The trailer for House at the End of the Street raises several questions for the audience. It shows a young girl running from something scary in an isolated house at night. Intercut with shots of a bottle of pills and a nervous man, it leaves the audience wondering what evil presence the girl is fleeing from and what relation the man has to both her and the evil entity in the house. The fast cuts and liberal use of rewinding adds suspense to the typical horror conventions featured in the trailer.

2. (2011)
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
French comedy/drama

3. Film TE/TR Questions Category (True Comments Shot List (B/W,
(Teaser/Trailer) Raised story, novel, (Genre, own SFX etc)
comic, fictional, reaction)
documentary)
Le Havre Trailer Why Comedy Unusual Lots of close
screaming? Drama, art relationship. A
(2011) chance meeting.
up head
What is wrong house?
with his wife? Elements of shots. Over
Why are they humour and shoulder shot
danger. Quite a particularly
trying so hard
short trailer.
to find the boy?
Enough of an effective,
Racism? What idea of story line looking over
era? Where without giving
does the boy
water. Makes
away everything.
come from? Still left wanting
room for
Who’s on the to know more. text.
stretcher? Why Heart warming.
did he run Unique storyline.
away? Why is French music
he at the creates a strong
station? What French feel. Two
happens to the people helping
one another in
boy in the end?
different ways.
Does he get
Lovable
found? characters. Blunt
humour.

4. (2012)
Director: Steven Chbosky
Drama/Romance
THE
OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

5. Film TE/TR Questions Raised Category (True Comments Shot List (B/W,
(Teaser/Trailer) story, novel, (Genre, own SFX etc)
comic, fictional, reaction)
documentary)
The perks of Trailer Who’s he Drama/ Elements of Birds eye view
writing to? Why Romance/ humour. Uplifting shot of
being a is he using a music. Humour
Comedy party/dancing.
wallflower type writer? created by pauses
and music Interesting
(2012) What era is it set
in? Why is he a
stopping for shots and
punch lines and angles make it
‘wallflower’/misf
witty lines. Use of
it? Is she a love look different
text to explain to
interest? First audience is to other
day where? helpful. Choice of American high
Where has he music and ‘misfit’ school style
come from? Is theme makes it films. Lots of
his teacher different to other
going to be main typical American zooming out
role in film? Is high school based on him on his
she a films. Lets on a lot won,
performer? Why in the trailer. highlighting
is he fighting? his loneliness.

6. (2012)
Director: James
Watkins
Horror
THE
IN BLACK

7. Film TE/TR Questions Raised Category (True Comments Shot List (B/W,
(Teaser/Trailer) story, novel, (Genre, own SFX etc)
comic, fictional, reaction)
documentary)
The Woman Trailer Why so many Horror/Thriller Scary children. Close up shots of
shots of Juxtaposed with scary objects to
in Black children? What’s their usual scare audience.
(2012) in the house? innocence and Contrast of long
Who is ‘she’? naivety. Makes it landscape shots
extra creepy. with close ups.
Why is he
Typical horror The shot with
arriving to this
film convention, wagon and horse
house? Why has the use of in landscape
he travelled children. Cliché? accentuates the
here? Is it a real Windy, cold fact nothing else
place? Reality? weather, Objects is around. Creepy
Very stylised. personified. setting. More
What is the Pathetic fallacy. shots of what is
story line? Are Old fashioned inside the house,
the children costumes and rather than house
seen to be evil props. What era itself. Suggests
or victims? is it set? that evil is inside
but leaves
audience
questioning what
it is.

8. (2011)
Director: David Cronenberg
Thriller/Drama
A
METHOD

9. Film TE/TR Questions Raised Category (True Comments Shot List (B/W,
(Teaser/Trail story, novel, (Genre, own SFX etc)
er) comic, fictional, reaction)
documentary)
A Trailer When is it set? What Thriller/Drama/ Lots of reaction Over shoulder
is her story? Where Biography shots. Mixture of shot looking
Dangerous has she come from? agony and love. across water
Method Why is she so Emotional particularly
disturbed? What has expressions. effective. Close
(2011) Makes you want up at the
he done that is
to watch it. As beginning of
‘unforgiveable’?
soon as you see a hands. A lot of
happy scene it is mid shots of
counteracted by a characters, and
sad/emotional landscape long
one. Hints at how shots. Close ups
the film will be of her
structured. Cuts expressions.
in time with
music. Reveals a
lot in trailer.

10. (2012)
Director: Mark
Tonderai
Horror/Thriller
AT THE END OF THE STREET

11. Film TE/TR Questions Category (True Comments Shot List (B/W,
(Teaser/Trailer) Raised story, novel, (Genre, own SFX etc)
comic, fictional, reaction)
documentary)
House at Trailer What is she Horror/Thriller The use of rewind Zoom shot.
running from? adds to sense of
the end of drama and overall
Fade to black
What's in the
scariness. Quite regularly.
the Street bottle?
Medication? similar plot to Close up of
(2012) Who’s Kerry other horror films.
bottle to
Predictable?
Anne? Who is quick cut to
Cliché? Screams,
he? What young girl, mid shot is
relation does he murder, scary
have to the evil out of the
house, night shots,
girl? Are they all typical horror blue and
together? Love conventions. jumpy for
interest? Can he Music stopping audience.
control what the and starting adds
evil girl does? to suspense. Sudden flash
Why have they Ticking clock adds of someone
moved house in adrenaline. Jumpy. appearing.
the first place? Cuts to different
shots very fast. Use of
Why does he
Lots of doors rewind. Close
look so nervous
and on edge?
opening and up of knife,
closing, Thunder
Why so much and lightening.
door knobs,
rewinding? Going Spooky weather. adding
back in time? suspense.