Sarah's A2 Media Blog

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY

- To prove how scary it is they film the audiences reaction to the movie when a screening is held.

- There is information at the bottom of the screen which tells us why they are showing the audience and also states the name of the movie. Because the actual movie itself doesn't look that scary in the teaser, the audience reaction enhances the fact that this is supposed to be one of teh scariest movies of all time.

- Very low lighting is used because they set up a camera to capture what is happening at night time so it is scarier when we see the supernatural happenings. Movie critics mention how the audience felt after the movie was over to make us want to watch the movie to find out what is so scary about it.

SAW IV

- We don't see any clear footage from the actual movie so it is still a mystery to us about what is actually in the movie. Since there has been 5 other saw movies, a short teaser trailer works because we already know what the movie is about but there are just different 'lessons' that are learnt.

- The thumping music starts just before we see any footage of the trailer which already makes us fear what we are going to see because the music itself is quite horrific. The sounds of people from the movie panicking, screaming and shouting almost get drowned out by the music. The sounds of people are heard between the inter-titles as the camera moves through different rooms.

- The inter-titles are very short and simple to create impact, so there is not much for us to read and we still get what they mean. It's as if the trailer is saying "you've seen the others, you know what this is about."

THE FOURTH KIND

- It is unusual that actress Milla Jovovich tells the viewer who she is and the character she will be playing. She also warns the veiwer that what we are about to see is extremely disturbing making us already feel uneasy.

- Inter-titles telling us that this movie is based on actual case studies is quite disturbing because we can't tell ourselves that it is only a movie, because people have actually experienced what is shown in the movie.

- The music is quite quiet behind the voices of the actors but gets louder as we see the inter-titles and leading up to the scarier parts of the trailer.