The Exorcism Of Emily Rose Trailer Analysis

In terms of camerawork, we start with an establishing shot a normal family house, out in the what seems like the desolate countryside with thick snow laying on the ground, this already gives a cold desolate feel to the trailer. It then continues with light coloured, generally long(ish) takes with medium shots. It then goes on to show a extreme close up of a cassette recorder thing. Most shots from then on are generally short with some fade to blacks which get faster and turn more regular towards the end of the trailer to make you feel uncomfortable and to try and get you scared before you have even seen the film. And even fade to white which may signify death and/or angels, which directly links to the theme of the movie. A big part of understanding the trailer, which is also typical of most other horror film trailers is the text that comes up on screen. When listening to the recording at the beginning of the exorcism of Emily Rose, a black background comes up on screen with white standard 'times new roman' text that helps explain what is going on.
In terms of sound at the beginning, there is a sound that sounds like a choir holding one long note in the background while a man with a deep voice starts talking as a voiceover. It then goes on so you hear a recording of the exorcist of Emily Rose which is crucial in understanding that bit of a trailer and making it more scary, although as I said, text does come up on screen at that point. It then goes on so that we hear short quotes from the film as the characters speak with what sounds like a synchronised note in the background getting louder and louder until the small crescendo which then goes back to more dialogue from the film. Then for the next approximately 20 seconds, is simply diegetic sound, dialogue, noises of a storm etc. There is then anther short synchronised note which then goes back to dialogue and a diegetic scream, which is definitely typical of a horror film trailer. There is then other constant notes which again, builds to a small crescendo and then fade to black and silence. All of these conventions are mostly typical of horror film trailers. (Apart from a voiceover.)