Trailer Analysis

For the film project, i have decided to work on a horror trailer. The trailer i have decided to analyse is the Trailer for the 2007 horror film REC. The trailer for the film has very typical forms and conventions for a film in its genre and is very inspiring for my project, as it will contain very similar themes and ideas.



The entire trailer is filmed on a hand held camara to give it a more real feel, as if the footage is real. This attempt at realism is very typical of the horror genre. On top of this, there is no music throughout the trailer, only noises of radios and the people speaking. This also helps to enforce the idea that the trailer is completely realistic. The trailer is also very dark, and a lot of time is supposed only lit by tourch light. This is to evoke fear, as it takes deliberately takes away the comfort of being able to see everything in the light. This is exemplified when the camara first sees the little girl. Because the trailer is so dark, it is hard at first to see her face which builds up suspence to why she is there. This is very usual of horror films, because people are generally scared of the unknown, which makes them guess whats going on where they are unable to see. The titles that come up throughout the trailer are used to build suspence. For example, when the final title reads, 'Unclassified 4-5', the suspence reachs a peak in the advert, as the next shot is of the little girl with a concealed face. The girl then jumps out at the camara. This sudden break of suspence is also very typical of the horror genre. Because of these graphic images in the trailer, it is obvious that the film is likely to have a high age rating. This use of scary imagery and graphic scenes is very much like what my film will have to achieve in order for my trailer to reach the required rating.

The entire film was made on a budget of €1,500,000. This, like my project, is a very low bugdet, so it will have similar use of effects and scenery. The entire film is filmed in one location with minimum effects. Seeing as my film is also supposedly on a low budget, i will also have to use minimal effects and locations.