how we made our trailer realistic

 This is an establishing shot of the house. This is effective because in a trailer it is important to set the scene. We chose to put this a bit further in than other trailers because at the beginning we wanted the audience to begin to connect with the characters so that when we showed the house the audience would understand who's house it is.
 At the beginning we introduced the characters throwing stones because we set the scene and wanted to give off the feeling of innocence. It was important to capture this because the audience are more likely to continue to watch if they feel they have the connection between the characters and themselves.

                                                                                                We used the news report because it enabled us to get information across to the audience but in a way that will keep the audience interested. Using the news report gave us the chance to change the mood of the trailer but keep the audience intrigued into what shall happen next.

The titles are effective because they help to create tension. For example "BENEATH THE MASK" this speaks to the audience without the need for dialogue which meant we could then create tension through music instead which is effective because normally horror films are made more tense by the use of music rather than dialogue.

This shot is effective because it cuts between them running to scenes of the clown. This works well because it makes the audience realise the innocent children from the beginning will have their lives changed by running into the abandoned shelter where they believe they will be safe. This is also made more tense through music as the build up needed to be dramatic.

The two shot of the clown and the character Shannon is effective because it captures the fear of her but also shows that the clown is psychotic which we wanted to capture throughout the trailer but this specific scene captures it well. The use of little light works well because the fear of the unknown is normally worse than knowing what is around you. Therefore although she knows the clown is around she doesn't always know where he is.

 

This finishes off the trailer which works well because it gives the audience the chance to see who put the production together but because it isn't a long scroll of people keeping it short makes the audience see the most important parts such as the date and that it will be released in  cinemas as some films are put straight onto online servers such as Netflix.