This film is the most recent remake of the the classic horror film from 1984 which is released on the 7th of May 2010. Nightmare On Elm Street is classed as one of the best horrors to be ever made, and director Samuel Bayer wants our generation to be horrified by the iconic Freddy Krueger.
The trailer begins with New line cinema logo which fades out. The use of non diegetic noise immediately shows to the audience that its a horror/thriller. It then flashes in shots of a run down warehouse in low light. For our trailer if we could find the ideal time to film our location with the right light it would be perfect. This however is difficult because to get the lighting to look superb is very difficult. A few more shots of this dire looking area follow until we see a person running away from two cars. The non diegetic music picks up pace as low angle shots show the man looking distressed and fearing for his life. The music is superb at this point enticing the audience, as the man rushes into a dilapidated building. People are shown exiting the car through a medium shot and one man is holding a baseball bat. At this point, due to the audience not knowing the identity of fleeing man, they may feel sorry for him. People who have seen the original will recognize that the man hiding is evil once the man holding the baseball bat shouts the name ' Krueger '. The angry crowd chuck a molotov cocktail through a window and the non diegetic music gets louder as Krueger burns.
After the birth of Krueger has happend the title of the director ' Michael Bay ' appears in typical horror styled writing. The next shot is one you wouldn't expect to see in a horror trailer and is unsettling with three girls happily skipping. A girls voice is played over the top as she describes how a man is coming to her in her dreams. The music used in the background makes people watching feel uneasy and if we could find music like this for our trailer then it would sound really professional. The iconic Elm Street sign post is shown and people who watched the first one can begin to compare. Following the next shot is one of my favoruite shots of the whole trailer. It is a scary looking house with shadows on it and is the estabslihing shot that would be ideal for our teaser trailer. Also with the ambient sound of children singing it makes people watching feel very uncomfortable. The sound then cuts out completely and loudly cuts back in with Freddy scarping his claw like hand down the wall. This is something we can use for our film with the music cutting to silence and then something jumping out. Following this shot is quick montages of scared looking teenagers and a typical horror scene , being a funeral. Throughout the trailer it shows Freddy in dark shadows and this is what we plan to do with our killer. The end 20 seconds are are immense and the quality of the montage of shots mixed with the non diegetic music make it a real trailer which will stick in your mind. Finally the title flashes up with a neat effect with the slogan DON'T FALL ASLEEP plus date following. We can gather many ideas from watching this trailer as it is one of the best horror trailers in recent times. It gives glimpses of the killer, the storyline and who some of the characters enticing the audience to go and see it. At the same time it doesn't reveal too much making it a perfect teaser trailer.
I can apply theories and conventions of Postmodernism here as well. According to Bauldrillard's theory, nothing is an original and everything is a copy of something. This is quite clearly a copy of the original and not a brand new idea. Also the way Freddy haunts the children in their dreams supports another idea of Bauldrillard as he states that the blur between what is reality and what is not is increasing. With Freddy killing kids, whilst there not in the real world is very postmodern. Finally right at the end of the trailer Freddy is threatening a young blonde girl. This is a typical scene in any horror and can be seen as a pastiche as every horror film needs an attractive young girl being terrorized.
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