GENRE OF TRAILER: Horror MARK AFTER VIEWING: 7.5/10
We are presented with a couple who are ghost hunters who investigate paranormal events. They are apprached for help by a woman who's family is experiencing weird things in their farmhouse. There is a short quick montage of some of the events, then we are shown the couple exploring the house. There is then collison cutting from quiet to loud with a jump scare and the quick montage happens again of unnatural occurances in the house with a final jumpscare at the end while the woman in looking into the mirror and a face appears behind it.
WHICH CLEVER OR INTERESTING ASPECTS DO YOU THINK YOU COULD INCLUDE IN YOUR OWN TRAILER? WHAT GENERIC FEATURES ARE FULFILLED WELL?
I enjoyed the generic establishing scene which then built into a climax of disturbing the equilibirim which is typical for a horror genre narrative. The use of the torch in the beginning scene accompanied by the low key lighting adds an aspect of the unknown and is an effective technique i would try to use. With the black and white flash back images this historical context adds to the narrative and gives the trailer more depth. This is an interesting idea that i would also look into for my own trailer. When we are shown shots outside of the farmhouse, pathetic fallacy has been used in order to represent the genre. The mist connotes a hounting and mysterious vibe. There is a low angle shot looking up towards the farmhouse. This suggests that whatever is within the house is very powerful and something to be aware of. Angles such as this conote powerful meanings and so i would use these within my own trailer. Restricted Narration can be seen as we seen a womans feet hovering behind a man suggesting to us that she has been hung. This is a clever technique as it makes the audience imagine about what is off screen, i would definantly like to replicate this in my trailer.
WHICH ASPECTS OF THE TRAILER DID YOU THINK WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, AND WOULD PUT OF IT'S TARGET AUDIENCE? HOW IS IT DISAPPOINTING?
I feel that this trailer gave away too much of the storyline. This is a problem as it makes an audience feel like they already know what happens in the film and they will not anticipate to see anymore if they decide to go and watch it. This may have happened because the trailer is rather long in length and spend much of its time establishing the story. I would like to avoid this in my own trailer as i would not want the audience to become bored.
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