In this document, the author analyzes several shots from a horror movie trailer. They discuss things like lighting, colors, camera angles, symbols and how they are used to provide context and build suspense. Specifically, the trailer shows friends at a party where a prank goes wrong, hints that someone knows their secret through threatening messages and images, and depicts the escalating danger and death coming for the girls through shots of fire and the message "You're next." The trailer aims to engage the audience and encourage them to watch the full film to learn more about the secret and fate of the five friends.

1. In this shot , we see 5 group of friends in a bedroom.
Looking at their facial expressions it seems as if they
are happy about something that they are watching
because they are all looking in one direction. When
watching the trailer , this shot is actually showing
the first stage of the prank that has gone wrong. So
audiences may assume that these are just high
school girls enjoying themselves and causing no
problems. Analysing the background, the room is
how a typical high school girls room would look like.
So audiences which watch this that are girls will be
able to relate. The lighting is low frequency but the
light/lampstand makes it seem as if the lighting is
high. This is to be expected in a horror trailer.
In this shot , we are focusing on the taglines that
contrasts with what is happening at that moment. As
soon audiences see this tagline they would want to
know what the prank is and if it went well or not.
The background colour for this tagline is ‘black’. The
signals audiences would be receiving would be
negative because the colour black represents death,
danger, funeral and evil. This contrasts with what has
happened. The text is in white . Personally I don’t
think the white represents anything for now , they
may have selected that colour because it stands out
when on top of a black background.

2. This shot could be said to be an Ariel shot. This is
because this shot shows audiences what is happened
and it seems as if they are up to something. This shot
shows all of the 5friends we saw earlier and one of
them laying on the floor pretending to be dead. The use
of the red light from the car at the background could
possibly mean that something bad is going to happen
very soon. Having a car in the middle of nowhere fits in
with horror trailer conventions. From the cameras point
of view it actually engages the audiences because
where the camera is positioned it seems as if someone
is spying on them and someone knows their hidden
secret. But they are not aware that someone is
watching them. Lastly in this shot on of the girls is
standing a distance from the rest of the girls. This shows
that she has a feeling that something bad may happen
and this prank may not go as they planned.
In this shot the camera is focusing on the sharp
object that the character is holding. Just by this
shot the audience can instantly figure out that he
is going to use it for the wrong reason. It seems as
if he is going to kill someone. The object is grey
and the shape is like a cross. This could be
symbolic . By this I mean that evil has taken over
good. He has both his hands on the object and the
way he is holding seems as if he is being forced to
do something and feels emotional about what he
is about to do. This follows horror codes and
conventions because a sharp like a guns and knives
are portrayed a lot as a sign of death.

3. This shot is now showing us another tagline that
links in with what just previously happened.
These two words leave audiences confused and
thinking because they would be eager to know
what the secret it. The colours and background
colour also makes it seem interesting and
mysterious. Up to this point so much negative
things have happened in one night with the 5
friends and 1 boy. This would encourage
audiences to watch the film at cinemas. This
tagline links in with the previous tagline which
quoted “ A prank”. Audiences now know all this
is a prank that went wrong now a tagline
appears saying “ A secret”. This gives them a
little insight of what the secret may be.
This shot is a close up of the phone in one of the
characters hand. The way the camera is held
from an high angle from the characters point of
view and looking at the picture that was sent . It
takes audiences back to the male character
holding the same object . This implies that
someone else knows about their little secret
and may try and threaten them. Depths of field
is used here which focuses only on the phone.
This is very important because there 5 girls lives
could be over just because of this one picture.

4. This shot is also a depths of field shot. This is because the camera is
focusing on the writing on the wall which says “You’re next” in the
colour red. The colour red could represent blood and death that is
coming for each of the girls at a certain point in time. This also
follows typical codes and conventions that we expect to see in
horror trailers. This is part of it. That message could be for any of
the 5 girls but the audience do not know who is the next person
that will end up dying or even getting hurt.
This shot focusing on particularly the young girl that is running
across the room away from the fire. There is a contrast here from
the shot of “ You’re next” to a girl trying to save her life away from
the unidentified killer. The fire could possibly symbolise death and
how its coming for the remaining girls that are alive. Every bad thing
happens in one night where they throw a sorority party. Low
lighting is used here to make things more intense and petrifying.
However the fire gives it that bright but scary look at the same time
which audiences would appreciate.
In the trailer ,this is the last shot we see which is the title of the
trailer. The font ,colour scheme and text is consistent throughout
the whole trailer. This font is more effective than the taglines font.
The colour is still white but a bolder white and the line that’s
underlined in the colour red which represents so many things
through out the trailer. The background is black which follows the
codes and conventions of trailer films.