Horror Film Trailer Analysis (5)

My fifth film is 'Inbred'



- Sinister music
- Font in red - colour associated with danger
- Sat nav warnings could signify something's wrong
- Introducing setting (house)
- Tense music to build tension
- Rural Mise-en-scene
- Muted, dull colour scheme
- Cloudy weather (pathetic fallacy)
- Flashes to red
- Impact sounds
- Ugly characters (pig heads)
- Violent scenes in quick pace
- Blood, violence
- Movement towards the camera (just pans) with fast pace editing to show panic and fear

Horror Film Trailer Analysis (4)

My forth film is 'Innkeepers'



- Certificate
- Voiceover insinuating death
- Images of haunted looking house (Mise-en-scene)
- Creepy music
- Storyline built up
- Hotel setting - relates to film name
- Ghostly activity
- Piano playing - sinister sound
- Impact sounds
- Creaky door clips
- Menacing 'ghostly' character appears
- Tagline
- Jump cut to the door - could signify importance
- Screams
- Blood

Horror Film Trailer Analysis (3)

My third film is 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'



- Certificate
- Production company related with horror
- Slow music
- Characters stating a setting (giving storyline)
- Creepy, sinister house (Mise-en-scene)
- Girl sees someone in the mirror
- Cuts to everyone looking around
- Cuts to black with a date from the past
-  Loud chainsaw sounds (relates to title)
- Quick pace editing
- Flashing images
- Blood in a dirty sink (Mise-en-scene is grimy)
- Lots of impact sounds
- Prop - Chainsaw
- Release date
- Faster editing
- Screams, more chainsaw
- Female victim

Horror Film Trailer Analysis (2)

My second trailer is 'Saw 7'



- Certificate
- Slow pace
- Impact sounds
- Taglines
- Bold font
- Fades to black
- Creepy voiceover carrying on storyline from the sequel
- 3D elements
- 3D tagline
- Editing gets faster with music
- Pace slows for editing
- Cuts from significant parts
- Tagline directed at 'you'

Horror Film Trailer Analysis (1)

As I have decided on the horror genre, I will look more closely for trailers for horror films to see the ways that genre is presented in the trailers. I have chosen to look at trailers from the following films:

- 'Apocalypse'
- 'Saw 7'
- 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'
- 'Innkeepers'
- 'Inbred'
- 'The Purge'
- 'Paranormal Activity 5'
- '1303'

My first trailer is the Apocalypse



These are the conventions found:

- Impact Sounds
- Cuts to black
- Hand held cam used - this will show panic and state of mind
- Fast pace editing
- Gory looking characters
- Violence
- Screams
- Dark Setting
- Fear on characters facial expressions
- Tagline directs at you - suggesting threat & danger
- Film name slowly appears
- Manic noise slows towards end
- Muted colour scheme
- Creepy music played

Analysis Of Horror Film Posters (11)

'You're Next'.

Analysis Of Horror Film Posters (10)

'The Bay'.

Analysis Of Horror Film Posters (9)

'The Amityville Horror'.

Analysis Of Horror Film Posters (8)

'Sinister'.

Analysis Of Horror Film Posters (7)

'The Possession'.

Analysis Of Horror Film Posters (6)

'Maniac'.

Analysis Of Horror Film Posters (5)

'Mama'.

Analysis Of Horror Film Posters (4)

'The Lords Of Salem'.

Analysis Of Horror Film Posters (3)

'Insidious'.