Trailer analysis

Film title: Under the bed (2012)
https://youtu.be/u7zb6kPbw80  
Under the bed is a horror film that was released in 2012. Some of the horror conventions that this film consists of is the music at the start of the film. The music at the start of the film is straight away associated with horror, if someone was to close their eyes and watch this trailer and hear the music then they would associate it with the horror genre. Also at the start of the trailer, you get some of the back story to what the film will be about, and in this situation it is about the mental boy who burnt his house down, whilst 2 boys are taking the mick out of him by saying to a girl to keep him away from matches. The edits during the trailer start to get quicker once the story is established, it then jumps into the main part of the film where you see clips of the horror that takes place within the film, and at this point the edits are really quick, creating tension and pace for the film viewers to witness. A general trailer convention will be that the title of the film, appears at the end for the viewers to see, this is common in most trailers no matter what the genre is. Another general trailer convention, is that the main characters are easily established in the first part of the trailer, this will be by having the trailer focused around these people and with different sections of the film they will all be involved and have parts of them saying things that are relevant to the film. A final convention of general trailers that this film has is a voice over, a lot of films in their trailers will have voice overs of someone saying perhaps a story to go with the film, it may be of the main character talking over a scene that they are not in but they are still talking about something that is important to the film and this is why they are in trailers.


Film title: They boy (2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGbB9UQ6r1g
The boy is a horror film that was released in 2016. Some of the horror conventions that this film consists of is that some of the music at the start of the trailer is straight away associated with the horror genre, especially when the old lady shows the girl her son, at that point the music is clearly in a horror tone. The laugh of the little boy where he disappears at the dining table, is associated with the horror genre. There is some back story in this trailer, but it doesn’t come at the start of it. In this trailer, it comes around half way through it and it tells us about the boy and his story to why he is how he is now. The fast cuts during this trailer create tension and speed, this is common in horror trailers, the fast cuts start to happen when the story is developed and the trailer is now in full flow of how the actual movie will be. Horror trailers have the conventional scary music when things happen it picks up pace and gets louder, adding to the tension of the overall effect on the trailer. At the end of the trailer it flashes up with social media accounts of the official film and how to keep on top of the latest news associated with this film before its release.


Paranormal activity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_UxLEqd074
Paranormal activity has gone on to be one of the most iconic films in the recent years of its release. The way this trailer is shown to the audience is very unconventional to how most trailers are shown before the actual release of the film. They show the trailer through a cinema view. At the start of the trailer it shows the audience queuing up and waiting to come into the cinema for the viewing of the film. The fasts cuts during the trailer represent that this is a horror trailer along with the pace of the overall trailer. There is writing at the start of the trailer that is clearly associated with the horror genre and the way the letters appear represent that this is a horror trailer. It shows the audiences reaction to certain parts of the film and this works well with the promotion of this film and just how scary it is going to be on its release to the world. Quotes are also given to show reviews of the film before the release and to emphasize how scary this film is, by adding in quote it helps people understand what other people and what other companies think of the film and it contributes to their decision of wanting to go and watch the film. The sound effects throughout this trailer connote fear and danger. This helps to add to the overall scariness of this horror trailer.