The document provides a timeline summary of key events and shots in the trailer for the 2014 horror film Jessabelle. It describes the opening shots establishing an eerie atmosphere at a hospital. It then shows a car crash and the main character arriving at her deceased mother's home, where she discovers disturbing video tapes. The trailer uses jump scares, supernatural elements, and ominous dialogue and sounds to build tension and suggest the presence of a threatening supernatural force tormenting the main character.

1. Jessabelle (2014) Trailer Timeline
0:07 – fade in from black, hospital
corridor, desolate, girl in distance in
wheelchair, eerie non-diegetic sound,
diegetic sound of phone dialing
0:25 – sharp jump cut,
contrasts to previous two
cuts, diegetic sound of car
crashing, screen fades to
white, action has begun
Period of Equilibrium Moment of Disequilibrium Period of Disequilibrium
0:01 –
age
warning
0:12 – slightly
adjusted high
angle shot, close
up of girl, pale,
confused facial
expression
0:16 –
production
company
card
0:17 – empty,
long road – car
driving down,
‘enter’ sign –
paradigm of
horror trailers,
contextualises
scene also
0:19, 0:22 – fade in and out,
dialogue provides some
back story, possible strained
relationship between
father/daughter, little
emotion
0:27 – tone card, list
of other horror films
which producer was
involved in, eerie
non-diegetic sound
returns
0:31 – “this is your
mothers room,
you’ll have to stay
in here” – diegetic,
dialogue,
introduction of
room highlights
significance to plot
0:42 – cut,
continuity editing,
girl on floor looking
for coin, comes
across box of
videos
0:38 - 0:41 - camera tilts,
follows the motion of coin
which falls to floor, audience
introduced to possibility of
trailer being for a
supernatural horror
0:43 – slight
change in non-diegetic
sound,
more sinister as girl
opens contents
0:58 – 1:00 - several cuts – use of
video player dates the events, also
adds a supernatural element as use
of cards, diegetic, dialogue – listing
conventions of horror films (dead
speaking to alive, not alone, presence
in the house)
1:01 –
POV shot
1:11 – tone card,
fade to black
2:28 – tone
card,
“coming
soon”, end
1:13 – fade in from
black, jump cut,
bright setting, clear
lighting
1:24 –
tone card
1:49 – tone
card, reveals
month of
release
1:21 – diegetic, dialogue,
“that’s my birthday” – fear,
revelation of tombstone,
screen colours black and
white before fading black
2:15 –
silence of
non-diegetic
sound,
diegetic tap
dripping
1:55 – close up
of candle wick
lit, blows out on
loud beat of
non-diegetic
sound, fade to
black
2:23 –non-diegetic
whisper
“Jessabelle” –
tone card
reveals film
title
2:22 –
camera
zooms out,
diegetic
sound of
door closing