Siege Week Trailer - Coronation Street

I myself am not a Coronation Street fan; yet even I know the line ‘Guess who escaped, Tony Gordon.’ connotes some form of danger is arising with the return of this ex character. The word escapes makes it apparent the man broke from prison, this is also visually suggested by the policemen within the frame. The policeman who warns the wife of the husbands escape further suggests he is a dangerous man. You can tell this man is dangerous by the slow zoom towards the policemen face showing concern.

The location of the alley way holds more enigma coded information than one may think. An alley way is hidden away, stereotypically criminals can be hiding down them and this adds a fearful atmospheric mood for the audience. To further ideas of the alley way you can mention how it is situated within an urban environment connoting this man is hidden away from the public yet he is so close to their homes.  This closeness is stereotypical to the horror film genre. As criminals can be hidden close to the actor and the audience are well aware of the danger the character is in. This is called dramatic irony and I have found a quick example from the film ‘Halloween 2’. Nineteen seconds in the horror convention is used.  

What follows after the slow pan up of the Tony walking down the alley way is fast pace editing which adds a concerned atmospheric feel to the trailer. Fast pace equals worry and uncertainly as well as adrenaline within the confusion. This works well with the trailer and is a successful way to bring all the clips together showing the public unconcerned off his escape believing he won’t head home.

The fast pace editing ends with the final line “Ladies I am going to kill you and I’m going to enjoy it.” The realization that he’s headed home is the key moment for slow editing letting the confusion of the trailer glide away and the audience to identify Tony is back. This is followed like most trailers with a date, time and channel.

The non-diegtic rocky music fits well with the confusion adrenaline pumping atmosphere i referred to and it helps create the scenario perfectly.