Research: The Ring

Since me and Beth have decided the plot of our trailer I have further done some more research and found some trailers of films in which are relevant and useful to ours. I have looked at certain shots and techniques in which we would like to see in out trailer to see the effect and impact it can have on the rest of the trailer and audience.

The Ring is a 2002 American psychological horror film directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Naomi Watts and Martin Henderson. It is a remake of the 1998 Japanese horror film Ring.

Both films are based on Koji Suzuki's novel Ring and focus on mysterious cursed videotape, which contains a seemingly random series of disturbing images. After watching the tape, the viewer receives a phone call in which a girl's spooky voice announces that the viewer will die in seven days. The film was a critical and commercial success.

Firstly in the trailer a white glowing circle like a ring appears against a black background. This immediately informs the audience that the film has some contrast with it in white and black representing evil and good. This again is a very popular convention to use in thriller/horror films and have already implemented this into our logo.

 This idea of the fuzzy screen I feel can be used in our trailer, this has an effect by making the trailer or certain shot seem old and this is also an effect that we need in the start of the trailer.

I also like the use of the titles in front of shots like this one used, it seems unique and could be a possibility in our trailer in order to emphasis both the shots and titles to the audience.

 The use of a dark room and closed door is also another convention used in many horror/thriller trailers to form a sense of gloominess and isolation in which this sort of shot will be useful in our trailer.

 

 I really like the use of this type of shot being a low angle, it creates a sense of power to the audience and the use of the dark and gloomy atmosphere also further reassures the audience that it is a horror movie. Also the use of this shot draws the audience in further and wanting them to know the more powerful person is and why.

The use of the fuzzy screen with a girl figure behind it is a really good effect in attracting the audience of who this figure is. This shot has an effect of stating that something from the past is coming back and this will be an effective technique to use in our trailer.