REC trailer

REC is a 2007 Spanish horror film co-directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza. The film was released in Spain in November 2007

The trailer begins with the film companies logo FILMAX which isn't a well known film company. Straight away you can hear a radio of someone to do with the emergency services. At this point it is hard to say which emergency services it is. The first shot comes up and is an angled shot looking at two men walking through a door. It is dimly limiting the audience's view of the two characters. Accompanying this first shot is a loud bang which may of come from the two breaking through the door with some force. The Mise En Scene used, even in the first shot, is that the lighting is low and the sound of the radio suggests that something bad has happened and these men are going to investigate it. The angle of the camera is kept the same as the two men walk towards the camera, but as they come closer you can tell that they are firemen. As they reach the camera it reverts back to the normal angle. Heavy breathing can be heard with the continuous sound of the radio and someone speaking. A loud diegetic sound is then heard and both the characters look up. At this point the audience will want to know what that was and why they are there. It then cuts to a title with a clever VCR breaking up effect. Its a simple black background with writing saying the amount of calls which Spanish police had received ( 23 million calls ). It is then unclear whether the noise of someone dialling a number then hearing the ring is non diegetic or diegetic, but emphasises that the calls to the emergency services are clear.



It then cuts to the firemen again and it is clear that a handheld camera is being used to follow the men. This is used well because it makes the audience feel that they are there. A title with the same layout appears now focusing on the amount of calls the fire service have recieved and attended. Again it cuts to the men running up the stairs. Ringing noises can be heard and with the handheld camera used again it seems quite chaotic and that what there going towards could be very bad. The trailer continues in this trend and another title appears and says the amount of rescues. It then cuts to a high angle shot to show the vunerability of the men running up the stairs. They get to the top and stop breathing heavily and look scared at what is near them. A title appears and the camera reverts to being in front of the two men as they walk through a dark corridor. This is a clever shot as it shows the location and reveals the mens facial expressions. The last title appears Saying 5 unclassified cases have been looked into. The next shot in my opinion is the best and finishes the trailer on a high. Its an over the shoulder shot of both of the men. With torches the only way of seeing anything in front of them it is scary and gets even worse when you see the unknown being at the end. They flash there torch on it and it jumps out whilst screaming.

This trailer is good because it was made on a very low budget like ours but is still very freaky. The last shot was the best and if we can finish on a shot like this it would look very professional as well as scaring the audience senseless.