Film Trailer’s

Film Trailer’s
Trailers or previews are film advertisements for feature films that will be exhibited in the future at a cinema, on whose screen they are shown. ( Wikipedia)

Parts of a Film Trailer:
• Plot summary
• Voice over
• Music
• Cast, crew, and studio information
• Technical elements

Researching Film Trailers
Clips from you tube:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kww5KSqzV9U
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_UxLEqd074
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbdY3_vLc2k
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHslouUNi00&feature=channel
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNjpWjdRX54
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rcoc46onlE

Analysing horror film trailers conventions:
• An attractive young woman screaming
• Exterior view of an old mansion during a thunder storm
• Lots of screaming
• Maniacal laughter
• Blood dripping
• Knifes & axes
• Darkness
• Hard audio sounds & echos
• 2 – 2.5 Minutes long
• Typical colours used are red and black signifying danger and death
• Lots of close ups used to show more detail making the action more intense
• Diegtic sounds, such as screaming
• Non – diegtic sounds such as heartbeat sound that is enhanced
• The narrative structure of the horror film is always based around death, torture and murder