Monday, 3 October 2016

Horror Trailer Analysis 1

Below is a teaser trailer for the movie 'Dark Skies', which came out in 2013:


  • At the beginning of the trailer, it introduces the female lead and immediately establishes aspects of what she is doing.
  • The purpose of this is to set up something mysterious that is going to happen- one of the obstacles that needs to be defeated. 

                                                 

  • Many sound effects including birds bashing window and background noise which builds up tension.
  • Scenes where both the female and male protagonist are scared.



  • At the beginning, an aerial shot is used. This makes the audience locate where something bad will happen. This is followed by a close up shot of a boy.

  • The music suddenly goes quite then there is a loud alarm sound, which makes the family scared.
  • After this the alarm stops, there is an diminuendo sound gradually coming to an crescendo.

  • There is a two shot of the children being happy.
  • Then the scene fades out slowly, do create tension and suspense.

  • His voiceover shows that he is worried and concerned for his neighbour.
  • There is an extreme long shot of the male protagonist.

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