Wrong Turn is a Horror film produced in 2002 by Rob Schmidt, it is about a group of 6 people who get trapped in a remote forrest, and hunted down by mad deformed psychedelic mountain men and killed. It stars Eliza Dushku, Jeremy Sisto, Emmanuelle Chriqui and others, and gained an approximate 10 million dollars from its box office.
The first two minutes starts off with a summit entertainment title shot and then a Constantin Film shot. They show this to let the audience know who helped produce the film. The first actual footage of the film is at 00:24, this is an establishing shot, showing miles of forrest with only 1 road on it, this shows to the audience the area in which the film will take place. This shot allows the audience to see how remote the location is, this is one of the cliches of Horror films, that the location is very remote. Over the top of this the name of the 2 production companies are shown again. The shot is still going, but the camera is pointing at the floor, this shows a darker side to the forrest as there are many shadows. Also many of the trees have been flattened, showing destruction. The shot then slows and stops above a cliff face, with 2 climbers on. One male climber and one female, they both look quite young. Having these actors allow the target audience, 15-30 year olds both male and female to connect to the characters, so when they are killed this makes the audience more scared as they think that it could be them. The man gets to the top of the cliff and the camera switches so it is looking up at him. Usually this shows power within a shot, but the camera is looking up to show how vulnerable the girl is, as the camera is from her point of view. The camera zooms in on the mans face to show his expression, which is happy as he believes he is in no danger and he has just completed the wall. The next shot is from his perspective and it is a shot out into the forrest, showing the beauty of it. A small amount of conversation occurs between the 2 characters and you see the man walk out of shot. You then see the woman struggling to climb the wall. The girl then falls due to poor fitting. This makes the audience jump as you think she is going to die, but her harness saves her. The man then talks to her, saying how they are 50 miles from the closest people, this allows the audience to know that the area is deserted. You then hear a deep drum beat at 01:43 and then an bird call out. This could signal something bad happen as vultures usually cluster around death. you then hear another drum beat this time, it is accompanied by a grunt, which sounds like the male climber. This suggests to the audience that the man has been killed and as you cannot see it, it raises tension. You then see a shot of the wall from afar, allowing you to see the woman stuck halfway up and the man is no-where to be seen, strengthening the audiences assumption that the man has been killed, this again raises tension. You hear the female climber say something, which sounds more panicky than how she was talking before. And then you see the mans head lying down over the edge of the cliff. Showing the audience that he is dead. This shows to the audience that it is a horror film as he has been killed off very early on in the film. This is quite common of Horror films to kill an actor off very early as it gains the attention of the audience and can help strengthen the plot. This is a good first 2 minutes as it sets the scene very well with the establishing shot and gives the audience enough background information for them to understand and then it also builds tension well as someone is killed but you cannot see how or who did it.
The first two minutes starts off with a summit entertainment title shot and then a Constantin Film shot. They show this to let the audience know who helped produce the film. The first actual footage of the film is at 00:24, this is an establishing shot, showing miles of forrest with only 1 road on it, this shows to the audience the area in which the film will take place. This shot allows the audience to see how remote the location is, this is one of the cliches of Horror films, that the location is very remote. Over the top of this the name of the 2 production companies are shown again. The shot is still going, but the camera is pointing at the floor, this shows a darker side to the forrest as there are many shadows. Also many of the trees have been flattened, showing destruction. The shot then slows and stops above a cliff face, with 2 climbers on. One male climber and one female, they both look quite young. Having these actors allow the target audience, 15-30 year olds both male and female to connect to the characters, so when they are killed this makes the audience more scared as they think that it could be them. The man gets to the top of the cliff and the camera switches so it is looking up at him. Usually this shows power within a shot, but the camera is looking up to show how vulnerable the girl is, as the camera is from her point of view. The camera zooms in on the mans face to show his expression, which is happy as he believes he is in no danger and he has just completed the wall. The next shot is from his perspective and it is a shot out into the forrest, showing the beauty of it. A small amount of conversation occurs between the 2 characters and you see the man walk out of shot. You then see the woman struggling to climb the wall. The girl then falls due to poor fitting. This makes the audience jump as you think she is going to die, but her harness saves her. The man then talks to her, saying how they are 50 miles from the closest people, this allows the audience to know that the area is deserted. You then hear a deep drum beat at 01:43 and then an bird call out. This could signal something bad happen as vultures usually cluster around death. you then hear another drum beat this time, it is accompanied by a grunt, which sounds like the male climber. This suggests to the audience that the man has been killed and as you cannot see it, it raises tension. You then see a shot of the wall from afar, allowing you to see the woman stuck halfway up and the man is no-where to be seen, strengthening the audiences assumption that the man has been killed, this again raises tension. You hear the female climber say something, which sounds more panicky than how she was talking before. And then you see the mans head lying down over the edge of the cliff. Showing the audience that he is dead. This shows to the audience that it is a horror film as he has been killed off very early on in the film. This is quite common of Horror films to kill an actor off very early as it gains the attention of the audience and can help strengthen the plot. This is a good first 2 minutes as it sets the scene very well with the establishing shot and gives the audience enough background information for them to understand and then it also builds tension well as someone is killed but you cannot see how or who did it.
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