Research and planning - sinister trailer anaylsis

- Sinister is a 2012 supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrinckson and written by Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill. He found ideas from the film the ring for the film sinister. It was released during October 5th March.

- The beginning of the trailer starts with a long shot of a house which the audience shall think that its related and which is an important part included in the film and the main location of the film and where the horror action takes place. Then it flashes to a close up of a picture of children where a young girl is circled which shall infer to the audience that she is a target. It flashes with a face pace edit back to a long shot of a house which has the use of slow motion moving slowly towards the house from a distance which goes into a medium shot. By using these shot types shall create a sense of uncertainity and suspense towards the audience and they shall question to why the girl is circeled and whether the drawing of the family have some links with the house and whether the action had taken place in that house. The colour and contrast of the shot is shown being during the night which is pitch black which creates more of a mysterious theme and setting towards the film. The contrast of the effect is increased and the brightness of the colour is decreased.
- The trailer then goes to a black screen with white text saying 9 months later. Which is obvious towards the audience that the film has gone forward by 9 months which then goes to medium shot of the house which is more clear as its in day light with boxes which infers to the audience that theres a new family moving into the house. The trailer then goes to a clip the main character who looks like the dad of the family who walks into a room with boxes which looks to be a room which is he for his work or which is related to work. During this part of the trailer the audience meet the characters and family members which are included in the film. From getting introduced by the little girl then a long shot of the family sitting around the dinner table which we see are the mum the dad and the two children which are a boy and a girl.
- Theres a part of the trailer where the mum and dad of the family share an intimate moment which infers to the audience that they are married which shows that love is included in the film.
- Theres then a long shot included from inside the atic of the dad climbing up the ladder into the atic with a box in his hands. The effect of having a long shot of the dad coming into the atic looks as if someone is watching him come into the attic which creates a suspense atmopshere for the audience. He then sees a box in the middle of the attic which seems quite strange he looks at the box with an unsure nervous look on his face which is use of mise-en-scene for facial expressions and body language. It then cuts to showing the producer of the film and which films he produced which are paranormal activity and insidious which shall have an impact of the success of the distribution of the film as the audience know about paranormal activity and insidious were successful it shall make sinister have a fan base within the film industry and it shall create more of a success for the film as the producer is well known within the film industry.
- The effects of blackouts are included during the trailer which creates a sense of uncertainty about whats going to happen during the film. By having black outs it shall have an effect on the audience which shall question whats going to happen. The black out creates time for the audience to think about whats going to happen which builds up tension which is what horror films and trailers aim to do towards the audience. By having this effect within the trailer it shall lead to the film which is what the producer of sinister wants the effect of during the film.
- There is a use of the closeup of a camera flashing towards the shot and the audience which flickers. By having a close up of this creates the sense of how the main character is feeling from finding the records and videos. It creates the audience to feel more engaged and involved within the trailer which shall make them want to watch the film. The use of fast pace shots which goes quick from one shot to another which creates tension and builds up what the videos are going to show. As the trailer gets towards the middle the trailer creates clips from the film in one which go from one to another, once a small part of the clip is shown it quickly goes to another one which doesn't give to much away. The use of the different shots used within the film creates an effect of suspense.
- We then see a close up of the mans glasses and eyes which then has a reflection of what the video shows which is the car which is getting put on fire. The effect of showing the close up of the mans glasses with the reflection of the fire infers to the audience that its real. The shot then shot reverse shots to the video and then the mans close up. By having shot reverse shot has an effect from two points of view where the audience shall feel as if they are looking from his point of view then the close up of the man shall show what hes feeling and shall give the audience a sense of his emotion.
- It then does a fast pace shot zooming into a close shot of the main character on edge of his seat with the fast pace music. The effect of the fast pace music infers the type of music which is shown included in horror genre films within the film industry.
- The fast snappy shots create an effect on the audience as when theres shots which are fast it links to something. Theres a closeup of a picture of the antagonist which then goes into a long shot of the antagonist looking into the window by using two different shots in one shot creates the audience to feel intrigued and creates tension which is what horror genre films include in them.
- Theres then clips which are shown as one shot as they are little bits of some of the clips included in the film. During the trailer theres the use of mise-en-scene. The use of clothing is shown as normal the antagonists wears clothes which normal people shall wear. As the antagonist from sinister wears a suit which infers normality as suits represents a professional look which doesn't give two much away with the victim. The antagonist from Sinister's costume comes across as more threatening.
- The last part of the trailer towards the end includes music which creates tension and ends with the antagonists victims sitting around then with the antagonist appearing in the screen. The way the trailer ends with the antagonist creates more of a suspense with the audience and shall make the audience engaged with the character within the trailer.
- The trailer ends with the name of the film with a soundtrack which is mysterious and shall make the audience want to know what's going to happen with the rest of the film which creates suspense and uncertainty towards the audience as there's not anymore clips shown within the trailer. By ending with credits and titles shall create suspense towards the audience which is what trailers include within successful trailers within the film industry.