Horror Movie

Saw 1

The Audience for this film is young adults as they would receive adrenaline rush from the trial of the film however, the elderly audience would not enjoy the film due to the gore and murders. The main location for most of the scenes seems to be in a boiler room or a ware house, this vast amount of space gives the audience a lot to look at however the location isn't that clear because the film makes are intending to show how the victims are helpless.

All of the locations however seem to be run down giving the impression that they have been abandoned. Through the use of props of a saw the audience are able to witness first-hand how the film is full of gore. It foreshadows how 'Saw' can control many victims. You could argue that having the object of a saw in the first movie trailer is used to reflect how the actual person 'saw' is a tool and all of his victims are a purpose.

The film trailer starts the dark with a character saying 'Is someone there'. The audience is kept in suspense, not knowing who is there and what’s happening. This is an effective way and conforms to the genre of a horror because the audience’s attention is grasped. As the scene continues the guy who is speaking is taking pictures that are flashing, giving the audience snippets of the scene but almost making them feel like they are trapped and in the same position as the victim. By using such dark lighting the audience are kept guessing therefore giving the trailer control.

 There is a close up of women in a metal mask with her narrating over saying ‘All I can taste is blood [pause] and metal’. This shot establishes to the viewer that the horror film will be gory. The director is able to create a sense of shock and urgency immediately. Not only this but the lighting of the shot is dark and gloomy, reflecting the atmosphere and reinforcing the danger. There is a shot of two of the current victims and a victim who has survived and all have facial expressions of fear. In all three shows the camera angle is straight on showing how they all may be equal but they have been picked for a reason.

The sound in the trailer at the beginning is quite with only the diegetic sound like the footsteps and the camera flash being used. The silence of this creates suspense but also allows the audience to gain a sense of reality. Soon after there is the laugh of what sounds like a little kid, this sends chills down the viewer’s spines. As this laugh becomes louder an unknown figure comes out shown in the print screen below that makes the audience jump, a the non-diegetic sound is used at this point as the music crescendo’s dramatizing the scene.