Film trailer activity

A Nightmare on Elm St

Genre : Horror

Narrative: The Story is about a man 'Freddy Cruger' who is brutally dies by being burnt by people. He then comes back to seek his revenge on teenagers who are the children of the murderers who first see them in their dreams.

Unique Selling Point: A specific hand that he has which has blades as fingers leaving unique marks. Also his scary burnt image that gives the film its genre of horror.

Target audience: 15years+ Male and Female

Music: During the beginning of the trailer of the chase of Freddy there is non diegetic background music which  consists of a strong dramatic fast beat relating the the fast pace of Freddy's heart and making it tense for the audience. Throughout the trailer there is also the diegetic sound of breathing, showing the victims vulnerability throughout  and the fear. Also the diegetic sound of the footsteps continues throughout the trailer indicating that Freddy is coming close or always near, again making it tense for the audience. Diegetic loud symbol sounds also occur every time of an event in the trailer, following by the unique sound of Freddy's blades screeching indicating his danger.

Camera: There consists of many long shots at the beginning in the chase of Freddy indicating to the audience the setting and storyline including a birdseye view. There is also many points of view shots from the villain indicating his next victim and who is watching, the low angles of him also indicate his power of the teenagers.

Pace: The pace is extremely fast at the beginning of the chase but then slows with the dreams of the teenagers allowing the audience to be familiar with the storyline and slowly build up the tension.The pace then builds up again being fast and snappy as the events start to happen of his revenge.

Dialogue: The dialogue of Freddy saying: ''What do you think I did? I didn't do anything!'' shows to the audience that he was murdered for nothing being now vulnerable and that he is a victim of the parents

The diegetic dialogue of the girl saying ''I'm having these dreams, and there was a burnt man'' indicates the death of Freddy and that she is seeing him in her dreams, connecting the audience with the storyline.

There is also many diegetic dialogue saying 'Help!' and screams showing the fear of the teenagers.

Voiceover: There is a quiet voiceover throughout saying 'elm street' repetitively throughout the trailer, relating to the title of the film and setting giving a scary affect. The most fearful voiceover is said in a little ghostly girls voice saying 'You will never sleep again' this indicates the danger of the victims and also relates it to the audience as they put them in the position of a victim in the film.

Special effects: Special effects used are snow in the house which is used for the girls dream. Also the special effect of the villain Freddy of his metal blade hand and burnt face which is the main image used to scare the victims and audience. There is also a special effect of a girl rising off the bed indicating the power of the villain in the film and what he is capable of doing.

Credits and intertitles: 'From producer Michael Bay' showing the audience the maker of the film, and then the title 'A Nightmare on Elm St'. Then the main credit shown is the message near the end which is directed at the audience ' Don't fall asleep'. This allows the audience to be scared but then allow them to be dared to watch the film after the trailer, allowing to remember the message when finished.