Camera Angles

At the beginning of the trailer straight away there is a oblique shot of the camera upside down with a pan of the Manhattan skyline. After this shot the first shot proper shot of people in the trailer there is a tracking shot of a soon to be victim for "The Devils." At 1.20 there is a close up of one of the characters looking petrified of what is happening. From 1.35 to 1.37 there are high angle shots from looking at the CCTV of the 5 characters in the lift, this could show that they are all in a trap from something much more powerful than them. Throughout the rest of the trailer there are low angles shot showing them in a fight and over the shoulder shots of firemen and rescuers trying to open the lift with chainsaws and crowbars.

Editing

throughout the trailer of "The Devil" there are a few scenes of editing sequences. At the opening of the trailer there is editing of the camera where they have filmed the opening pan of the city(New York) upside down. This sets an unorthodox feeling to this film. From 0.55 to 1.01 there is an editing sequence of a birds eye view of the camera going down the lift, this is whilst there is text saying "Everything Happens For A Reason." From 1.38 to 2.05 there is text then there is tense music and about 5-7 clips then text again to build up the tension.

Characters

For The Devil the main protagonists of the film trailer are the five in the lift. These are four people who usually work at the building where the lift is at. Also there is a security guard who works at the building. These five are the main characters which the film is based on but there is also the security guards who are watching the protagonists problems on CCTV whom are also a big part to the film as they are trying to help them.

Plot

The Devil is about 5 Philadelphia office workers going into the elevator of an inner city office building. But a typical day at their office takes a sudden detour into terror when the elevator becomes stuck between floors. Soon after they are having problems they realise that one of them in the elevator is a devil. During this occurrence the emergency workers are working frantically to free them.

Location

The location of the devil is filmed in a Philadelphia city building. The majority of the film is filmed in the elevator. If it is not filmed in the elevator it is still filmed in the same building

code of clothes/costume

The Five main protagonists in the film are all wearing clothes on what they wear in the everyday lives. This is a smart casual dressing, of what they wear for work. This is a suit for what the 2 men in the lift and a blouse and shirt for the 2 women in the lift. Also there is the security guard in the lift as well, and he is wearing his uniform. Also the staff outside the elevator they are all wearing a smart casual clothing also.