Paranormal activity 2
- 1. Found Footage Horror film genrehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v =07XbSk7Rjt4
- 2. Paranormal Activity 2 contains the standard conventions of a teaser trailer. It: Is short.. only 1:13 minutes long. It doesn’t show any of the plot of the film. It doesn’t state when it is to be released. Teasers are usually created for long anticipated films or ones with big budgets. As Paranormal Activity was such a success, the sequel would be popular. None of the actors/director are listed.
- 3. The trailer begins with a black screen which flickers twice like a television interference. This doesn’t immediately tell viewers that it is a horror film but it adds a darker edge to the trailer, foreboding what happens next. The next shot shows a room with a body flying into the camera. This definitely establishes the genre to the audience because of the violence of the action and the lack of movement following it. The setting emphasis’s this as the room is dark and shadowed and the camera has been knocked over.
- 4. The scenes in the trailer don’t give anything away about the plot of the film. They show scenes that could shock viewers like the body hitting the camera and the figure in the doorway; but nothing that links directly together to give away the story. Viewers don’t see any of the actors and aren’t given any information about the film and who created it. This is typical to a teaser trailer as it is designed to give the audience only a ‘taste’ of what is to come. All the audience know is that it is a film that could possibly scare them and that it takes place in a house where strange things happen.
- 5. The sounds that start off the trailer are the non-diegetic television flickers and the diegetic heavy footsteps coming up the stairs. These sounds are quite strong in establishing the genre of the film. The silence that accompanies them is more powerful though because it creates an anticipation and tension about what is going to happen next. This silence is broken only by the non-diegetic sound of wind edited over the scene which just emphasises the lack of movement- as if that’s the only thing to be heard. When a figure suddenly appears in front of the camera a mixture of diegetic and non-diegetic sound is heard. The diegtic being the screams of the audience that it cuts to and the non-diegetic is what sounds like something breaking.
- 6. The text used is quite plain and typewriter- esque. This fits in with the way it has been filmed – because it is all done on a handheld and is pretty simple. The Purpose of it is to talk directly to the audience and attempt to scare them more The title is the only section which is edited in a way which establishes the genre. The text glows slightly on the black background making it seem literally 'Paranormal'.