Camera Angles

At the beginning of the trailer, there is a long establishing shot of a house/farm through a crop field. Then we see a high angle shot of the town where the film is based at which is a small town in America. We then get to see a close up of fans enjoying a local baseball game. From 0.22-0.26 we get a shot reverse shot with an over the shoulder shot of a policeman and a man with a gun. At 30 seconds we get a birds eye view shot of the "crazy" man on the floor dead with the policeman checking if he is dead. We get to see a medium shot of the couple who are the protagonists which are the policeman and the nurse.Throughout the rest of the trailer we get over the shoulder shots of the characters and low angle shots showing the characters struggling with a fight.

Editing

Throughout the trailer there are a few editing sequences. For the first 15 seconds they show one clip per every second, this builds up the tension and in the trailer it shows a nice peaceful little town which will soon turn to hell by it showing a "crazy" character walking onto a baseball pitch with a shotgun. At 38 seconds there is an editing sequence where they show some text from a little pause of the clips being shown. Then a slight drilling sound effect followed by about 5-7 quick edit clips in the space of a second. The same editing sequence occurs when a little interval shown with text happens then a quick edit of 5-7 shots in a second occur. At 1.16 there is an editing sequence of shots of the police officer walking down a deserted street of the town where at the beginning of the trailer there are people happy walking down there. This is shown with a buzzing sound with a quick black out effect. From 1.46 to 2.21 there are clips shown quickly from about 2 every 1.5 seconds shown to build the tension up of the film trailer.

Characters

The characters in "The Crazies" are most of the town village. This is because the storyline is about the whole town getting invaded by a disease which makes them go crazy. Throughout the trailer they are all shown in the village. The main protagonists in the film is the Police officer and the Nurse. These two are a couple and throughout the trailer it shows them two in problems of themselves.

Plot

The Crazies is about a small village in Iowa, the village enjoys a local high school baseball game. Deputy Russell Clank spots a local resident entering the outfield holding a shotgun. The sheriff is forced to shoot and kill the unresponsive resident. The sheriff and his wife, the community doctor, begin to notice other town residents exhibiting strange and bizarre behavior. Then the next night a local farmer burns his house down with his wife and son trapped inside, killing them. Communication services are lost, and soldiers arrive and take all residents for containment at the high school. Everyone entering is examined for symptoms of infection. Judy the sheriffs wife does not pass the examination and is separated from the sheriff David. She explains her fever is due to pregnancy, but is sedated anyway. She wakes strapped to a gurney as the perimeter of the facility is breached by the infected. The military personnel evacuate, leaving Judy and others behind. David is nearing evacuation, but escapes and rejoins Deputy Russell. They rescue Judy and her hospital assistant Becca.

Location/Setting

The Crazies is filmed in a small village in America called Ogden Marsh in Iowa. The whole film is filmed in the same village. Throughout the film there are clips which have been filmed in Hospitals, farms, police stations and many others places throughout the small village.

Costumes/Code of clothing

The two main protagonists the Sheriff David and Judy the Nurse and his wife are both throughout the film and the trailer are wearing there work clothes. David is wearing his sheriff uniform and Judy is wearing her nurse uniform.