The Final

The Final Trailer



Plot Summary...
Directed by Joey Stewart.
The film is set in the present day, at an American high school, where 5 outcast students are bullied by the "popular" crew at school. They eventually get sick of the torment presented to them everyday, and decide to take revenge by holding a fancy dress party with a sickening twist, intending to kill them all. They spike the punch at the party, knocking out all of the guests. When they awaken, they are chained up and are told by the conspirators that they are going to be tortured and traumatised. Chaos erupts as the party goers AND hosts all suffer either by being killed or severely disfigured, leaving just Kurtis, who is seen as cool but also friendly, as the only one who escapes without severe injuries.

Analysis Of The Trailer...
The trailer begins with a shot of an ordinary school setting, with an image of school lockers and a classroom, which would not normally be seen as the basis of a terrifyingly scary horror film. This setting contrasts with the events and setting which is later to come in the film. Some background information is also given as the audience sees a student being terrorised and bullied, which would help the audience to understand the reasons for what is going to occur later on.

The lighting also adds to the contrast, as ambient, natural lighting is used to begin with, opposed to dark, low-key lighting as the horrific events begin. This may also be used to show that from an everyday situation, such as school, the bullying and situations which occur could lead to a drastic turn of events, with sickening outcomes, this could make the film seem as though it could potentially happen in real life, terrifying the audience.

Props such as machine guns have been used in the trailer as well as menacing masks of clowns and gas masks to present the horror genre to the audience, as they are things typically associated with horror films.

As the trailer gets deep into the horrific events that occur in the film, jump cuts are used from inside the builing, where the party is taking place to outside, as someone is approaching the scene, with the potential to save the characters from the events they are about to be put through, this leaves the audience wondering what the outcome of the film will be, and similar to a cliffhanger, the trailer ends without the audience knowing if the characters live or die, persuading them to watch the film to find out.