Existing Horror Trailer Analysis

Drag Me To Hell


In this trailer segments that I find particularly scary are the moments between 2:01 - 2:06 where a women is lowering herself back to her bed but instead of her partner lying next to her, it is the demon women who in turn screams at her. This for me is incredibly creepy as the thought of one moment there being the safety and security of someone you love next to you suddenly turning into the thing you are trying to avoid/escape is perpetually horrific. I would like to include a similarly significant moment into my groups trailer as I feel it makes an impact on the audience.

Insidious


In the trailer for "Insidious" a moment I found to be psychologically scary is found between 1:03 to 1:05 although it is a fairly short segment and I confess I didn't see it the first time I watched it.In the corner of the young boys room a dark mysterious being of which you can only really see it's arm with creepily long talon like fingers. This to me completely freaks me out, I've always hated the feeling of having something or someone always just in the corner of my eye, something you can never really spot. The unknown. I also feel I would like to include this kind of style of shot into my groups trailer by never having a long (length or time) shot of our "villain" as so to include the fear of the unknown into our own work.



The Crazies


While the item I highlight from this trailer doesn't scare me I do find it is a brilliant effect in horror films and trailers. It starts at 1:46 and continues for the rest of the trailer. It is the inclusion of a song called "Mad World" by Gary Jules the fact that the pace of the song is very slow which doesn't match what is happening during the trailer as it shows moments of terror, people running around and things on fire. This links to Levi-Strauss's narrative theory of binary oppositions. The song itself contains binary oppositions as it has a slow melodic tempo the lyrics are infact about his dreams of himself dying, these two things you would not expect to be together. This trailer made me aware of the importance of sound during a trailer. Sound is something that I believe has the poetiental to turn an average trailer into a brilliant one if it is correct. Also if the sound is not in tune with the rest of the trailer no matter how good the trailer's effects or choice of shots it is completely ruined by the poor syncing of sound. This is why in my trailer I will be pursuing a high quality of audio choice and sync regardless of whether I am in charge of it or another member is.