How have you made your trailer seem like a trailer?

How have you made your trailer seem like a trailer?

To make our trailer seem like a trailer we did a lot of stereotypical things which would encourage and stand out to our target audience. The main quality our trailer had to make it seem as realistic as possible is the idea of 'the unknown' this is shown in a number of things. For example; Hannah is 'taken' walking through the woods with her dog and it is very unexpected, this also comes to a surprise for the protagonist as she is not expecting it. This would encourage the audience to want to watch the film once it comes out, this is because they will want to find out why she was taken. Another part of our trailer which made it successful and seem like a trailer was the unknown antagonist. This was successful because the audience will be wondering who the person is and why they want to take Hannah. The antagonist is completely covered up with black clothing and props, the colour black links to bad things and conforms to our stereotypes of an antagonist.  The final part which makes a trailer like a real trailer is the ending of the trailer, this is because the protagonist (Hannah) comes back to haunt her friend, this will confuse the audience because they will wonder why she is back to haunt her friend and could suggest that her friend was the one who took the protagonist and murdered her. This conforms to the expectations of a trailer because it leaves the audience questioning why this happened and will encourage them to go and see it. 

This links to a number of theorists, this involves, Propps and Barthes enigma code: Propps suggests the idea of the false hero, this links to the idea of our protagonist beginning taken which shows her vulnerability and then at the end she is back haunting her friend who is shown earlier in the trailer. The idea of the false character suggests a good character at the beginning of the trailer and then the character turns bad at the end. Barthes enigma code suggests the idea of unanswered questions which leaves the audience wondering what has happened which conforms to our idea of a trailer because not too much is given away. 

Another reason that our trailer conforms to the idea of a trailer is the non diegetic sound. this is because the sound is very mysterious and scary. The voice suggests that the non diegetic sound is a child which would also confuse the audience because they are wondering why a child would be involve. This would also encourage the audience to go and see the film and find out who is singing.