The Unborn Trailer Analysis - Horror Movie Research

This trailer, called The Unborn, straight away, creates a scary, thrilling atmosphere and has an impact on the audience through the uses of sound, editing, camera angles and shots.

The diegetic sound of the whispering through the baby monitor, creates suspense but also wants the audience to raise questions about who it is speaking through the baby monitor, wanting them to find out more, and attracting the audience to watch the film. There are moments of high-pitched non-diegetic sounds and this starts to create an eerie atmosphere, which makes the audience feel uncomfortable. To add to the audience feeling uncomfortable, there is silence in parts of the trailer, which increases nervousness and also builds intensity, and this starts to create a sinister atmosphere. Some of the voices of the characters are not very clear and hard to understand, this increases a fear factor but also makes the feeling of the unknown within the audiences mind.

Throughout the trailer, there are many fades, as the trailer progresses, it encourages the same continuous feel of being uncomfortable. As the trailer progresses, the pace starts to increase and this is done through the use of jump cuts. This builds up the intensity and fear, meaning that the audience would now start to feel a bit more on edge.

Various camera angles are used throughout this trailer and some are canted angles, this creates an alarming atmosphere within the audience. There are also some variations of the shot types; the first shot is an establishing shot, this shows the audience the isolated setting in the trailer. There are also some of the over-the-shoulder shots, where the audience is then positions alongside the protagonist of the movie. Extreme close-ups are also used, one being a shot of the protagonists eye, which is a symbolic piece to the plot of the film and trailer. Various point of view shots, make the audience feel like they are the ones experiencing their fear and places them in the protagonists position, making them emphasize with the protagonist.