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2010 Directed by James Wann

Insidious trailer analyses

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2010Directed by James Wann

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Shots of Victims

Everyone's happy long shots and quick takes of different enjoyable times they had.Zooms in and slow panning is used to connote the reaction shots.

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Shots of the Aggressor

Shadows behind the window curtains and a shadow silhouette in the child's room (long shot) standing next to the bed. A horror face behind the dad using an over the shoulder shot to show “The devil” behind him.

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Graphic Content

As the trailer starts “Insidious” is shown but glitches showing the genre horror, insidious appears more then once, zooms in on a yellow against black background which shows a strong contrast.

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Sound techniques

Starts with diegetic sound coming from the clicking.Non diegetic sound used (stringed instruments) start when the aggressor is shown, and starts to get louder and picks up the pace towards the end.

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Editing Techniques

Zoomed the creature coming towards the camera at the end in fast motion not allowing the audience to catch a good appearance on the antagonist. Lots of sharp cuts and crosscutting over sort takes to keep the audience engaged.

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Camera Techniques

Panning used.Over the shoulder shots used to show the aggressor behind the victim this allows the audience to know something that the victim doesn't’t, at the end there are about 6 shots in 10 seconds (short takes).

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Locations

Big house Mostly dark locations within the house are used.When with others lighter locations are used, this could show safety is in numbers.