Thriller/ horror trailers

Horror /Thriller trailers

Dead Silence

·         Very low key lighting, main colours consist of grey, black, red, blue

·         Text in between clips which outline the storyline and make the trailer easier to follow

·         Voice over of different character whist showing different clips

·         Quick flashes of action, disorientates the audience

·         Drone all the way through which builds tension

·         Sound effects such as quick bangs which dd suspense and a scary element

·         Pace changed 13 seconds in when the music starts to fade

·         The pace changes again at 33 seconds when the audience see flashing, disturbing images such as the woman screaming and a blood stain

·         Special effects of texts look like a scratch and hype the film up to be violent

·         Lots of lightening flashes which make the film more scary and falls into typical horror film genres.

·         Phrases such as “on the razors edge of fear”, the word “razor” suggests violence as a razor can easily harm.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=IcbulUo4b2s

Creep trailer

·         Begins with hand-held camera, so makes it seem like the audience is the protagonist

·         Low key lighting

·         Heavy breathing is played over the footage creating suspense and fear withing the audience

·         Deserted setting

·         Similarly to “Dead Silence” text is also played in-between clips which include rhetorical questions such as “missed the last train home?” which makes the audience think for themselves

·         0.45 seconds first sign of bloody hand and the the face of a bloody man is revealed

·         0.50 seconds, first scream is heard and is played over footage of the female running

·         Flashing images, disorientate the audience

·         No order of images, audience see quick clips of disturbing images repeating a faster pace

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZUzM_p6a1k&feature=related

The fog

·         Starts with pan of a lake which has a mix of blues and greys and a sound effect over the image creates suspense and a scary atmosphere

·         Like both other trailers, text is used in order to roughly outline the plot

·         Additionally lots of quick jump cuts quicken the pace, this is followed by a silence and then a dramatic jump cut which makes the audience jump

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSPOrqfKNN4&feature=related

By Adele