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HORROR TRAILERS

in horror trailers they use:

• Masks and weapons

• Mise en scene such as make up, black clothing and white dresses which connote more terror in the scene.

• Fast pace non diegetic music to make the scene tenser for the audience.

• Lots of cross cuts to unveil the action quickly and encourage the viewer to watch it as they want to see what happens at the end.

• The use of children or children's props to make the scene a lot more creepier.

• Girls are the helpless characters who rely on the male to save them

• The victims normally have a weapon but are still defenceless.

• The use of make up makes the villain look more scarier

HORROR POSTERS

• Text which is integrated with the trailer

• Images related to the trailer

• A tagline to create a cliff-hanger which encourages the viewer to go and watch it

• The release date is used at the bottom in smaller text

• The film name is stated in bold to attract a wide audience to the poster

• They use a specific colour on the poster which helps the text stand out and connote the horror e.g. red connotes evil and blood which is related to horror.

• They sometimes have credits on the poster which attracts the audience to it because there favourite actor might be in the film.

HORROR MAGAZINE • They have a bold image on the front which attracts the audience

• A bold masthead which is eye catching for the reader

• They have a series of coverlines which are stretched across the top and the bottom of the page

• They have bold cover stories which are related to the image which makes the reader want to read on.

• They use mise-en scene in the image to make the character on the front look as scary as possible.

• They have colours in the background to make the image look more scarier. E.g. black for isolation and frost for mystery.

• They use a close up or a long shot to show what the character is wearing to make the image look even more scarier for the reader.