Deconstruction: Quarantine

Quarantine Trailer

At the beginning of the trailer, there is a generic footage to supply a bit of background knowledge for the audience before the trailer starts properly. This works well as it adds to the realism of the footage they are about to see. The date of the footage is overlaid on the screen in order to make the audience think about what they were doing when this incident happened. Before the film footage starts, there is a cliff hanger saying “until now…” This works well as a scar factor for the audience as it makes them believe that the footage has genuinely been found and what they are about to see, is real.

The trailer consists of eye level/mid shots as the style is meant to appear as found footage. This means that the lighting isn’t perfect due to the rush to get everything filmed. Low-key lighting is used throughout the entire trailer, if it is not low level; it is filmed with night vision. This means the screen has a green tint to it, which appears to be a key feature of found footage – which we plan to include within our trailer. Another key feature of this trailer is camera shake – it tells the viewer that even the camera man is scared of what is happening, therefore proving that this was not planned to happen. This is effective within a found footage trailer as it adds to the realism of the piece.

The main character within the trailer and film is a female newsreader. This works well as female viewers tend to put themselves in the shoes of the victim whereas men have a natural instinct to protect a woman who is in danger. Therefore the trailer becomes more realistic and scarier for the audience.

At the end of the trailer, the title of the film appears. Having a green base colour works well as it links to the green night vision effect and keeps within the colour scheme.

Sound:

When the trailer first starts, there is a non-diegetic sound - deep, quite drone paired with a deep male voice over of a newsreader. This makes the following footage (as well as the footage on screen) appear more realistic to the audience. Throughout the entire trailer, there is constant non-diegetic high pitch static as the camera is being switched on and off. This also happens to add effect to the idea of a power cut, which leads to a black out. Pairing this with the constant diegetic sound of screaming, talking and shouting, it becomes scarier as the audience cannot see clearly.