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
