Deconstruction of a Trailer

We have individually deconstructed the trailer for Paranormal Activity. We chose to deconstruct this particular trailer as it is within the genre of horror, similarly to our trailer. Thus by breaking down the elements which go into the trailer, we can take inspiration for our own trailer as to what creates a successful one. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the elements we particuarly liked from this trailer and plan to incorporate into our trailer includes the use of sound to exaggerate actions and makes scenes more dramatic as well as also using silence at the right time to create suspense. The 'Paranormal Activity' trailer uses what sounds like a pulse in the background, asif to mimick their heartbeats with the volume increases as their fear increases and heart races.

 

We also think the lightening was used well. Its lowkey, which is typical in the horror genre as the shadows increase the element of the unknown and keeps the audience on edge. We plan to have similar lighting in our trailer as the dark is a common fear for people and thus this puts them in a vunerable position.

 

We have created a script for our product, however we have advised the actors to follow the script to a degree but improvise as we feel it comes across more natural rather than them learning lines word for word and then their facial expressions on camera give away that they are struggling to remember the set script as our actors are our friends not professional actors.