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card/age The Descent trailer analysis (2006) Key
warning at 0:01. The Descent trailer followsTodorovs theory of narrative The numbers in red state the
The production time that the specific event
The intertitle that’s says The intertitle at The intertitle at 1:11 there is an unpleasant emotion
company logo happens.
‘claustrophobia’ gives 1:01 says caused by the belief that something is dangerous, likely
‘Lionsgate’ at the audience the sense of ‘hallucination’ is to cause pain, or a threat.
0:08, it fades in At 1:14an actress
feeling isolated and it’s an experience
and out, and Sound bridge and a shouts, “Hello is there Newspaper The Descent
also makes the audience involving the
the use of non- diagetic sound of a anybody there?” the cuttings at 1:33,
feel what the characters perception of
diagetic sound
are feeling as they are something not ‘monster purring’ at question is answered in 1:38 and 1:42,
creates a 1:11. Beginning of 1:19 when a flash of the this shows that
stuck 0:34. present. Film title 1:56
atmosphere. disequilibrium. creature is shown and film critics have
the creature has a white given the descent
glow around it and then film a good rating.
it cuts to black.
Equilibrium Moment of disequilibrium Disequilibrium
Start Period of equilibrium; Moment of
there is quiet continuity The intertitle at disequilibrium End
The equilibrium is a 0:52 that say
group of friends go editing; scenes jump cut 0:49. Cave in; 2:05
from black screen; ‘disorientation’ protagonist
camping, this is At 1:41 there is a
punctuative sound; which means trapper. They
seen in a point of The ‘reveal’ 1:20 moment of
diegetic dialogue confusion. The try to escape
view shot showing equilibrium and
‘echoing’ to suggest scene before this but one friend
the group in front disequilibrium
memory or foreboding. specific intertitle sets stuck and Release date
of a cabin. They’re where one of the
is where all the one friend see’s Monster seen; onset of 2:00
taking photos and actresses says, “our
friends are in a something. increased cutting speed;
smiling. The photo batteries will die
dark cave, the use jump cuts; sound bridging;
is taken in black out”, this is very
of the word non – diagetic; punctuative
and white this common in horror
disorientation is sound. The monster is on
could be nostalgic trailers, and this In the
relevant as its screen for a couple of
time for the group. gives the audience descent
dark/gloomy they seconds. The audience is
an indication of trailer there
get confused. shown the monster by a
that the group of is no new
All the intertitles are in white Point of view, the same as
friends are very equilibrium.
which mean purity, innocence how the actresses see the
vulnerable.
and they all face to black, monster.
which means evil and At 1:20 to 1:25 there is a hand held camera used and it gives the
darkness and something un- audience a point of view shot this puts the audience in the scene
expecting will happen. and its shows the chase scene in the trailer.