Fright Night evaluation

Fright Night

The title sequence starts with fast, mysterious, adventurous music, it gets deeper after a few seconds. Then it shows the typical 'Dreamworks' start, however the editor manipulates the idea of the clouds in order the create a storm. The clouds are very dull, grey and dark in juxtaposition with the usual 'Dreamworks' starts, where the clouds are bright and fluffy. There is ambient sound of thunder and flashes of lightening. This automatically creates a sense of disjoint. Once travelled through the clouds, there is an isolated village, surrounded by fields. There is a high angle, long take shot of the village, slowly getting closer. There is then a jump cut to a long angle shot of a rather nice, modern looking house, The camera then pans to get a full view of the house. There is a sound bridge when outside of the house, firstly sounding like a angry man, however once you are able to see inside the house, we see it is the television. This builds tension. In the living room of the house it is rather dark, the television is on rather loud and there is a dog stood on the coffee table eating pizza. As this is a thriller and comedy this fits well as the sound bridge creates the idea that something frightening is about to happen as we view inside the house, however there is a dog eating pizza out the box, which is rather comical. The dog starts breathing heavily and jumps off the sofa as if it had heard something. We are shown from a handheld camera shot around the dark house, the camera moves towards the door of a bedroom, which is the only light we see at this point. The darkness creates tension and confusion. All of sudden there is a scream, and a change in music, The music sounds like a deep, fast heartbeat. The man who screamed hid under a bed. Only hearing his heartbeat and loud breathes. There is an insert of the creature hand. The insert shows the audience that the creature that is attacking him is not human. This also fits under the conventions of a thriller as it contains super natural events. and suspense, and the audience feel anxious, There is a crescendo then all of sudden the man gets dragged off the shot. We see a quick low angle shot of the creature. The use of the low angle shot shows the creature is frightening and in control at this point

The music completely changes, into a happy, country song. Whist the scene fades in to a satellite image of the village. There is then a jump cut to outside a house, with children playing, and people walking past. This shows a normal a village, as if nothing has just happened. The lightening is bright and cheerful.  
The titles choice 'Fright Night' instantly suggests something frightening happens during the film. The plosive sound of 'F' and 'N' creates an instant sense that something bad is going to happen quickly, and this foreshadows what actually happens.

Cast

• Anton Yelchin
• Collin Farrell
• Toni Collette
• David Tennant 
• Imegon Poots
• Christopher Mintz-Plasse
• Dave Franco
• Reid Ewing
• Will Denton
• Sandra Vergara
• Grace Phipps
• Chelsea Tavares
• Lisa Loeb

Directed by Craig Gillespie 

Story by Tom Holland

Editing by Marti Noxon