A2 Media

1. The Conjuring Trailer Analysis
The mother walks into a bedroom
and the closet creaks and the music
The closet door opens and the scene
Establishing shot
of old, detached
house in the night.
The child then comes running
into the room telling the
Moment of
disequilibrium
@ 1’15”
Title card/age
restriction at 13”
Narrative starts at
27” and shows a
family running into a
new house to get
the room that they
want.
Warner
Brothers and
New Line
Cinema title
screen at 32”
stops instantly at 53”
cuts to black at 1’00”
Visual and non-diegetic
music of happy, jolly
music starts at 35”. The
family are playing hide
and clap.
Visual comes back at
1’01” and the woman says
“Clap”. Two hands then
come out of the closet
and clap.
mother she was in a
completely separate room.
The mother then realizes
there is nothing in the closet.
Tone card at
1’20”
Sequence of 4, one second
shots between 1’46” and
1’50” with non-diegetic
creepy music to create
Loud sound of
glass breaking and
children laughing
again at 1’37”
Tone card at
Diegetic sound
of children
laughing.
1’45”
tension.
Silence until
2’21” when
diegetic sound of
door slamming
occurs.
Only audio from 2’23” to
2’30” due to lightbulb
breaking in scene. Mother
then lights match to
create light. Diegetic
sound and visual of hands
clapping beside her ear.
Diegetic screaming.
Camera shows basement
door opening and then
the sound of clapping.
Mother then walks
towards it making the
shot cut to black.
Creepy jewlerry box
music while name of
film displays at 2’45”
and date of release
at 2’48”.
End at 2’52”
Period of Equilibrium Period of Disequilibrium