Two Minute Analysis (1) Wrong Turn

The clip opens with an establishing shot of a birds eye view of a forest. From this shot it is already revealed to the audience that the set location for the film is excluded from the rest of the population which can suggest the horror or action genre for the film. The music is slow paced with a drumming beat. It is parallel and non diegetic to the scene, this enforces the possibility of the genre being a horror. The clip then cuts to a Two Shot of two people, a man and a woman who are rock climbing. The woman has a lack of clothing, she is wearing a small top and shorts. This suggests vulnerability and can be viewed as traditional representation of the female gender, as traditionally females are seen much weaker than men. The Two Shot also suggests that the man and the woman are a team, and falling back to the location of the set, this contrasts and suggests that the two are alone and are in the same situation together with no escape back to the rest of the world. There is then a cut of a mid shot of the man revealing that he has reached the top of the wall. The angle of this shot is a low angle, which could indicate that the woman is looking up at the man which reveals that the woman is still behind. The low angle implies that the man has more power than the woman which enforces the traditional representation of genders, males having more power than woman. The clip cuts to a mid shot of the woman, where blood drips on her face from her friend. The synchronous sound of blood immediately implies death, establishing the genre of the film as a horror. The use of music fits perfectly: The music becomes higher in volume, more fast paced, and drums begin to play. This parallel sound combined with the mid shot of the woman being dragged up to the top of the wall by an unknown figure reveals a tense atmosphere. This engages the audience as they are unaware what will happen next. There is an eyeline match from the woman who is hanging onto the wall, to her dead friend, which expresses her situation. The clip cuts to a chase scene. There is fact paced cuts from PoV shots to Long shots. The continuity editing combined with the sound symbolises desperation, and creates the theme of a chase. From the PoV shots of the woman, a car is revealed. The car symbolises the only escape. The titles for the film are revealed for approximately 25 seconds, they use a white font which a glow effect. The titles are displayed in the middle of the screen during the establishing shot of the forest. By Aaron Riley