The document lists conventions commonly used in horror and thriller movie trailers, including dark settings, eerie music, masks, minimal lighting in houses, weapons, blood, darkness, and screaming to create fear and suspense. Trailers for the movies Insidious Chapter 2, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D, and Saw III are then listed along with their genres of horror and thriller.

2. URL for Trailer:
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independ
ent/insidiouschapter2/
Genre:
Horror/Thriller
Conventions Used:
• Big house full of wooden
• Eerie/Dark
furniture
• House
• Minimal Lighting
• Lighting to suit the mood • Ascending characters used
• Child
through people walking
• Dark/creepy music
across the shot
• Dialogue
• Supernatural Beings
• Psychological
• Scary Faces
• Creature
• Costumes

3. URL for Trailer: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/texas-chainsaw-massacre-3d/
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Conventions Used:
• Dark setting
• Bad dull weather
• Masks to cover identity for fear
• Fear of the unknown
• Dark music
• Lonely locations (Graveyard, Forest, Factory)
• Eerie
• Torture
• Blood
• Old musical instruments

4. URL for Trailer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482606/?ref_=sr_1
Genre:
Horror/Mystery/Thriller
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Repetitive eerie music
Masks cover identity
In a house with minimal
lighting
Sharp dangerous weapons
Blood
Darkness
Screaming