Trailer Report (Eden Lake)

Eden Lake
Theatrical poster
Directed by	James Watkins
Produced by	Christian Colson
Written by	James Watkins
Starring	Kelly Reilly Michael Fassbender Jack O'Connell
Cinematography	Christopher Ross
Editing by	Jon Harris
Distributed by	Rollercoaster Films (UK) The Weinstein Company(US)
Release date(s)	September 12, 2008 (UK) October 31, 2008 (US, limited)
Country	UK
Language	English
Gross revenue	$3,983,997[1

Eden Lake

Eden Lake is a British Thriller Horror Film, written and directed by James Watkins, in which a romantic couple take the weekend of to spend time around a peaceful lake. However, events soon change as the couple encounter a group of teenagers, who consistently made noise and distracted couple from their romantic companionship, as a result the boyfriend confronts the teenagers who then come back to haunt the couple. The trailer initiates with an establishing shot of a car driving into green land, as the brightness of the grass blossoms, this clear indicates that the trailer is in period of equilibrium according to the theorist Todorov, this is also depicted through the couple who seem to be in love illustrated through kisses and hugs shows closeness as they laugh consistently. However, the couple are interrupted by teenagers playing football and making noise which is complemented by the non-digetic sound of Dizee Rascal music in the background, stereotyping teenagers by suggesting that they listen to contemporary music.

The moment of disequilibrium occurs when the teenagers drive the four wheel drive towards the couple at speed causing the male to rescue the women which could connote gender representation, as he is seen as a hero. The teenagers also depict representation by swearing which could imply that teenagers are not law abiding citizens and hence immoral and unrighteous. The trailer has also followed conventions by implementing a knife which is a weapon used to penetrate, this suggest that the film is likely to encounter blood, as the trailer progresses the scenes become darker instigated by the main character crashing the car, this is followed by screaming and blood as the teenagers catch the trapped man, the film then focuses on the final girl theory by carol clover has the female takes on a heroic personality as she battles with the teenagers, this could also be linked in with Roland Barthes theory of sadistic as we  the audience enjoy watching pain being inflicted on others.