The trailer summarizes the timeline of key events in the movie "The Decent" (2005). It begins by showing the characters happy, unaware of the impending danger. Through a series of shots and edits, the trailer builds tension as the protagonist expresses certainty about her direction while in the middle of nowhere. It then shows her isolation growing through dialogue and close-ups as she acknowledges being lost and trapped in a cave-in. The trailer plunges the viewer into darkness and fear through night vision shots and diegetic screaming to conclude with the reveal of the film title "The Descent".

1. The Decent (2005) Trailer Timeline
0:06 – all the characters
are revealed in a mid shot,
happiness and laughter –
unaware of the impending
danger/doom
0:00 – preview
card/age warning
0:08 – fade in from
black, crane shot,
car on a road with
no others, middle of
nowhere
0:07 – picture
fades from colour
to black and white,
suggests their
lives are in the
past – deceased,
fade to black
0:18 –
protagonist
portrays
confidence,
certainty of
direction
0:20 – continuity editing,
sharp slicing dietetic sound,
sudden fade to black, no
non-digetic sound, final
preparation for
disequilibrium
0:05 –
production
company logo
0:11 – diegetic dialogue “I’ve
never been lost in my life”,
connotes certainty, gradual
preparation for disequilibrium
0:23 – jump cut, close
up of protagonist
isolation begins, torch
props indicates
darkness
0:27 – “I’m stuck” diegetc
sound, acknowledgement of
danger, panic and isolation
growing
0:30 – tone card
‘claustrophobia’
0:45 – cave in,
protagonists
trapped
0:49 – tone card,
‘disorientation’
1:08 –
tone card
‘fear’
0:53 – close-up,
fear, anticipation
1:11 – night vision,
diegetic screaming,
plunged into darkness
1:25 – non-diegetic
heartbeat
1:19 – torch dropped,
light source gone, fade
to black
1:53 – film title
revealed ‘The
Descent’
1:29, 1:35, 1:37
– tone cards,
critical reviews
1:57 – end
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