This trailer is of a horror movie called Asylum. This has inspired our group’s production because we found that the use of different camera angles made the overall impression of the trailer much more frightening because it connoted different things such as the low angle shot of the house where it quickly escalated upwards to create a horrific view of the house. Furthermore, various quick cuts and close ups are used to show different characters who are in this movie and more importantly to show their facial expressions where it sends a message to the audience to wonder why are these characters frightened. Is it because of a serial killer that is after them?
Furthermore, the use of pathetic fallacy at the starts also helps the audience identify with the horror genre as lightning and darkness is one of the conventions of horror movies. Therefore, this would be useful for our trailer as we can include something similar like this at the start of the trailer. The narration is also a good technique to communicate with the audience in a more direct way however, we believe that showing the stages of what happened in the trailer will be more effective as the audience gains much more of an insight of the protagonist and the story behind it.
Moreover, they have also used a character similar to our protagonist as they both become possessed and it is shown clearly in the trailer where we see the character on the bed, out of control of her actions therefore it will be useful for our group to have something similar to this as this is the most effective way of connoting a possessed character in horror movies.
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