Monday, 21 October 2013

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

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