The Strangers

I like how the trailer first builds supsense by introducing the characters and setting. The trailer says that the film was inspired by true events which makes the audience more scared as they think it could happen to them. The man's phone is put onto the fire and they hear banging noises, then a man with a mask appears in the background. This makes the audience on edge as they dont know what will happen next. Towards the end, alot of short takes and quick cuts are used to aid the pace of the trailer and to make the audiences' heart's beat faster. I really like it because it uses no special effects and is simple, but has a great effect on the audience as the masks disfugure them and scare the audience.



This trailer uses common features of a movie trailer. The trailer clearly shows that the genre of the movie is horror because of the low key lighting used and the use of weapons and disfiguring masks. The name is also shown near the end of the trailer, although the text is not as big as it is in other trailers. The two stars/actors in the movie are named after the movies title is given. There are no special effects shown in the trailer as this isn't a key convention of the horror genre. The director's name also isn't shown, I infer that this is because he is not a well known director.

I believe that it shows what the target audience will want, it shows a 'cat and mouse' chase like structure, where the killers are toying with the victims and then chasing them around the house. This is exciting and will make the audience want to watch more.

The music is emotive, with a slow piano at the start as a romantic/creepy sound. However, the music then stops and then percussion is introduced which then builds up to a freak broken record track for the resrt of the trailer, which gives a sense of being hectic.

Voice Over isn't used in the trailer but is replaced by the use of inter-titles which poses questions to the audience which they then want answering, making them go see the film.