2. Extinction is a hybrid of horror, sci-fi and drama.
It will be released in 2015.
Extinction is about two men, a young girl and
hatred that separates them. Something happens
to the two men and they have to leave behind
everything to protect their loved ones.
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3. The teaser trailer starts with the company involved in making the film. It cuts to the first
scene. The house looks very white and old. It fades to the next scene, which juxtaposes with
the previous scene. This scene is dull and dark. The score is constantly and the rhythm is slow
and regular. There is a voice over which talks about the weather forecast.
The next shot is in the same place as the first one. A man walks with a gun. A gun is a
convention of thriller and this makes the audience worry. The medium shot of the man
allows us to examine him. There is also the first title.
4. The next scene is in the same house. The medium shot allows us to see the two people on
the sofa. We can see they are really cold, which links in with the voiceover. The second title
is shown with a young girl and a man. They are staring outside the window. This makes us
wonder what they are looking at. The short take of the man with blood (a convention of
horror) on his face grabs our attention because he is injured. The score fades.
After the short take, there are shots of people panicking and running away. This makes us
wonder what is going on. Dark lighting is used and is a convention of horror. This makes us
pay attention to what is going on. There is screaming, which is a convention. This type of
sound has been used to create a tense atmosphere.
5. The score comes back and there is a close up of the same girl and man then them getting out
of a car. The medium shot of the girl looking at something is effective because she looks
worried. We wonder what she is looking at.
There is a long shot of the setting. There is a person but is not clear. The over the shoulder
shot makes the audience wonder who the person is and what she is doing there. The use of
side view makes the audience think that he wants to help the person. The dialogue also
supports this as the man says “hey, are you okay?”
6. The medium shot allows us to see the persons face. It seems as if she is cold, which links with
the previous dialogue of the weather. The shot makes the audience scared because we do not
know who she is and why she was standing there. There is a cut to the young girl who wakes
up and is shown with a side view. She is scared as she wakes up breathing heavily. The
audience gets worried because we do not know what happened to her in order for her to
breathe fast.
The are some noises and the close up of the woman allows us to see her worried
and anxious facial expression. As she gets up and panics, she says “they are
coming”. We get scared because we do not know who ‘they’ are and whether
these people will hurt them.
