The Genre of this film is clearly shown at the beginning of the trailer, by a cell phone ringing and two girls nervously looking towards, with one saying 'that's not my ringtone'. The name of the film is shown using an inter-title, and the first and last time we see this in the trailer is towards the end. The production values of the film, include, the use of big name stars however for one missed call this is not the case, the stars that used i could not identify, which would lead you to believe that this is a low budget film, as the actors are not well known. the budget for the film has been noted as $20 million. There appeared to be quite a few
special effects, but many of them seemed to be simple but very effective techniques and could hardly be compared to latest James Bond movie. for example some off the death scenes, we barely see any of the received injuries, which for me is not good, as we see a massive build up to the accidents, even the accidents occurring,but rarely the aftermath. The director of this film is Eric Vallette, and from this film has become quite well known but not for the best film award; the film was seriously slated, such as worst movie of 2008 and second worst movie of the decade! the target audience of this film is bound to be horror buffs, but only those who like the cheesy American, copy-cat style horror that this film has been known as. the central narrative enigma to this film, is the missed calls throughout the film, resulting in deaths of a group of friends. in the trailer there are hints as to how the enigma is going to resolved, but i suppose the makers of the trailer, have kept to some of the conventions of trailers by not giving it all away. however many reviews
are stating that even the trailer has more jump to it than the film, and the that the trailer is of poor quality, because even though it is not shown how the situation is resolved the audience could easily work it out for them selves.
the mood of the film is indicated in the trailer as being quite a dark and mysterious one, although the film has been rated as poor quality, the trailer does have one good vice it does not give away who the monster is, so that when you watch the film, it is no longer a horror as you already know what to expect. there is no voice over in the film however there is a sequence of inter-titles displayed throughout the duration of the trailer, and they do add in to the effect of showing this film to if the horror genre. the inter-titles, are only a short sequence that do help to heighten the plot, the inter-titles read, 'everyday 2 billion cell phones ring...','sometimes you answer the call','and sometimes you shouldn't','what will it sound like','when you die?'. the way that these inter-titles are shown throughout the trailer, to create a good atmosphere, and the overall effect of the trailer would make me want to see it. the sound that is played in the film, is very quiet and not very active music, there is alot more dialogue in this trailer, than music, however there is a weird ringtone which is very cre
epy and is repeated throughout the film and adds to the erry atmosphere.
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