Research Into Simular Tasks - I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer was released in May 1999. It is the sequel to the film I know what you did last summer. the film is based on a group of teenagers, who ran over a man called Ben Willis. They thought they had killed him so decided to dumb his body in the lake. He then came back to haunt them, and in the first film killed most of the group of teenagers. they thought they had finally got rid of him until now.
We can separate the trailer into four different section; Editing, Camerawork, Mise-En-Scene, and Sound.
During this trailer we see different types of editing techniques used throughout. The first technique we see in the trailer is the dissolve between each scene. This transition allows a link between each scene, keeping the audience focused on whats happening.
We also see a great eye-line match when Julie is singing on the karaoke machine, the song itself is very ironic, she is singing "I will survive" the song is based on someone leaving them coming back to follow them. This can be linked in to Ben Willis who comes back from the dead to taunt and kill his murderers. The eye line match them shows Julie looking at the screen and in red letters it says "I still know what you did last summer" this is the first part in the trailer when we see that Ben Willis is still alive and coming for them. The eye line match shows the audience exactly what Julie and the others are seeing, allowing the audience to feel like they are witnessing it like they are in the film.
In the trailer we also see parts sped up, especially when Ben's victims have been killed or going to killed. When Julie opens the wardrobe door and someones hanging there by a piece of rope, we see a shot reverse shot of Julie, then the hanging body and back to Julie to see the fear on her face. By allowing the audience to see what Julie is seeing and from her point of view, it allows the audience to share Julies fear, it puts the audience in her position.

Another technical area that we can separate the trailer into is the use of camera-work. Through the use of camerawork the trailer can portray certain images to the audience with a desired effect. When Julie is singing on the karaoke machine and the words begin to change we see an extreme close up on the TV. This allows the audience to see exactly what is happening. As the film is a sequel the extreme close up on the TV shows the audience that Ben Willis is still alive, and he knows they are on the island.
 We also see an over the shoulder shot, where Julie is opening an envelope addressed to her. We then see her slowly open the letter, as if she almost already knows what its going to contain. The over the shoulder shot allows the audience to see the letter and part of Julie. The over the shoulder shot also allows the audience to see the letter quite close up, so its almost in your face. The letter itself is purely to spread fear not only for the characters in the film, but for the audience aswell as they don't know what is going to happen.
About half way through the trailer we also see an extreme close up on Ben willis' hook. In the back ground of the shot we also see one of the girls in a sun bed. Not only does the close up on the hook give the audience a sense of fear about what is going to happen. It also gives the audience clues, allowing us to see the sun bed in the background hints towards what Ben is going to do.

Throughout the trailer we also see how Mise-en-Scene is used to create the desired horror effect for the audience. One thing that stands out is how Ben Willis, the murderer is dressed. He wears a long black trench coat, black boots, and a black fishing hat. Dressing him like this means the audience can't actually see what he looks like, we can also associate his black clothing with the image of death. Through Mise-en-Scene we also see the use of props. Ben Willis, carries a hook on his right hand. The hook is his weapon, whenever we see Ben we always see his hook. The hook is also used to push fear into his victims, as they can see the hook they can foresee what is going to happen.
A great part of Mise-en-Scene we see exploited is the use of location not only in the trailer but in the entire film. The trailer starts off in America in one of the girls flat. They then conveniently win a holiday to a remote island in the Bahamas. A remote island with only one way on and off the island via a boat is a great place to hold a horror film. When they realise Ben Willis is on the island we also see it is conveniently in the midst of hurricane season, and there is no way off the island. When a mass murderer is lurking around a remote island with no way of escape it is one of the best locations for a horror film to be set. This is a very conventional location for a horror film to be set in.

The last technical area we split the trailer into is the use of sound. Sound in the trailer can be used to create a type of atmosphere for the audience. Throughout the trailer we see how a post production voice over is used to give a kind of commentary on the trailer. One thing we hear the voice over say is, "And here miles from civilization" this one sentence allows the audience to know the type of location and exactly how far away they are from any kind of help. We also hear the conventional sound of the weather throughout the trailer, in horror films the conventional weather is dark and wet. Thunder is used in practically every horror film along with stormy weather, this is because these kinds of weathers can be unpredictable, and scary in the own way. The use of the script also allows the audience to get a grips with what is going on, when Julie says to the rest of the group that "He is here" her friends don't know what she is going on about, but as this is a sequel and most of the audience will have seen the first film they will all know that she is on about Ben Willis. Through sound we also see a scene where Julie is standing in front of all of her friends and explains exactly what is going on. "Two summers ago we hit Ben Willis with our car, and then threw his body in the water" This sentence makes the audience question who is the murderer. Julie and her friends threw his body into a lake, and know Ben Willis is coming back for revenge. The audience will question who the "bad guy" actually is.