How does the trailer of 'Friday the 13th' follow the code and conventions of the slasher genre?
The trailer starts off with an establishing shot of the Moon which the low key lighting makes this shot seem peculiar and ominous as this correlates nicely with the assumption made with the phrase "It must be a full moon"(which it is) so this establishing shot foreshadows what will happen. This is reinforced by the middle shot sign of "Welcome to Camp Crystal Lake" whereby the light is focused on the edge of the sign which could show that something is going to happen. The man with the yellow clothing who states "Hello, who is that" gives the camera automatic response to have shot reverse shot(the light is again focused on the sign-close-up and the camera movement is not stable thus foreshadowing a drastic change will occur).The camera is panned forward which stops when the camera is put in a medium shot of the man with the yellow clothing stating "Oh hi, what you doing outside this mess". The diegetic sound of the intertexuality of Alfred Hitchcock's "Birds"(chaotic sound of birds dims down but not the non-diegetic sound) dims down which could be said a possible sign for ready for attack. There is a great emphasis of the knife sound when the killer kills the man with yellow clothing(when he comes forward) thus helping create the killer's dominance and the hierarchy between the killer and everyone else.(link to the question at school NAIMA..)
The sixth collection of shots starts with a medium shot, which has a low key lighting, whereby a girl opens the shower curtain very drastically thus implying how she is feeling and she's desperate to find someone. The non-diegetic sound, which could be argued to be an increase of heartbeats, intensifies when the female is reassured. The diegetic sound(dialogue) of "Must be my imagination" from the girl whereby a knife is shown behind her which is an effective use of intertexuality of the film "Psycho" because the audience will automatically know what will happen thus making them more engaged in the trailer. Thus, the camera is tracked behind the female when she turns around and holds onto the curtain for safety whereby the non-diegetic sound intensifies furthers. There is an shot reverse shot of the weapon then the victim's notice of the weapon which the shot focuses on the female character screaming by zooming to her facial expression.The collection of shots end with a shot reverse shot of the weapon then the light making a noise which makes the audience feel scared and wonder what happened to the female character as well as who exactly the killer is.
The twelve collection of shots starts with a medium shot that is put on slow motion whereby it tracks around the female councillor(the one who had sexual intercourse with the male councillor at the start of the trailer) and zooms in to her face. The voice over of "Friday the 13th, you may only see it once but that will be enough" is played with the diegetic sound of screechy violins, and the non-diegetic sound of the female councillor screaming turns to non-diegetic when the focus is on the character's face, both intensifies which helps create a awe feeling. The transition is fade out and the title screen graphic of "Friday the 13" is enlarged with the same voice over repeated as well as the non-diegetic sounds played before which is effective because it helps create that feeling once again before the trailer finishes.
In conclusion, these three shots conform to the code and conventions of a typical slasher film as it helps create an awe feeling of who the killer is as we aren't told who this killer is but it is obvious from the first shot that it is known to some of the victims shown in the trailer. The camera movements have obviously been put on a handheld camera through the shaky movements thus this helps create a sense of urgence within the audience as they want to know who the killer is as well as making them actually be put in the killer's POV so they are more likely to be scared through
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