1. FINAL DESTINATION 5 TRAILER
ANALYSIS

2. General information
Length of clip: 2minutes 5 seconds
Genre: supernatural horror
Director: Steven Quale
Distributor: Warner Bros pictures
Date: realised: August 12, 2011
Cast members: Emma bell, Arlen Escarpeta, Miles
Fish, Nicholas D’agosto

3. Dialogue
The dialogue is humourless, directs and revealing
of the narrative. A lot of voiceovers are used
throughout the trailer to direct the audience’s
attention which keeps them focused to the
trailer. The voiceover which then goes through
short sound bridge, which then becomes digetic
sound with the source being the actual
characters in the movie. The type of language
used in the dialogue of the trailer is they simple
and conventional choice of words. For example
‘disaster’ ‘death’ ‘kill’ ‘time to die’ is regularly
used, this help build up the tension of the trailer.

4. Credits and Intertitles
There are nine Credit/Intertitles throughout the trailer.
It begins with a credit to the film’s distributor Warner
Bros, which presents the unique selling point of the
movie franchise final destination. The first intertitle
says ‘this summer’, this begins to create
anticipation, suspense and excitement as they know
this movie will be out soon. The second intertitle follow
after any says ‘we all share’, this phrase interacts the
audience but stating the word ‘we’. Also this intertitle is
disjointed as the audience will find out the rests of the
completed phrase will take formation at the end of the
trailer. The third intertitle says ‘a common’ followed by
the word ‘destination’. This results in the completed
phrase ‘this summer we all share a common
destination’. This is tagline of the movie which is
related back to the brand of the movie. The disjointed
Intertitles create the high level of suspense which helps
keep the audience interested and puzzled. The next
intertitle is located later on in the trailer which says ‘the
rules’ followed by ‘have changes’, this helps the
audience to link the movie with the previous ones
which again connects the brand together, but stating
that its different this time which makes the audience
think. The final intertitle is the release date and
additional information. The timing between Intertitles
is key to the build up tension and specifically been
structures to ensure maximum dramatic impact to the
audience.

5. Narrative
The narrative of final destination 5 is similar to the
previous movie from the franchise which is a linier
structure. The plot of the movie is a group of people
try to escape death in variety of different forms from
a character that is able to have premonitions of the
protagonist characters. Death claim the characters
one by one by a supernatural death experience
which presents itself to be an accident of some kind.
On the contrary final destination 5 states that the
rules have changed therefore a new aspect and
dynamic to their signature narratives. The plot is
linear but with occasional flashbacks which can
make it anachronic, which can make it harder for the
audience to follow.

6. Pace
Final destination 5 follows the standard conventions of starting the
trailer slow and calm. However the pace suddenly changes rapidly
interest of gradually building up. As dramatic events unfold and take
shape, the progression of anticipation increase and the level of
tension are high as there is a sudden change in speed. This generates
the audience’s interest levels to heighten and the focus of wanting
more.

7. Voiceovers
There is a voiceover in the trailer, however is not the
typical style of voice over which is when the source
remains a mystery. In this case the voiceover, the
source which is the character is revealed after their
spoken words; therefore non-digetic sound travels
through a sound bridge to become digetic sound.
Also the voiceover reveals much of the narrative
which is combined with the visuals on screen. Most
of the movie sequences are discovered but there are
many hidden elements yet to be seen.

8. Camera angles and shots
The first shot shown is a point of view shot from the
characters prospective whilst the y are laying down but the
audience down relies this until the next sequence of shots is
shown. This show presents itself to be very puzzling and
creepy. Not knowing what this object is combined with the
fact that its closed up confuses the audience and brings a
element of ‘fear factor’.
A tilt camera movement is used in the next scene
to view the first character shown. The tilt starts from
bottom and slow progresses upwards to show the
characters face. This is done to build up the tension and
the audience to view the focal area for this scene. The
camera angel if pointing downwards, which shows that the
character is powerless at this point, therefore the
audience can anticipate a big event to follow.

9. A close up is used in the following scene; this is used when the female
character is under the machine. Showing the audience her face and the facial
expressions, this allows a strong relation between the audience and the
character on screen as the audience can almost feel the fear they are going
though and the anticipation from the next move. In this particular shot shows
the character looking away at this point, this creates tension as she looking
around for danger but the audience is not shown this show it leaves them
tense and wanting to know what happens next.
There are zoomed in shots used to create a strong impact on the audience.
The tension if shown and from the foot and nail in this scene and leaves the
audience in fear and anxiety as the following scenes show near missing of
contact with the nail.

10. Special effects/CGI
Final destination 5 has used a variety of special effects in their trailer.
In this shot an tense and dramatic scene is generated because of special effects. The two characters are
standing on a broken bridge which one ready to jump. This creates an immediate shock factor amongst
the audience whilst the CGI effect creates a horrifying sense of realism.
This is a very realistic and terrifying special effect in which the bridge is
collapsing and cars and pedestrians and falling straight down. Details have
been carefully taken care of and quality of the CGI is used to create the
fear factor and the tension built up in the audience.

11. Music and sound
The trailer begins with a prolonged quiet eerie and empty sound. This is
still calm and does not directly connate fear. This carries on, with the
dialogue, until the screen goes blank and the sound drops signalling
something is going to happen. The delicate sound of a machine beeping
is audible as the character shouts. The audience are concentrating on
the delicate when a bang sound channel as the first intertitle is launched
on to the screen causing a jump. The beeping of the machine speeds up
as the character struggles and screams loudly. The background music
with the voice over of a male character. The background music
decreases as the characters continue to scream and voiceovers are
audible and flash imagery becomes more rapid. The sound of screaming
continues until the sound suddenly stops. This is the signal to the end of
the trailer and the audience feel their calmed downs the sound nears
silence. However chime like sound appear which connate peace and
serenity become audible but also combines with mystery. The next
scene is a sound of a table breaking a screams which end the trailer
which suspense and dramatic scenes. Which increases the audience’s
tension and fear therefore potential lead the interest of finding out more
by watching the movie.

12. Unique selling point
The two main USP of final destination 5 are that it’s a
part of a existing movie franchise therefore brand
awareness and popularity of the film is already created
and the audience are ready to watch the new instalment.
Also by making the movie to 3D is a big USP because it
transforms the movie and the audience experience when
watching it, concluding that is will appeal to a wider
audience.

13. Target audience
The target audience for this movie is for both genders
male and female ager from fifteen and above. The age
certificate of this movie is fifteen which is the mind set
that younger minds are not able to watch this type of
movie. The main target audience is for young adults/
teenagers which is related back to the characters which
also are young adults and teenagers.