I showed some audience members trailers for the films Annabelle (2014) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) and analyzed their reactions. The audience found the Annabelle trailer quite gripping and frightening, shown through their facial expressions of intrigue and nervousness as well as physically jumping at scary parts. In contrast, the audience did not find the Texas Chainsaw Massacre trailer frightening at all and instead found it laughable, with facial expressions showing they were unimpressed.
2. I showed some audience members
the trailer for new film Annabelle
(2014). These are some of their
reactions…
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9. …As you can see, they found this trailer
quite gripping and were some what afraid.
There facial expressions show that they are
intrigued and nervous at the same time.
Their body language show that they are
literally jumping with fright.
10. I then proceeded to show them the trailer
for the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974).
This was their reaction…
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16. …As you can see from their reactions,
they were not frightened at all by this. In
fact they found this trailer laughable.
From their facial expressions it is clear to
see that they were unimpressed by this
trailer.
