2. The Cabin in the Woods
The Cabin in the Woods has a fairly straight forward narrative. At the beginning you see
them going on a trip and you see the main events that happen throughout their journey, this
is the second photo. The group turn up at a gas station and they have a strange meeting
with the man who works there. It then shows them arriving at their destination. This gives a
clear start to the trailer and sets the story for the viewer.

3. Once the beginning has been set, the viewer starts to see what is wrong. The first
sign you see is where a bird flies around and then get electrocuted by some sort of
electric vault that appears to be keeping them in. You then see that they are being
watched by many cameras. This sets a story line for the viewer. We then see lots of
quick cuts showing what goes wrong. This keeps the viewer hooked and wanting to
see more. The quick cuts seem to be in order of what happens throughout the film.

4. Towards the end of the trailer, the clips that are used look like they are from events towards the
end of the film. The trailer still uses quick cuts, however, the characters are dirty, scare, cut and
tired. This shows they have been running and trying to fight whatever or whoever is watching
them and hurting them. Also, towards the end, you only see a few characters, and they aren’t
ever really together as a group. This suggests some of the characters have been killed or hurt
and they have been split up.
Over all, The Cabin in the Woods has a linear narrative and gives the viewer a clear storyline
and a sense of what is going on. I think this is a good way of showing a trailer, however, I feel
this trailer shows a bit too much of the beginning. I like the fact the trailer ends on a girl
screaming at what seems to be a person due to the dark shadow on the left side. This is effected
and doesn’t give too much away about the end or why these people are actually watching them.
An effective ending like this would be one we should consider using in our trailer.

5. Scream
This trailer also starts with a clear opening, but it jumps into the action quicker than ‘The
Cabin in the Woods’ does. We open on a scene where a phone is ringing and a girl
answers. Everything seems perfectly normal and the girl looks happy to talk to whoever is
on the phone. We then suddenly see something is wrong just by the worry and fear on the
girls face. This is where we can tell something is going to go wrong.

6. The trailer then jumps straight into the action, with someone jumping through her glass door. We
then see police and the news, trying to examine the case and report in to the public. We then see
more characters who look worried and scared which could suggest they knew what happened.
Then a cross cut is used to jump back to the first scene where we see the killer run through the
house. This creates suspense for the viewer. There are many quick cuts throughout the trailer and
they seem roughly in order. However, this could be because its all happening at the same time but
due to the cross cuts, this might not be the case.
There are many cross cuts throughout the middle part of the trailer.

7. At the end of the trailer there are many action scenes that create tension to the viewer. The
editing is fast and there is text used to set the mood and tension. The characters are all fully
aware something bad is happening as they are screaming or running away. This shows that
the scenes could be from during the middle/end of the film.
The scream trailer doesn’t used a linear narrative as there isn’t a clear beginning, middle
and end. This is due to all the jump cuts used. This makes the trailer seem action packed
and exciting, however, I feel that if too much action is put in the trailer then all the tense,
scary moments of the film are ruined when watching it.

8. Wrong Turn
The ‘Wrong Turn’ trailer has a clear beginning as it starts off showing a car crash.
Although this does jump into the action quite a bit, it is clearly shown that this is how it
all begins. The editing is fairly slow to begin with and text is used throughout the
whole trailer. This is an alternative to a voice over.
This is the trailer that shows something is wrong the quickest
just after seeing the car crash scene, there is a cut to show
someone watching them in the bush.
This happens 25 seconds in.

9. During the middle of the trailer the editing builds up its speed. To begin with it starts slow and as the
text revels the story, the editing gets quicker and quicker. It is still clear to see the scenes that we see
are towards to beginning/middle of the film as the characters don’t see too scared or tired from
running etc. There is a clear mood change when we find out that something is very wrong and that
they existence of the people in the myth is true.

10. Towards the end of the trailer, the editing gets very fast. There are many jump cuts between the
different scenes and the tension builds a lot. This shows a lot of the action from the film and I think the
editing it a little bit too fast, you seem to barely get a glimpse of what’s happening before the next cut.
This is a good tension builder but I feel it’s a little too much.
Most of the editing towards the end was so quick, I couldn’t get good screens shots. The editing all
seems to be in order as the closer we get to the end, the more tired and beaten up the characters
look. This shows a lot of action has happened.
The only clip that seems to be out of place is the quick clip towards the end that shows the car crash
from the beginning. I’m not really sure why this is included but my guess would be it is a reminder of
how this all started.
This trailer does use a linear based narrative as there is a clear beginning and middle, however, the
true ending is unknown as there are so many quick cuts of the action, the end is muddled up.
This is a good technique to use as the beginning is set so the viewer knows what is going on,
however, the ending is left unknown to create tension and to make the viewer want to see the film to
find out what happens in the end.