This trailer is of the movie known as “Paranormal Activity 2”. It is a sequel to the last movie trailer I analyzed and we will again be analyzing this trailer bit by bit as we did with the last one. To begin with, this is another movie in the popular horror/suspense genre. This movie also focuses on paranormal beings and by analyzing this trailer I plan to incorporate some of its good points in our teaser trailer.
VISUAL
The trailer started off where the trailer of “Paranormal Activity” ended, we are once again shown the shot where the man crashes into the camera, however it goes ahead and shows us another character this time; a woman, presumably possessed, which lunges at the camera and we are shown the grasps of audience in the cinema. The shot changes to security footage which shows us a baby and dog in a very still and silent room, it changes rapidly to show us a shot of the backside with the pool and kitchen, here we can see that even though all windows and doors are locked, the sauce pans are moving. The shot changes back to the baby and the dog and this time we clearly see a paranormal activity taking place; the chair moving by itself, after that we are treated to cryptic messages flashing across the screen; “Nothing can prepare you” and then back to the dog and baby, however this time, the dog is barking at the door and the baby is fully awake and staring at the same door. The screen blacks out and the message continues “For what’s next”. The shot cuts to a footage of another and this time quickly shifts back to the room for a mere second in which we glimpse a woman standing in the room, without the dog and baby being present. It quickly cuts to darkness.
AUDIO
The trailer mostly consisted of diegetic sounds such as the dog’s barking, however the non-degetic sounds including the camera switching and the heavy, scary sort of noise made in the last scene are the ones used for unsettling the audience and making them curious. Just as the same in the last trailer an unsettling scene was right after a very silent and normal scene in order to put audience off guard.
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