Halloween
9th in the Halloween series, this remake of the 1978 film is an American slasher film written, produced and directed by Rob Zombie. Rob's remake follows the premise of John Carpenter's original version, where Michael Myers (the main character) staalks the character of Laurie Strode and her friends on Halloween night, however, Zombie's film goes deeper into the characters mindset, trying to figure out what his reasons for killing people are, unlike Carpenter's version where Michael Myers just kills for the sake of killing.
The use of quick edits and extreme close ups at the beginning of the trailer with the newspaper articles (see to the right and below) convey to the audience that a lot had happened so many years ago, it also conveys to the audience the main characters fascination with the night of Halloween (the title of the film) but also because of the newspaper cut outs, there is a lot of mystery created at the same time.
Another thing the quick edits used in the trailer have done is give the audience a taster of some of the violence and possible deaths that will happen at one point or another throughout the film. At the end of the trailer, when Michael Myers carries a girl away in his arms, it possibly indicates to the audience that he has whatever he is looking for, but also poses the question of will she somehow manage to escape, which makes the viewer want to watch the film even more to see if anything more has happened.
The final edit, which is think was best used in the trailer, was between 00:20 and 00:22 where you just catch a glimpse of the 10 year old Michael Myers wearing a mask and looking much older. This I believe was used to once again, see into the future and give the viewer a possible inside as to what the main character is going to look like at some point within the film.
The use of non-diagetic sounds such as a blade possibly being cleaned, the piano at the end of the trailer when the intertitles are showing, the heartbeat when you see adult Michael Myers for the 1st time and at the end of trailer, the screaming that comes from nowhere and the background music playing throuhgout all help to create an desired effect of building up the tension and perhaps get the viewer excited, but also possibly scare the viewer a little bit, but only enough that would make them want to go and see the trailer. The use of diagetic sounds throughout the trailer add a realism to everything that you see happen within the trailer.
There are quite a few valuable shots used throughout the trailer, such as the close up of Michael Myers' face (00:27-00:29) which was used to show no expression on his face. The very long shot of Myers walking away from a hallway of blood (00:42-00:46) which puts emphasis on the blood stain on the wall, indicating to the viewer that someone has possibly died here. The extreme close-up on Myers' eyes (01:10) allow the viewer a quick glimpse into the coldness of Michael Myers, which possibly indicates that there is no feeling inside him whatsoever for what he is doing.
9th in the Halloween series, this remake of the 1978 film is an American slasher film written, produced and directed by Rob Zombie. Rob's remake follows the premise of John Carpenter's original version, where Michael Myers (the main character) staalks the character of Laurie Strode and her friends on Halloween night, however, Zombie's film goes deeper into the characters mindset, trying to figure out what his reasons for killing people are, unlike Carpenter's version where Michael Myers just kills for the sake of killing.
The use of quick edits and extreme close ups at the beginning of the trailer with the newspaper articles (see to the right and below) convey to the audience that a lot had happened so many years ago, it also conveys to the audience the main characters fascination with the night of Halloween (the title of the film) but also because of the newspaper cut outs, there is a lot of mystery created at the same time.
Another thing the quick edits used in the trailer have done is give the audience a taster of some of the violence and possible deaths that will happen at one point or another throughout the film. At the end of the trailer, when Michael Myers carries a girl away in his arms, it possibly indicates to the audience that he has whatever he is looking for, but also poses the question of will she somehow manage to escape, which makes the viewer want to watch the film even more to see if anything more has happened.The final edit, which is think was best used in the trailer, was between 00:20 and 00:22 where you just catch a glimpse of the 10 year old Michael Myers wearing a mask and looking much older. This I believe was used to once again, see into the future and give the viewer a possible inside as to what the main character is going to look like at some point within the film.
The use of non-diagetic sounds such as a blade possibly being cleaned, the piano at the end of the trailer when the intertitles are showing, the heartbeat when you see adult Michael Myers for the 1st time and at the end of trailer, the screaming that comes from nowhere and the background music playing throuhgout all help to create an desired effect of building up the tension and perhaps get the viewer excited, but also possibly scare the viewer a little bit, but only enough that would make them want to go and see the trailer. The use of diagetic sounds throughout the trailer add a realism to everything that you see happen within the trailer.
There are quite a few valuable shots used throughout the trailer, such as the close up of Michael Myers' face (00:27-00:29) which was used to show no expression on his face. The very long shot of Myers walking away from a hallway of blood (00:42-00:46) which puts emphasis on the blood stain on the wall, indicating to the viewer that someone has possibly died here. The extreme close-up on Myers' eyes (01:10) allow the viewer a quick glimpse into the coldness of Michael Myers, which possibly indicates that there is no feeling inside him whatsoever for what he is doing.
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