Trailer Analyses: Key Conventions

There is a range of key horror conventions within this trailer - which is also similar to our trailer idea.

Ideas include:

* Both are supernatural horrors which involve contacting the dead.
* There are many disorientated camera shots which creates a sense of fear and discomfort amongst the audience; which is how we want our audience to feel when watching our trailer.
* At the start when we see the two girls running up the hill an effect is used in order to make it seem like a memory/dream by vibrancy the colour of the shot. This could be used to see part of Derek's life.
* In the trailer they use text in between the scenes to inform the audience that what they are watching is based on actual events. This is a good idea as it makes the audience feel less comfortable watching as they feel it could happen to them.
* The trailer uses a girl as the protagonist which is what we are planning to do as well as it is a common horror convention.
* There are quick changes between shots increasing the pace of the trailer, creating a sense of panic.
* The use of close ups makes the viewer more involved with the shot making everything more dramatic.
 * The use of having the title of the film towards the end helps make it more memorable which is a feature we are likely to use in our trailer.



* This trailer has a lot of crescendo music which builds up to the horror. This is something we will loom to use in our horror trailer.
* The last scene in this trailer tells us the title of the film which will mean the audience are more likely to remember the film. We will apply this element to our trailer as we believe it is very effective way of ending a trailer.
* There are a lot of shots where a disorientation is caused which creates a sense of fear for the audience. Again this is something we will look to do in our own horror trailer.
* There are a lot of quick changes between shots increasing the pace of the trailer, creating a sense of panic.



* In this trailer 'Mama' there is sharp crescendo music in the build up to horror which creates suspense making the audience tense.
* The whisper at the end by the little girl adds a horror effect to the trailer as she says it in a creepy way.
* The use of close ups makes the viewer more involved with the shot making everything more dramatic.
* In the trailer they use text in between the scenes to inform the audience who the production team are so they can predict what the film is going to be like.