Jessabelle (2014) Trailer Timeline

Period of Equilibrium Moment of Disequilibrium Period of Disequilibrium

0:01 –

age

warning

0:07 – fade in from black, hospital

corridor, desolate, girl in distance in

wheelchair, eerie non-diegetic sound,

diegetic sound of phone dialing

0:12 – slightly

adjusted high

angle shot, close

up of girl, pale,

confused facial

expression

0:16 –

production

company

card

0:17 – empty,

long road – car

driving down,

‘enter’ sign –

paradigm of

horror trailers,

contextualises

scene also

0:19, 0:22 – fade in and out,

dialogue provides some

back story, possible strained

relationship between

father/daughter, little

emotion

0:25 – sharp jump cut,

contrasts to previous two

cuts, diegetic sound of car

crashing, screen fades to

white, action has begun

0:27 – tone card, list

of other horror films

which producer was

involved in, eerie

non-diegetic sound

returns

0:31 – “this is your

mothers room,

you’ll have to stay

in here” – diegetic,

dialogue,

introduction of

room highlights

significance to plot

0:38 - 0:41 - camera tilts,

follows the motion of coin

which falls to floor, audience

introduced to possibility of

trailer being for a

supernatural horror

0:42 – cut,

continuity editing,

girl on floor looking

for coin, comes

across box of

videos

0:43 – slight

change in non-

diegetic sound,

more sinister as girl

opens contents

0:58 – 1:00 - several cuts – use of

video player dates the events, also

adds a supernatural element as use

of cards, diegetic, dialogue – listing

conventions of horror films (dead

speaking to alive, not alone, presence

in the house)

1:01 –

POV shot

1:11 – tone card,

fade to black

1:13 – fade in from

black, jump cut,

bright setting, clear

lighting

1:21 – diegetic, dialogue,

“that’s my birthday” – fear,

revelation of tombstone,

screen colours black and

white before fading black

1:24 –

tone card

1:49 – tone

card, reveals

month of

release

1:55 – close up

of candle wick

lit, blows out on

loud beat of

non-diegetic

sound, fade to

black

2:15 –

silence of

non-diegetic

sound,

diegetic tap

dripping

2:22 –

camera

zooms out,

diegetic

sound of

door closing

2:23 –non-

diegetic

whisper

“Jessabelle” –

tone card

reveals film

title

2:28 – tone

card,

“coming

soon”, end