The Woman In Black Trailer Analysis

The Woman In Black- Trailer Analysis Trailer Conventions: - The trailer starts with revealing titles of the companies who marketed and distributed the film. This reveals to the audience that the film is professional. There is also, an establishing shot of the location. This being the house where the events take place. The sound is quiet and slow at the beginning. However, starts to speed up running up to the disruption. Once the disruption occurs the shots get faster and the sound gets louder. This therefore, building tension and creates atmosphere. The girls voice who dies has been placed in this trailer, like she’s telling a story. This also, creating a scary feel to the trailer. Many characters have been shown in this trailer, giving the audience a chance to identify what could be happening in the film. Narrative: - Establishing the location of events and the characters involved in the film is very important when making a trailer as the audience needs to understand a lot of it to be able to connect and influence them to watch it. The shots are not in chronological order, allowing to audience to view a mix up of shots to give hints to what is happening, without revealing too much. The film is about a woman who haunts the house in which she once lived. However, her child died and whenever she is seen, a child dies. There is no obvious equilibrium, however, disruption is shown. This, therefore leaves the audience questioned to what happens. Furthermore, encouraging them to watch the film. Genre: - The trailer reveals at the start of the trailer that it is only appropriate for certain ages. This, therefore indicating that there is going to be scary scenes. This also, is promoting and revealing the horror genre. The scary music and the dark and misty shots gives away the horror genre. As well, as the broken, cracked dolls that are not so sweet. The girl’s toys make sound effects which is also conventional in a horror film. Target Audience: - The main audience which has gained a big following to this film is the Harry Potter fans who are a fan of Daniel Radcliffe. Daniel Radcliffe is known worldwide who has gained popularity from being the main character in Harry Potter. Therefore, the fans are intrigued to see what he is like playing a different character in a different film. The film is aimed at teenagers and adults. However, not appropriate for children from the scary music.