2 Horror Trailers

Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
This trailer typically shows that it is a horror trailer withe use of high pitched synthesiser which gives the trailer a eerie feel that is typical in horror films around this time.
The trailer is left on a cliffhanger; how do you kill a monster in your dreams?
It has a male voice over all the way through to describe the trailer, this adds and sense of despair because he sounds like a man of authority.
The use of Wes Cravens name, he is a well known horror director and this is for production value and can draw a crowd to the film, just because he directed it.



Alien (1979)

This trailer is different to the first one in many ways, and the bit that me and Zack liked the most was that this trailer doesn't give away any spoilers and doesn't reveal any of the plot.
This lets the mind wonder and want to know what its about, and this is achieved through the use of quick cuts, handheld cameras and random reaction shots.
The music is again high pitched, which builds up and gets quicker throughout the trailer, and this is syncronus with the cuts.
There isnt a voiceover in this which agains helps the mind wonder.
The final bit that me and Zack enjoyed was the end, where the intetitles say "no one can hear you scream in space" this is genius because it again lets you wonder what is going to happpen, and it doesnt reveal the monster.