"The Final" Summary and Analysis.

The Final.

Plot.
This film is about bullied teenagers in an American school. Eventually the way they're being treated becomes too much to handle and they get the bullies back. They lure all of the teenagers to an abandoned location, spike the drink and handcuff and torture them. This is their way of feeling powerful and getting people back for treating them so badly all of their lives.

Analysis.
The first thing we see in the trailer is a school locker and we hear the sound of a bell. This straight away shows us the setting. The next thing we see is a teacher by a white board and a class with notepads and pens. There are cuts to dark scenes outside with fire and people talking quietly. This creates suspense and is gradually building up to show us what's really going on in this school. We then see a montage of shots of various teenagers being bullied - smacked, surrounded or shouted at. We then get a cut back to the classroom scene and there is a close up on one of the bullied boys' notepad. He is drawing an evil character in black and white. The teacher in the classroom is saying words which relate to what is going on: 'Hell' 'kill' 'pay for your actions.' This is all to set the scene. We then see another bullied guy who says 'we've suffered enough.' This is effective because we straight away sympathise with the bullied teenagers which means that when they're being tortured we will almost want to see it happen to them because of the way they treat other people. We then see another shot of some bitchy girls being sarcastic and mean to girl. They are dressed in pink/blue - light hearted colours. They're hair looks perfect and they are all pretty. This is to show us the difference between the bullies and the bullied teenagers. The next shot is of the bullied kids putting on evil masks and costumes for the party. As the audience who's seen the rest of the trailer, we know that these costumes are not innocent. As these teenagers are putting on their costumes they are thinking of torture and revenge. At the scene of the party we see teenagers partying but one by one crashing out on the sofas to pass out. We hear the words 'I wanted to be your friend, but now I will be your enemy.' This again is building the tension because we know that danger is looming. The teens are then handcuffed and everybody is on the floor. We hear the screams of a girl and people are crying and panicing. We see people being tortured and one guy is stripped which is to seem degrading and to make everything worse for him.

The beginning shot is from a canted angle which makes the audience feel disorientated. The way the characters are standing is also a big clue as to the part they are playing in the bullying. For example one girl dressed in dark clothes with long thin hair, is being surrounded by girls and they have their arms folded and have backed her into the lockers. In the classroom scenes we have shots from behind the teacher so that we feel like part of the scene.

Editing includes the writing of 'The Final' that appears after 13 seconds of the trailer. This is unusual because in modern day horrors the title often appears at the very end of the trailer. The text fades to black. Other editing includes a bully victim in her costume at the party turning her head in slow motion. This is to give the audience a clue that she is part of the plan to torture the bullies. We also see some slow motion shots of people dancing and partying, but also of people passing out and having to sit down due to drousiness from the spiked drink.

Non digetic sound includes high pitched strings playing typical horror film sounds. A keyboard is also heard lighting the background. We hear the occasional almost mechanical sound of a fairly high pitched screech, like an old rusty door, or somebody scratching their nails down a blackboard. We also hear high pitched ringing and a faint bass drum in the background to give an almost heartbeat effect.
Digetic sound includes the characters speaking to each other. The tone of voice of the characters also shows us the part each character is playing. We also hear the voice of the teacher over the top of many other clips. Other sounds include: screaming, crying, shouting, arguing and of course the strange, loud, robotic noise coming out of the main 'masked,' vengeful teenager.




I think that the teacher speaking about 'hell' and 'paying the price for your actions' is very effective in this trailer because it tells us as the audience that danger is coming. It's like a warning. Also, it makes everything seem so much more sinister and scary. I also think that the masks and the idea of a party is very effective because this is realistic. If this kind of thing was going to happen the most likely way to get a group of teenagers to an abandoned location would be to organise a party.

I think that the scary voice coming out of one of the teenagers is a little bit extreme although at the same time it's making the movie seem more horrific and scary. The voice does sound very robotic and fake though, but then this kind of noise is conventional of a horror film so it could be seen as good or bad depending on opinions.