Nightmare on elm street trailer.• Cinematography.

The camera is below the protaganist which makes them come across as more powerful and in control, and it also makes the watcher feel more scared and intimidated.

A shot behind the protagonist makes the scene scarier as you do not know what is behind them and you don’t know what will happen. The mood would become extremely tense and there is the fear of the unknown.

Sound

The sound of sharp objects scraping against a wall adds a scary, unsettling vibe to the horror film because it’s unpleasant and not enjoyable to watch or listen too. It also creates panic and the idea of death comes to mind.

The sound of a girl screaming is a typical sound used in horror films because it creates drama and panic. It also tells the audience that there may be a death.

Mise en scene.

The mise en scene used here is slightly destroyed and old and this makes it more scary because it looks deserted which shows the protagonist would most likely be more vulnerable.

Editing. At the end when the masthead is shown, they have put it in a red colour font to represent blood and death, and they have used a spikey, old fashioned font as well to go with the theme. They have also used splatters of blood on the side to again represent death. The editing throughout the trailer was very fast paced to add more drama and to keep the watcher on the edge of their seat.

Insidious trailer.Cinematography.

In horror film trailers a lot of the time they use shots when the camera is behind the protagonist because there is more of a mystery behind it and there is more tension. It also makes the audience think the killer may be behind them and something bad may happen to the main character.

Sound.

The sound of someone trying to escape from somewhere builds up tension as the watcher will empathise put themselves in their shoes. The feeling of being trapped is commonly used in horror films as it creates a vibe on not knowing what else may be in the room with you.

Mise en scene.

A timer was featured during the trailer and this added tension because there is a constant ticking noise which puts the watcher on edge.

Once again they used an object which makes a constant creaking sound which adds effect and it is scary looking.

Editing.

When text was shown it came up very quickly and in very scary font.

The scene changes were in time with the ticking which was very fast and added a lot of tension.