I’m going to compare two trailers, one a horror and the other a thriller. The Horror I will be ‘reading’ is Hostel (2005). The Thriller I will be ‘reading’ is Phone Booth (2003). This is so that i can establish the difference between them, so that when it come to making our Thriller Trailer, it will not be mistaken as a horror trailer, due to the fact that they contain similar qualities.
The Horror: Hostel (2005)
In Hostel, the setting is very dark and gruesome (Film Noir: a black film, which is a key feature in horror films). Moreover, we see rooms, which are clearly used for torturing people, which contain blood and weaponry. The music being played, which is non-diegetic, which is very...it begins slow, however begins to speed up and then become a fast pace, which creates and sense of suspense. The use of diegetic sounds, such as the scream, cries and the slicing of knives, makes the audience consume the fact that it is of a horror nature, making us also feel terrified or even make the audience jump. The use of lethal props, such as drills, knives, clippers and a bloody chair, alerts the audience the dark, deathly, deadly and horrific nature of the film. We begin to understand that it is a torture, “a place/ where all your darkest/ sickest fantasies/ are possible/ where you can experience/ anything you desire/ where you can/ TORTURE/ PUNISH/ OR KILL/ for a price” (these are the captions that appear through the trailer, which give emphasis to the film. In editing, there includes a mixtures of fade in cuts, fade out cuts, straight cut and flash cuts. The fades, creates suspense and then builds up to straight cuts and flash cuts, which creates and an adrenalin rush effect, making it fast pace to initiate the feeling of terror. No dialogue is used in this trailer; however, sound effects such as screams, shouts, slicing and weaponry songs are used. Montage is used; we see a toe nail in between clippers, and then it fades to black and we then heard a scream, and we immediately assume that the toe nail has been cut off, and therefore assume torture.
Therefore, Hostel creates the feeling of dread and darkness, Horrors tend to make the audience feel terror, disgust and frighten. The fast pace music, create adrenalin rush, which causes emotions of horror.
The Thriller: Phone Booth (2003)
In Phone Booth, the trailer uses different types of editing, including spilt screens, jump cuts and straight cuts. The splits screen are used to establish the fact the amount of people who have phones and was also used to show the reactions of the characters when certain actions happen, and to show the intense situations. At the begin of the trailer, the speed of editing is fast as it establishes “New York City/ 12 Million People/ 22 Million Phones/ 1 Billion Connections a Day”, these captions appear in between the shots and edits, to give a relative amount of information to the audience. The pace shows how busy and fast the lifestyle is in New York. The pace of editing then begins to go to a medium pace, as we are introduce to the main character, the pace allows us to concentrate on this character, identifying his as the one. The pace remains medium, creating suspense and then gradually, towards the end, starts to pick up pace, creating a rush of excitement, making the audience curious to what will happen to the man in the phone booth. In certain shots, a point of view shot is used, however we never see the face of the man who it is, and this creates curiosity as we lack identification of this person. The non-diegetic sound is relatively fast, but it contains a gradual beat, which is heard underneath the dialogues and voice-over (which give the audience an understanding of the plot), which create suspense. There is a series of shots, in which the music suddenly become intense and slow to build suspense up again, this is played underneath the dialogues. Then a diegetic sound of a gunshot is used, and underneath the dialogue again, the sound of a thumping heart is builds up, again creating suspense and a sense of adrenalin. Then the non-diegetic sounds become moderately upbeat, which gradually becomes fast. At the end of the trailer, the sound of laughter gives a mysterious feel to the trailer.
Therefore, Phone Booth is an extremely suspenseful and gripping film, a quality possessed in thriller films, and often causes waves of a different emotions, such as adrenalin rush, which keeps it gripping and exciting.
Some aspects of thriller and horror films are contained in both Hostel and Phone Booth. However, is it clear to distinguish them, as Hostel is of a gruesome, bloody and dark nature, which is the key aspect of a horror. Whereas Phone Booth is very thought provoking, mysterious and suspenseful film, a key factor of a thriller.
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