1. Nightmare on elm street trailer.
• Cinematography.
The camera is below the
protaganist which
makes them come A shot behind the protagonist makes the
across as more powerful scene scarier as you do not know what is
and in control, and it behind them and you don’t know what will
also makes the watcher happen. The mood would become extremely
feel more scared and tense and there is the fear of the unknown.
intimidated.

2. Sound
The sound of sharp objects
scraping against a wall adds a
scary, unsettling vibe to the The sound of a girl screaming
horror film because it’s is a typical sound used in
unpleasant and not enjoyable horror films because it creates
to watch or listen too. It also drama and panic. It also tells
creates panic and the idea of the audience that there may
death comes to mind. be a death.

3. Mise en scene.
The mise en scene used here is
slightly destroyed and old and
this makes it more scary because
it looks deserted which shows
the protagonist would most
likely be more vulnerable.

4. Editing.
At the end when the masthead
is shown, they have put it in a
red colour font to represent
blood and death, and they
have used a spikey, old
fashioned font as well to go
with the theme. They have
also used splatters of blood on
the side to again represent
death. The editing throughout
the trailer was very fast paced
to add more drama and to
keep the watcher on the edge
of their seat.

5. Insidious trailer.
Cinematography.
In horror film trailers a lot of the time they use shots
when the camera is behind the protagonist because
there is more of a mystery behind it and there is more
tension. It also makes the audience think the killer may
be behind them and something bad may happen to the
main character.

6. Sound.
The sound of someone trying to
escape from somewhere builds up
tension as the watcher will
empathise put themselves in their
shoes. The feeling of being trapped is
commonly used in horror films as it
creates a vibe on not knowing what
else may be in the room with you.

7. Mise en scene.
A timer was featured
during the trailer and
this added tension
because there is a Once again they used an
constant ticking noise object which makes a
which puts the constant creaking sound
watcher on edge. which adds effect and it is
scary looking.

8. Editing.
When text was shown it came
up very quickly and in very
scary font.
The scene changes were in time with the
ticking which was very fast and added a
lot of tension.