The haunting in Connecticut is based on a true story,
This textual analysis will be focussing on the teaser trailer for Haunting in Connecticut, The teaser is 61 seconds in length, it still teases the audience about the film and creates a large buzz about the movie.
The opening of the trailer is a shot peice of dialogue saying "wheres the catch" followed by the man saying "well, it does have a bit of history" making the views think what that history actually is, Also to create a change in mood, the begining of the trailer shows a more high key lit area, this connotes a more happier, safer enviroment, however once the trailer gets tense, the lighting becomes low key and this makes the viewers feel on edge and also waiting for something bad to happen.
The flashbacks into the past are shown in black and white and also a sepia tone to help the audience distinguish from what is the past, and what is the present in the trailer, this can be shown by this because colour is more up to date, and there is not many black and white movies recently made therefore it's a natual instinct to see the differnce between the two time frames.
The teaser opens with a close up of a newspaper showing a large caption of “séance of death, Five dead; one missing” this shows a quick shot that gives you an insight into the movie, the non-diegetic music is loud and screechy creating a on edge feel. Giving the audience a feeling of danger and nowhere is safe.
A fast zoom into the newspaper followed by a medium close up shot of the main character (the boy) , looking agitated and under pressure. The low key lighting creates a feeling of danger and that the surondings are not safe. This teaser follows normal conventions as the low-key lighting, scretchy backing track and fast cuts to many different shots.
A transition of many shots of the film are placed together, to create a sense of chaos and not being in control, The shots teased the audience by showing a empty room with an operating table, cutting to operating tools. This gives the audience some idea what the film is about, without showing the whole storyline to them fully.
The use of fast cuts showing 7 different shots, shows the audience that this film is jumpy and creates a feeling of danger and when your trying to see what the shot is of, it cuts to a totally different one, therefore producing a freaky uneasy horror film.
A common theme takes place throughout the whole teaser trailer, firstly the camera shots are very interesting and produces a horror feeling, by firstly the camera shots fit the conventions of the genre, and therefore the teaser is conventional, and therefore the directors are producing a spine tingling horror.
In the transition of fast cut sequence, there are loud scream sounding like there coming from the distance, creating a sense of danger, this also follows normal conventions as the screams are related with horror and being in danger.
The idea of fearing what we can not have control of is applied in this teaser, when a character says “and it wants your son” followed by a cut to a longer shot of 3 seconds of the son in a room with a door slamming without anyone touching the door, this makes the audience feel uneasy and in danger.
The sense of invading the character’s space can be applied in this teaser showing many point of view shots, followed by shots making it look like they are being watched, this makes the audience think that no body is safe, and there being watched non stop.
The pace of this teaser, creates a tense feeling for the audience, in the beginning of the teaser the pace is slow, then followed by fast sequential shots, this contributes to the tensions feel and the feeling of being in danger.
The shots are followed by a long shot of the boy in bed, becoming distressed, then it cuts to his mother saying “Cal what have you done to yourself’ this makes the audience think that maybe it’s him doing everything, creating a sence of wonder in the audience, making them think about the actual storyline and what to expect.
A close up shot of the boys body shows many random words engraved into his skin, however you can not read any of the words as the transition quickly fades into a shot of an empty bed, with a bat quickly flying pasted the shot, making the audience think, the bats could connote vampires and blood, also they could connote the paranormal and danger.
The main character seems to not be in control as the events are becoming worse and worse, the caption “The fear is real” makes the audience feel uneasy, as no one likes the feeling of danger and being close to evil or the paranormal.
The man then says on a telephone in a distressed tone “you must get out now” this is follow by quicker shots then followed by a worsened problems, more close to death situations, showing more people involved.
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