DevilAnalysis by Chloe Mason

Mise En Scene The setting of the trailer is shown

using an establishing shot of New York city, although the image is very normal and reflects and every day atmosphere, the positioning of the image is upside down, so foreshadows some unusual and possibly supernatural events to the audience.

The costume of each character represents them in very different ways. The first lady is wearing a blazer, white top and scarf. This suggests her to be sophisticated however her white top is rather low cut so reflects on her personality as well. Possibly she is the type of flirty person who likes to look nice but also wears respectable clothing too.

Mise En Scene The second character we see is the first

male. He is stood in the street in what appears to be dirty clothes. He also has his hood up. This automatically creates the stereotype of him being a “criminal‟ or ,”thug” because of the way he dresses. This also suggests he may be of lower to middle class with not a very high status and show that he doesn’t have a job as he is in the middle of the town in the middle of the day doing nothing dressed in casual wear

After this is the middle aged woman, dressed in a suit; we are only shown the top half of her body, around the shoulders upwards. This focuses on the age of the character and shows she is older than the rest of the main characters. The next character is the security guard. He is wearing a security guard uniform. This instantly reflects on his status, middle to higher class because his well respected job but also suggests he is safe to be around as his job is to protect people.

Editing Through different scenes, the text,

shown on different shots says “On an ordinary day” “Our lives are filled” “with chance encounters”. This leads the audience to believe that these events are random and again suggests it could have happened to literally anyone, and it was just chance that brings the five people together. This would cause the audience to think more deeply into the story line.

The image then changes and flips the correct way up. Another image of New York is shown, again upside down continuing with the off balance events that will occur within the film.

Editing . The camera then zooms in to

the top of the building and goes inside from a vent the top. The camera speeds up and goes deeper and deeper into the vent before stopping at the elevator all the characters are trapped in. this suggests that there is something racing towards them that they don’t know about and there is nothing they can do about it because they are trapped. It is when the camera reaches the elevator that the elevator stops so this shows that it is something that is doing it, we just don’t know what the something is.

Sound The high pitched tone of the non diegetic

back ground music creates an eerie atmosphere before the film even begins properly. You can also hear ambient sounds of the hustle bustle of an average day in New York which suggests that this was just any normal day when something goes wrong. This backs up the idea that this just happened on an average day to normal people going about their every day lives. This then places the idea that the events that happen in the trailer, could well happen to them as well.

In introducing the characters, the first woman says “Do I look like such a threat?” to the security guard. This creates an element of foreshadowing and enigma within the audience and suggests she could possibly be the devil. This also creates a mystery within the trailer because no one knows for sure who, or what, the devil is.

Camera work A fast pan is used to show a big

crowd of people out in the street. This supports the idea of the events being random and that it could happen to anyone as the trailer puts emphasis on all the different people and them going about their day.

A wide shot is used to show the characters standing together but with no connection between them.

Later on a two shot is shown of two of the main characters and they are shown to turn around to look at the elevator, this places emphasis on the elevator and introduces this as a new setting.

Camera Work A wide shot is used in the elevator

to show all five main protagonists of the film. Placing them all together helps to show the audience that all of the characters are different but have come together for an unknown reason.

The establishing shot of New York shows the setting and creates confusion as in a conventional horror film the setting is usually isolated and dark, this would suggest to the audience that this isn’t your typical horror film. To add to this effect, the first image is upside down, again reflecting on the off balance events of the film.