Evalution

Evaluation

I will be explaining the conventions, narrative structure, mise en scene, camera work, sound and editing that is in the trailer and how I wanted it to people to interpret the trailer. I will also compare screenshots of my trailer to a professional trailer and compare the differences and the similarities and how they imitate a real horror trailer. I will then explain the use of sound and dialog and how they suit the trailer and give an overall opinion on the trailer.

The trailer starts off by giving a time and a bit of dialog about the Baptist saying how he killed a kid, this follows the conventions as some horror trailers give a sentence of dialog in the trailer to give the audience information that the Baptist is dangerous and points to them being the killer. Some scenes play where they are quick cuts and fades are used to build up a bit more suspense for the watcher, a common thing done in horror trailers to give as little information as possible. There is also creepy dark satanic music play as well to add to the creepy mood the trailer gets across. I title card comes up saying ‘He wants to cleanse your soul.’ Some that horror trailers do a lot to try and scare the watcher, however real trailers spread an out the sentence though out the trailer to build up more suspense throughout the trailer, some that may have improved the trailer a little and make the trailer last a bit longer. It cuts to present day and anew dialog is spoken about the Baptist in the current day breaking out of an asylum, once again to build more suspense up for the scare to be more impactful. It cuts to a person driving somewhere in a point of view and shot and then another point of view shot of a person walking, these shots a little lighter than normal but some horror trailers have a few scenes of a relaxing mood before cutting back to scaring the watcher, saying that both shots where in an isolated location a common trope in horror based trailers. I dark shot of the asylum is shown with a cold breeze sound effect is used to make the place more ominous. The angle of this shot is aimed upwards to give the build meaning and power and to make the building important and big to give a threating appearing.         

  

The start of the trailer opens up with a dark satanic music quietly in the background, this builds up suspense as the trailer is showing scenes that does the same thing. I chose this music to compliment the fact the killer is a Baptist. A sound effect was added to the asylum scene to build up suspense and significance.