Oshin Gurung

The Descent Trailer Timeline

Start Period of equilibrium

0:08 Crane shot. Only car on a road in middle of nowhere

Moment of disequilibrium

0:09-0:12 Diegetic sound. Character says ‘Never been lost in her life’ suggest starting of disequilibrium soon

0:02 Company logo appears

1:07 Tone card ‘fear’

Period of disequilibrium

1:53 Film title appears

1:48 Diegetic and non-diegetic sound

End 1:57

1:19 Torch drops and the screen fades to black

0:06 The characters are revealed smiling together in mid shot

0:07 The colour of the picture fades to black and white. Show that their lives are in the past. Screen fades to black

0:19-0:27 Sharp slicing non-diegetic sound then fades to black. Close up of character stuck and isolated between rocks. Indicates danger and start of disequilibrium

0:29 Tone card ‘claustrophobia’

0:48 Tone card ‘disorientation

0:49 fades to dark

0:52-0:59 The characters are trapped- starts to become scared, in danger, panic

1:08-1:14 Non-diegetic sound. Night vision, diegetic sound- screaming

1:29-1:38 Critical reviews tone cards