2. Hush The film trailer I have decided to analyse is the 2009 British horror/thriller ‘Hush’. It tells the story of a young couple who whilst driving along the motorway see a woman held captive in a cage in the back of a lorry, they call the police and are told not to get involved however when they stop at the service station the young mans girlfriend who believes that they should have intervened goes missing and when the boy friend returns to their car he finds the her necklace in the car park and sees the same lorry pulling out of the services, now he has been dragged into a game of cat and mouse and must try to rescue his girlfriend before it is too late.
3. Visual style The trailer has a very dark visual style to it, in fact there is not a single shot of daylight throughout, this would suggest the world in which they live is a violent and cruel one which is a typical gritty British style of film making as appose to the glamorous Hollywood style. The majority of shots in the trailer are close up reaction shots showing fear and anxiety. The shots are jumpy and a bit rough around the edges but give it a thrilling pace and sense of building tension.
4. Narrative structure The narrative is mainly conveyed through the dialog of the hero and his girlfriend, as it is through small sections of conversation between the hero and his girlfriend we learn what he has witnessed and what they are about to encounter. This narrative structure keeps a good sense of realism when watching the trailer and makes you feel part of the action as appose to just a viewer
5. Audio These quick cut shots are complimented by a build up in pace of tense music that once reaches the climax changes to complete silence apart from a single low beat (sounding a bit like a heart beat) that repeats until a scream is heard and then the pace picks up again accompanied by dialog where a woman says “he’s going to kill you. In front of her” this type of chilling dialog accompanied by different changes in pace to music really can make the hairs on your arm stand on end and that is exactly what this trailer did to me.
6. Target audience The target audience for Hush is likely the same as most horror films, that being young adults aged 15-30s both male and female. This is conveyed by the victims being young females but with the hero a young male being caught in this situation that he tries so hard to steer clear of simply because the woman he loves has been kidnapped, this helps the film target both male and females in the target age range and also attract couples.
7. Conclusions I believe that this trailer really does combine the use of effective shots with good visual style and music to add that effective fearful edge. This is a similar feeling I hope to convey when we make our final product and hope to successfully recreate some of the visual styles used in this trailer in our film trailer. My one and only criticism of this trailer is that is probably a bit too long and gives a fair bit away.
