Secondly, the 2 children in the beginning clips are wearing a tank top and loose shorts, stating to the audience that they are comfortable in their house, and like many people wear in their house where they are at ease they tend to wear loose baggy clothing, not having to worry about being judged by anyone. However the mother of the two children is wearing a long skirt/ black trousers and a tucked in smart shirt, symbolizing that she is a stereotypical house wife.
Also, the lighting is very dull, and toned down which creates quite an eerie feeling to it, although there is a bit of lighting used the creator still managed to create that aura of fear for the audience, and typically when that sort of lighting is used it gets the audience on edge and thinking because they are guessing or can guess if something bad is about to happen.
Most of the facial expressions used throughout this trailer are very serious and the characters put fear into the audience through their body language, for example when one of the children is walking down the stairs his body language was as if he was sleep walking or that he was possessed into walking towards something.
quite a lot of props were used in this trailer, for example a police detectives' bulletin board, a TV and a prop which is very famous in the Sinister films, the old fashioned camera, which is a symbolism of the demon which is the antagonist in the series. Another few props used is a chest, which contains the camera, and old heirlooms, e.t.c. as well as some broken wood which is in a hallway.
Camera composition The first shot used is a close up shot of a Television, which is showing the audience an old fashioned film, about a murder, a horror film, which is typically cliché, The camera then pans out to show the whole TV, Then uses the 180* rule to show the two main characters whom are targeted by the antagonist. and during that shot the mother walks past the view which is a motherly role because she is telling the kids to go to sleep and nurturing them because she doesn't want her kids to watch the horror movie before they go to sleep.
Following this there is a low angle close up shot of the mother talking to the kids, so the audience is given a first person perspective from the kids to her mother, the shot also demonstrates that the mother has power of them, and signifies her role in the trailer. After the low angle shot it goes straight to the three walking up a set of stairs, however the camera uses a dolly shot to follow them up the stairs for a few seconds from the side.
Straight after those shots, there are some strange camera angles used, for example two shots where the camera rotates in an anti-clockwise motion, which is signifying the confusion which the audience would have. After this shot before a cut, the use of an old filter is used and the film is changed into a motion picture. After this the shot used was fairly out of the blue, an over the shoulder shot, but used from a high angle of another character towards the other.
After this shot used at eye level was used, and was fairly close shot, this could've been used to signify her facial expressions which were sad, because she knew that her children were under pressure. Next a low angle shot from the child's view towards a bunch of ghostly children. The next sequence of shots contain P.o.v shots and dolly shots.
Sound Diegetic: At the beginning of the film there is a sound of an old movie playing, as well as the mother talking '' lets get ready for bed'' then a sound of a tv turning off, then the kid replies '' its not real''. Following this two men are having a conversation about the antagonist, aka evil. then there are creaking noises and sounds of a camera being set up and a very old tape being played. most of the diegetic sound used is narrations, then a radio ''ghost'' talking, incomprehensible to the audience though, however at the end of the clip there is a very quiet sound of heavy footsteps.
Non-Deigetic: About a quarter of the way in music is introduced, which is relatively eerie and comfortable to listen to followed by a very loud sudden shocking music to emphasize that something has happened, the music then stops are starts quietly, increasing in forte as the trailer unfolds, then new sounds are introduced, like a sawing bass sound. Following this a very old song is played which is always creepy and eerie to the audience. Following this some chimes are played/ a xylophone whilst a child is talking.
Suddenly the music start repeating and increasing in sound until it just becomes unbearable then cuts into soft music.
Editing Most of the cuts used in this trailer are slow and tense, this is to signify and emphasize the seismic amount of the that the antagonist induces to the characters into fear. However further into the trailer there are many shots which are sudden and easily miss able if you even blink the shots would be hard to see. however all throughout there is a good mix of slow and fast transactions.
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