Horror & Thriller movie research: Trailers.

1. 47 Meters Down

Notes on the trailer:

•  The trailers starts off with two girls going on holiday. This leads the audience into a false sense of security before jump scaring them.
• The trailers has a realistic portrayal of things which makes it even scarier as the audience believe it could happen to them.
• "Its going to be the best vacation ever" leads a false sense of security because it ends up being the worst vacation ever. 
• Tense atmospheric music. This puts the audience on edge making them easier to scare and *kind of* manipulate.

     2. Til Death Do Us Part

Notes on the trailer:

• Trailer starts off with a happy married couple. This gives the audience a feeling of sadness as they know that things are about to go down hill.
• The trailers shows that one thing can completely change a person or bring out their true self. This gives the audience a subconscious distrust for people momentarily making them questions their friends and family. It gets into their mind.
• The trailer starts of bright, colourful and well lit but as you get further into the trailer the lighting dims.
• There is tense atmospheric music.
• The editing isn't smooth which builds on the fear and unease

     3. Wish upon

Notes on the trailer:

• Lullaby music. This is a sadistic way to scare the audience as lullabies imply innocence and purity but the audience know that its not innocent as its a horror movie. Slowed down, a lullaby creates tension and puts the audience on edge which is why a lot of directors slow down lullaby.
• Edit of action syncs with the turning of the key sound effect as the whole film is based on the mysterious musical box that can grant wishes.
• The whole trailer is like a music box, the key sounds, the reversing because in order for a music box to work, you have to turn the key the opposite way.
• A loud and chaotic trailer.

    4. Friend Request

Notes on the trailer:

• Starts off happy with the protagonist celebrating with friends. Bright lighting, nothing is hidden. When it starts to get scary, the rest of the trailer is mainly dark/ has dim lighting.
• When the horror starts, the editing becomes quite chaotic and the audio is loud.
• The main thing you hear is screaming, this scares the audience as screaming has negative and fearful connotations 

     5. Annabelle creation

Notes on the trailer:

• The first shot is an establishing shot with the only sound being crickets. This shows they are alone in the middle of nowhere. A common fear that people have is being alone. The trailer plays on peoples fears.
• The next thing you hear is a child humming. Out of context this is innocent and sweet, but because the audience know that its a horror movie, there is a sinister feel to this.