The document provides a timeline breakdown of key events and elements in the trailers for three horror films: SAW, The Descent, and The Possession. For each film, the timeline notes the start and end time of shots showing logos, titles, characters, changes in music or tone, and other moments that set the scene, build tension, or move the plot forward. The timeline aims to analyze how the trailers for these horror movies effectively utilize techniques like music, editing, and visuals to hook viewers and establish an unsettling tone.

1. SAW TIMELINE
Start
0:01
Age preview
warning
0:07
Medium shot
showing
buildings.
0:09
Intertitle -
‘The time has
come’
0:10
Establishing
shot
0:11
Intertitle -
‘For all to
experience’
0:27
Moment of
disequilibrium
when the Jigsaw is
introduced
0:31
Intertitle -
‘This
Halloween’
0:32
Voiceover
from Jigsaw
0:47
Images
showing the
situation on
each character
0:57
Intertitle -
‘Will you
survive’
1:03
Pace and tone
of the sound
increases.
1:14
Point of view
shot showing
the trap
Finish

2. THE DESCENT TRAILER TIMELINE
Start Finish
0:07
Lionsgate
picture logo
0:09
Picture being
taken showing
flashback from
the past
0:14
“I’ve never
been lost in my
life”
0:19
Climbing into a
dark hole
0:23
“There is only
one way out
and it’s out
there”
0:34
Intertitle -
fades away
0:50
They get
trapped
0:53
Intertitle -
changes the
mood, and
makes it more
frightening
1:11
Everything
starts to go
terribly wrong
1:22
Hand held
camera
1:45
Fast quick
shot, jump
cuts which
helps build
tension
1:56
Intertitle - ‘The
Descent’
1:57
Loud screams
0:43
Setting in the
woods which is
a horror
paradigm
0:16
Establishing
shot showing
the setting

3. THE Possession TRAILER TIMELINE
Start Finish
0:06
Lionsgate
picture logo
0:09
Establishing shot
showing the house.
Everything starts off
very calm and
smooth. Background
music plays slowly
0:11
Innocent
victim is
shown
0:28
Tone in music changes.
This is when we know
things will start to go
wrong.
0:30
Little girl
picks up the
box
0:35
Dad - “There’s
something in
there”
0:41
“I think whoever
made this didn’t
want to open it”
0:46
Fade in
diegetic sound
0:49
Intertitle -
“Based on a
true story”
0:51
“I feel
funny” -
something is
not right.
0:53
“Have you
noticed anything
odd with Emily?”
- something is
wrong
0:59
Emily’s
strange
behaviour
1:03
Emily stab
dad with
folk
1:21
Dad witnesses
Emily
possessed
1:40
Intertitle -
Darkness
1:42
Change in
location
(hospital)
1:52
Close up shot
of Emily’s
possessed face
2:01
Music get’s
louder and
faster
2:16
Fingers coming out
of Emily’s throat
2:23
Intertitle - ‘The
Possession’