Friday the 13th analysis

Friday the 13th teaserr

The teaser starts with the conventions of showing the companies involved, letting the audience know right away that it is made by famous compaines. The first shot is of a lake at sunset and follows the convention of starting slow before raising the tension. The mood builds up using darkness and slow fades puncuated with very short shots of a torch being shined. The trailer is effective as it doesn't really let you see whats going on and you are only allowed a little detail towards the end. The trailer uses a voice over of Jason's mum talking about him, most people will know the story and reconize what franchise it will be through this, the end is the camera panning around the mask which is the trademark of the killer, which demonstrates how famous the franchise is. Darkness is also used throughout the trailer, not letting the viewer see much makes them want to see more as well as being scary.