic props in the film would be the blades (scalpel in the operating theatre) use of other weapons like the blade the killer uses to kill the sewage worker. Make-up like blood is very typical of horror films and is used throughout the film.

Also screams are used when the killer is ‘operating’ on Mandy.

CAMERA WORK

Lots of different shots keep it interesting, close ups (e.g. on Kate’s face and used on peep hole of driver door) mix of stedicam and handheld (e.g. when Kate is running through the train), POV shots to give a stalking effect.  Use of CCTV shots to show her communicating with security guard.

Teaser Trailer Analysis

A Teaser Trailer is a short version of the film trailer, these are designed to give audiences an insight of what is to come in this film, aiming to excite them. Teaser trailers come out months in advance of the film’s release date, sometimes, the teaser will can come out up to 18 months in advance. Bringing the trailer out in advance of the movie release date aims to build anticipation and excitement within its audience. 

Teaser Trailers often last around 30 seconds to a minute long. These are shorter to a normal trailer, however this is still enough time to excite the audience and draw them into the upcoming film.

Shutter Island's teaser trailer has several different camera shots, sounds and effects. First of all in the opening scene we see a low angled camera shot looking towards big black doors with high walls surrounding it, this is an effective opening scene because it automatically gives the audience an impression of mystery, of 'what is it that is behind these doors?' effect. Furthermore, the sound used creates a sense of danger, the sound is like a strong but low toned, but loud trumpet noise.  The scene shows the doors opening which creates excitement among viewers because they get the chance to see what is being hidden or what is behind these big walls and doors, the scene then cuts to a mid-shot of a patient in the enclosed area, furthermore we are seen that she has handcuffs around her wrists, this adds curiousness to the audience because they will begin to wonder and ask themself why is she handcuffed?

The camera shots continue in consecutive 1 second shots and scenes, this is used to create excitement as we see more of the film, furthermore these scenes show many emotional grabbing scenes where we see him with a woman, who the audience will connote this to be his wife. we also see a child, this adds to the tension because we have already established this may be some sort of mental hostel from the opening scene, so to see a young child in the scene adds to the curiousness of the film. As the camera shots flow, the sound also becomes louder and faster, to create tension among the audience, to excite them, but most of all, to temp them to see the film, as the short clips don’t give much away, however they show enough to make the audience want to see more of the film.

The Fourth Kind Trailer Analysis

 

A film trailer is a way of advertising the film. Audiences can see them when they go to the cinema as many trailers are shown as advertisements before a film. They are also seen on television and on the internet.  They are intended to grab the attention of the audience, and show clips of the film that are exciting and leave the audience asking questions, so that they want to go and see the film, to find out what happens.

I have viewed the trailer for ‘The fourth kind’. The trailer opens with a CU shot of a camera lens. This is to emphasise that the film is made up of recordings of ‘real life’ footage. The main actress, Milla Jovovich, as herself, talking about what the film is based on. She explains the role of the doctor she is playing and the ‘real life events’ that the movie is based on. When the clips of the ‘real’ doctor are shown, her face is pixelated to enhance the ‘real’ effect, as if she has requested identity protection. This is done with ‘real life’ footage shown.

The other characters in the film are established in clips that show both the movie footage and the ‘real life’ footage in a split screen. This is to make them seem like real victims, making the movie scarier as it is showing the audience that these events occurred in reality.

The editing of clips in the trailer are so that in the middle and at the end of the trailer there are many split second clips put together to give a sense of panic.

Sound in the trailer starts with the voice of the doctor character. Her voice is high pitched and quiet making her sound weak and frightened. The trailer uses a lot of white noise as this is often associated with alien encounters as the use different frequencies that disturb our own. There is also recordings of aliens speaking in an ancient language, and loud roars etc. Generic horror sounds such as screams are also used.

The camera in the trailer is very varied. The establishing shot is a tracking shot over Alaska, probably filmed from a helicopter. Other shots include medium close ups of Milla Jovovich when she is talking about the film, close ups of the victims as they are having alien encounters.  The varied shots give keep the trailer exciting for the audience.

The mise-en-scene is important in this film as they made to make the government offices look official and the homes of the victims look realistic. However in the trailer there is no shot of the alien villains, which adds suspense to the trailer.