Saturday 1 October 2011

Voiceover Analysis of Prom Night


-          What colour’s your dress?’

-          ‘It’s a champagne colour, it’s a little sexy’

-          Black screen white text ‘The Preparation’

-          ‘You should see Lisa’s dress. He’s gonna love you in it.’

-          ‘He’s gonna love me even more out of it’

-          Black screen white text ‘The Anticipation’

-          ‘Oh my god! He’s here!’

-          ‘You look beautiful’

-          Black screen white text ‘The Celebration’

-          ‘Oh we’re turning in we’re turning in!’

-          ‘Look at this place’

-          ‘This is amazing!’

-          ‘Can I get 3 keys to suite 312?’

-          ‘Oh my god, you guys!’

-          ‘This is it. This is all ending. This time of our lives.’

-          ‘Sure gonna miss you guys’

-          ‘Cheers’

-          ‘Cheers’

-          SONG ENDS

-          ‘Okay everyone Bridgeport High’s Prom King and Prom Queen are…’

-          ‘Lisa?’

-          ‘Oh my god’

-          ‘3 years ago, the guy he got obsessed with a young female student. He went psycho. He’s been in a maximum security prison up until 3 days ago.’

-          ‘Claire?’

-          ‘He’s somewhere in this hotel’

-          ‘Is anybody here? Hello?’

-          ‘Donna’

-          I’ve missed you’

-          Black screen white text ‘It’s a night’

-          Black screen white text ‘To die for’

-          ‘What’s going on?’

-          ‘He’s locked all the exits’

-          ‘I can’t find Lisa!’

-          ‘Please don’t do this, please don’t do this’

-          ‘Donna!’

-          ‘I got officers down I need backup now!’

-          ‘Noooo!’

-          ‘Where is she?’

-          ‘He’s not gonna stop until he gets her’

-          Black screen white text ‘Prom Night’

-          Black screen white text ‘Coming Soon’


In this 2 minutes 12 seconds clip, there is no voiceover at all. The story is told by a succession of clips taken from the film to tell the story shortly. In this clip there are 33 different utterances, with 16 matching up with the clip and 17 not matching the clip. This estimates around 50/50. There are seven black screens with white text to give more information to the story. There is utterances from ten different characters which gives the viewer an introduction to most of the characters.

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