Timeline Analysis

1. Hifsa Hussain Media A2 Trailer Analysis
Trailers websites:
Annabelle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdUysoK6tdQ
Mama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2nwknMmvdc
Insidious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfcHoXTlMX0
The Last Exorcism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQF-RHJedZ8

2. Hifsa Hussain Media A2 Trailer Analysis
1:28 screen backs out
all we can hear is a
lady breathing fast,
as if something is
after her.
1:38 the
reveal
carries on
until
Moment of disequilibrium
2:01
Coming
soon
Period of disequilibrium
0:01 Showing
a house in the
middle of
nowhere
Facts about
the film and
people
0:30
Period of equilibrium
0:13 telling
you the
place and
year.
0:18, we get a close up
of a guy giving
directions. We have a
non diegtic song in the
back like a sad song
suggesting something
will happen.
Hand held
camera, which
gives it a real
feeling
0:32
Studio Indent/
Production
Company
0:22
Giving
producers
name showing
he is well
known
0:46
Name of
producers
who have
created
previous
successful
films 0:52
0:52
Shot of a
house, in a
dark
neighborhood,
haunted.
0:51
0:54, we get
a glimpse of
the “devil”
“monster”,
The music
build up.
1:04 music
stops and
screen
blacks out
1:13,5
camera cuts
then stops to
show
release date.
1:26 each
possessed
person
shown the
screen
changes
color.
1:13,camera
cuts. Tone
cards 1:30,
31, 36.
1:52 then
black
screen is
shown, as
if it has
come to an
end.
1:54,
possessed
lady is
shown for
the last tie,
with a
diegetic
sound of
bones
cracking
1:56 name
of film
2:00
Credits
The last Exorcism Trailer Analysis

3. Insidious Trailer Analysis
Hifsa Hussain Media A2 Trailer Analysis
0:38 Name of
the film,
coming up, as
if something’s
wrong, keeps
disappearing
0:48 cameras cuts
showing all weird
things which are
happening.
0:48Music
starts building
up and gets
louder, Screen
gets darker.
1:17 – 26
6 cameras cuts
showing each
scary move,
between each
showing the
name of the film
Moment of disequilibrium
Period of disequilibrium
0:00 Age
restrictions
0:10 Name of
the film
0:25 an
establishing
shot of a
family home
in a American
neighborhood
Period of equilibrium
0:07 Studio
Indent
0:15 cuts to a
medium shot
of a man.
0:17 cuts to a
timer. Diegetic
ticking sound,
suggesting
something is
about to happen
0:20 ‘From the
producers’ They
mention well
known successful
horror films,
promotion for
this film
0:32 Name of
the film,
coming up, as
if something’s
wrong, keeps
disappearing
0:25-0:31 & camera
cuts showing each
person in he
house/ different
parts of the home
0:33, the
parents are
shown, in a
grey light
showing
sadness.
0:36 the ticking
sound is
continuing,(non-diegetic),
We hear
a diegetic sound
of creaking which
builds a tense
atmosphere
1:04 we see
the hand of
the monster
1:26 takes you
through a dark
hallway, with the
ticking sound
from the start of
the trailer
building tension
1:33 find out the
cause of the issue,
and they show all
the issues at one
in 11 cuts, with
quick non diegetic
sounds to ad to
the tense mood
1:42 release date
1:47 Credits.
1:45 monster
jumps out when
least expected,
showing the film
is not what you
expect.

4. Mama Trailer Analysis
Hifsa Hussain Media A2 Trailer Analysis
1:19
release
date
1:26 music
gets louder
building
tension, the
young girl
whispering as
if someone
can hear her.
2:06-2:16
8 camera cuts of
‘mama’, music
builds up then
stops
Moment of disequilibrium
0:00 Age
warning
0:11‘Presented
by’ way of
promoting
0:47
outside a
normal
family
home
Period of equilibrium Period of disequilibrium
0:04Studio
Indent
0:13- 0:19 6 quick
camera cuts
showing the
room, and the
monster
0:19 The
creators
name
appears
0:06 Establishing
shot of an island
0:07 a
establishing 2
shot of a hut in
the woods
Normal non-diegetic
music.
0:08 Sound bridges
0:20 Diegetic sound of
man explaining story,
non-diegetic sound of
sad music
0:45 non-diegetic
music
change to
amore up beat
1:16 the
music
changes
suggesting
something is
about to
happen
Establishing shot of
a house which
looks haunted with
trees hanging over
in the dark
1:21 keep
showing a
butterfly,
suggesting there
is something that
will happen to it
1:42 diegetic
sound of a
animal but
cant see
anything
2:05 black
screen of girl
shouting
2:20 sitting in a
darkish room,
shadow of
monster behind
2:23 Name
of film
2:26
films
caption
2:16 black out
to new scene
with a non-diegetic
sound
of rough music
2:28
Coming
soon

5. Annabelle Trailer Analysis
Hifsa Hussain Media A2 Trailer Analysis
1:24 we see ‘killer’
again behind her,
shows something
will happen
Moment of disequilibrium
Studio Indent/
Production
Company
0:01
1:52 name
of film
1:36- telling a
story + Sound
bridge
Period of equilibrium Period of disequilibrium
Normal house,
in quiet
neighborhood
Long cuts scene
to scene, each
camera shot is
long. 3 Major Cuts
0:04, 0:05, 0:09
Non-diegetic
music, building
tension
Black Screen
showing
something else
about to
happen. 0:30
Promotion of
producer. Well
known.
0:32
0:34. Dark
neighbor
hood, scary
0:36, Dark
room, normally
sleeping, the
diegetic sound
in the back of
Crickets,
making it sound
scary.
0:43, its silent
then you hear a
loud noise and
see blood
splatter, builds
tension.
0:48 we see
killer 0:49 as
the lady gets
up the next
door lights go
off, as if
everything is
fine
1:12, we hear a
non-diegetic
sound building
up, then we
hear a lady
whispering
loudly, freaky.
1:26 screen
blacks out
1:14 camera
cuts to a lady
holding a doll,
the place is dark
but behind her
there is light, we
cannot see her
face.
We see
flashes and
quick shots
off the killer
in action. 5
camera cuts
1:32, We see lady
sitting with ‘A’
written on wall
with blood. We
hear the music
‘dying out’
1:57Black
screen with
chair creaking,
with piano.
1:48 we get
a close us of
the doll with
blood in her
eye.
2:04 doll in
the chair
shows she
could be
Annabelle
2:14
release
date
Hifsa Hussain 13ME