Trailers

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As you see these words - comparing the film with others of its kind but ‘stranger’ enticing the lovers of Dracula to be excited for whats to come. The word stranger is in different font to become noticed and stand out. Tense music is played in the intro, as the atmosphere is unknown - as we see a coffin but we are unsure whats going on.

We see a glimpse of the a shadow of a face - his eyes are outlined, pierc-ing…we assume he could be to do with the previous death? Half his face is hidden within the darkness, with the focus on his eyes - is this what his super-natural force is? This music continues - and as we are shown different shots the music tone is lowed, this creates the effect of matters worsening, and the audience feels more intense as they still are unsure of whats going on - and to be scared of the unknown. Close up - intense feeling.

Here we see two men talking about death, ‘death internal punishment - by opening the casket’. The music becomes silent, as this speech is important. This sets the tone of horror, and possibly the plot. They reveal this now, to show what the character of the film could be, to encourage horror film goers to step out of their comfort zone.

Here the title is revealed ‘The Mummy’. The figure behind looks like the main character, and as we are being shown more the music is speeding up, as the suspense continues to build, we wonder where the music will stop. As a narrator begins, he asks many questions, that we the audience are thinking too. This is because they want the audience to be thinking these things too, and entice them to want to see the answers in the film. He also says that ‘you’ll feel, you’ll see’, showing that you will definitely feel these emotions when you watch the film.

‘Brings a scream to your lips’, followed by a short pause, then a scream as he no-tices whats next to him. This shows the character un aware of whats around him, showing the audience to always be aware of whats around them. The unknown is scary especially if its unknown to the human eye. He seems to be in an office, per-haps studying the mummy, and suddenly becomes alive, and which gets the audi-ence’s hearts pumping - feel startled as if you’ve seen it your self.

‘Awaken memories’. The music is still quiet, the characters barely moving except for his hand, moving like a magician. Another version of mystery. Her clothing, all dark, she is hidden in the shadows - as she is scared and she is in the unknown, whereas the other character has light shining on him like a revealing a master spirit from the dead. The angle of camera shows the character slightly in front of the other, showing his importance.

In the background you can see diggers digging way at the floor, with a pharaoh overlooking. ‘Buried alive for 3700years’. This shows the era the film crosses paths with bringing the past into the present. With fire blazing around them, showing them the light, and the way forward. The sound picks up again, quick like their digging. The shot also looks like you are looking through a hole, perhaps peeping through something, as if you are in danger looking in. This puts the audience in a point of view shot perhaps of some-one overlooking.

The Mummy 1932

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We see a hand clasp around the wooden weapon, then pan down to a woman dressed in sequins - she is precious, wanted and loved, about to be killed. ‘Brought back to live, love and kill’.

Here we see the title, repeated. It’s contrasted, with the white text over the black background. Repeating the title emphasises the importance of it.

This still shot of a mummy figure, shows half his face. One side is darker, and the other shows more light. This potentially shows that the character has two sides to his persona.

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As you are revealed the image of the women, her lips are moving, and a narrator in the background however in a male - contrast highlights the story telling voice, which his deep yet curious dark tone, making the au-dience feel intrigued about the story that will unfold.

This image is contrasting as from a still shot, the chat looks like a cat, much like the pet some people would have, however the sound put with it sounds like a lion. This makes the cat seem alarming, especially whist showing off his teeth here. The cat also moves its head around, similarly to a lion whilst roaring. This gives the effect of his power.

‘Woman's whose kiss means death’, is a powerful phrase, especially as here we can see a woman kissing a man, therefore we know his fate. They retract slowly, as if one of them know what has happened. Yet the audience is left in the dark on why, creating an era of baffling mystery.

Here we see a shadow walk down the stairs, no narration yet the back-ground music of quiet yet chilling music, along with the breath and grows of an animal. This adds to the mystery of not knowing what the animal is, or who the animal is for that matter. This captures the audiences atten-tion and imagination, on the possibilities within the film.

A women dives into the pool, I think ironically as cats cannot swim, which was her initial thought, however she still looks perplexed by what is ahead of her, as its followed by a diegetic scream for help. I think this also adds to the sense of normality, that this could potentially be real.

The actors turn around to see this shadow, as previously mentioned, a shadow of importance. However this time it’s more specific, a four legged creature, ready to pounce. This helps connect the story to the audience, as we now wonder what they will do next.

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In this sequence it shows the character, whilst the music changes to be-gin to close. For the quick shot we see of him, he looks mysterious and dark, which helps emphasise the mystery for the audience.

The title repeated, its an important bit of information, therefore it is to remind the audience of the name of the film, it stays on the screen for a few seconds, whilst the music come to a close. Unlike the audiences thoughts which want to see more.

Cat People 1942

As a cat walks from the background through to the foreground, it creates this 3D affect, as if it was walking out to the audi-ence. This puts the audience on edge, as its quite a mystifying figure. As we cut to the picture of a women in a bath, she looks like she’s transforming as her back bones shift. Its a very sim-ple shot, yet the bones are highlighted, and puts the audience on edge of what could happen.

Silence, which a quick snapshot of this across the screen, creating ten-sion and drama within the audience. The while text contrasting with the black background emphasises it even more, whilst a faint image of a face in the background creates mystery for the audience.

As she previously mentions that she was being followed, ironically here they look like they are following someone here, as they are in trench coats - stereotypically known for sneaking around on missions. Shadows play a big part in a few of these scenes, because I think they want the sense of mystery to be an important motif throughout.

As the credits roll through, we see the title for the first time. This could help the audience make connections. The music is like music played at the finale, louder and more awakening. The creates the sense of an end-ing perhaps, that something suggestive may happen at the end.

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In this intro we see a figure of a women, with background noise of the city, creating a high sense of normality. With the side cars the era is 1960s, also quite nostalgic for some viewers. There is a slight light com-ing from behind the character, as she walks towards the unknown into the darkness, and unknown.

Juxtaposition of size difference, yet seems to harmful towards her. Show-ing the gorillas gentle, soft, caring side towards her, ‘and low the beast looked upon the face of beauty’, ‘from that day forward he was his one dead’, saying she is the only one for him. I think this also shows the ob-scurity of the image, as how could two different creatures understand one another?

Contrasting image of a gorilla in the city, baffling image not seen before. What is it doing here? Creating lots of questions. An unfathomable im-age. The narrators deep mystical voice, adding to the the obscurity of the image, as we fade into the next.

This image has a sense of adventure, growing the audiences curiosity by venturing into the unknown, as the previous image was of a map, that was strange and difficult to understand from our perspective. The charac-ters were to explore an ‘uncharted island’, once again adding to the cryp-tic journey of where they might be heading.

Here shows the boat entering the mist, the background noise is a typical adventurous spooky few beats, whilst quickly cutting to a credit, as the pitch heightens. This scene is full of montage clips, of the group explor-ing unknown charters of the island, and their clothing shows that they don’t belong here.

This is the first moving, living thing they see on the island. Silent, and still, then suddenly the trailer music becomes loaded as the clips are more fast paced, and action packed, with fighting - slow mo shots of punches, yet fast backgrounds and fire, representing danger.

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Here we see the gorilla protecting the woman, even though we see she cares for someone else and her fellow humans are shooting him. Is this because she showed care and attention to him, when everyone else seems to assume he is bad due to him looking scary and intimidating?

This title is strong, bold and swooshes in with the non-diegetic sound. It’s a similar sound to the planes that were just trying to attack the gorilla. This creates the effect of

There final shot is of NY city, as the gorilla is on top of one of the build-ings. This shows his power he has over people, and how strong he is too.