Eight Legged Freaks is a comedy horror film, so i expect to see aspects of both horror films and comedy films. The first scene in the trailer pictures a normal lifestyle, which is a convention of most horror films. We then see a woman walking down into a cellar with a torch, which suggests to the audience that something bad is going to happen, as cellars are a convention of horror films. We then get the first view of the antagonists when the a giant spider comes out and kills a dog. A dog got killed people seem to feel more emotion for a defenceless animal than a person. This sets the character for the spiders as the antagonists. Furthermore, there is a voice over which suggests to the audience that only one person actually knows what is causing all these killings, indicating to the audience that he is possibly the main protagonist. In between the Emus getting killed the is flash effects to indicate to the audience that it is happening really fast. When the spider reviles its self in the caravan there is a police car in the background, this suggests that the police can't even stop the spiders, emphasising the power.
Now the first spider is reveled, the camera then cuts to a medium shot on a hole in a wall and then several giant spiders come out. This indicates to the audience that there are going to be more than 1 spider terrorising the characters in the film. We then see the spiders in several normal, every day places indicating to the audience that the spiders can be anywhere. We also see a point of view shot which seems like the audience is seeing the view of one of the spiders. Furthermore, to add humor to the trailer, an inter textual link referring to "Spiderman" is used. Also, we see a clip of a male getting spun up in web which has been sped up. Web is an icon of spiders, furthermore, since the clip has had the speed increased it adds to more tension and fear to the trailer, as it makes it seem the "Spider Apocalypse" is happening fast.
Once again, the spiders show their place above the authority when a giant spider jumps on top of a typical police car, showing to the audience that they are more powerful than the authority. Also, more humor is added when the policeman shoots the spider and it's blood dribbles down his face. This would also disgust the audience keeping the tone of the film still serious. The first of the captions appear, and they are in a green glowing font. Green is usually associated with "mutants" which is very suitable since the main theme of the film is giant mutant spiders.
Furthermore, the audience sees a scene of 3 teenagers dressed in typical teenage attire talking and laughing. This suggests to the audience that everything could be seemingly okay. This is disturbed by one of the teenagers getting jumped on by a spider. This would cause the audience to jump, which is an icon of the horror film genre. The film is then described as "the biggest, nastiest, mutant spider movie of all time." Describing the film as this would invite the audience to go see the film and to put their opinion forward. Also, Montage editing is used as a scene transaction showing lots of different pictures of spiders, further suggesting that the spider's are fast. The name of the film comes up on screen in large, red, bold font. The colour red is an indication of danger, as well as the bold font emphasising that point. Next, we see a giant spider webbing up 2 people which loud rock music in the background, the spider then gets shot and the music stops. This indicates to the audience that the threat issued by the spider has now gone.
Ideas that I have took from this film trailer is to use a point of view shot to represent the antagonist. As well as using a form of montage editing to help quicken the pace of the trailer.
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