Ultionem: December 2012

CHERNOBYL DIARIES TRAILER DECONSTRUCTION

· Camera Angles

- Over the shoulder shot, showing landscape and destruction

- Sudden zoom into close up shot of camera and picture on screen, dramatic

- Handheld shot at very end, chaos, scary

- Very choppy, camera angles change,

- A lot of montages, very fast, different angles

· Editing

- Transitions are dark and fading, almost flashing

- Switches to different shots and scenes quickly, montage

- Start- montage of airport, sun, Eiffel tower, landmarks, sightseeing

- Photos of them being taken, flash snapshot, also noise of camera

· Sound

- Uses same siren noise on transitions, speeding up, causing dramatic suspense- relating to nuclear reactor noise, like a siren/alarm

- “I cant leave without my brother” – Emotional effect

- Upbeat song at the start, changes when talking about tourism trip

- Voice over when old footage being shown, sounds very official, sad/scary

- “are you sure were out here alone?” – Suspense… makes you want to watch film!

- Goes quiet and eerie when child is in spotlight,

- A lot of screaming

- “Tell me if you see something moving in the water” – joking around, but should be serious

· Mise En Scene

- Children- child’s toy, child in headlights. Vulnerable

- Contrast between the start and the end, happy at the start, scary at the end.

- Radiation levels machine – Safe? But are they? Shown several times

· Titles

- “in 1986, Chernobyl reactor 4 exploded”

- “the radiation was worse than 400 atomic bombs”

- From creator of paranormal activity – assures us that film will be good!

- “there not following us, their hunting us” – scary

- “Experience” “The Fallout” “Chernobyl diaries” – three separate titles with dramatic shots in-between, keeps us engaged

- “Coming Soon” – No date, mysterious

By Amber Mitchell

Ultionem