Friday, 26 November 2010

understanding the difference between a trailer and an opening sequence


This trailer of 'Paranormal Activity 2' starts out as recapping the first one saying that it was just the beginning. The trailer gives the audience a basic overview of the film and the comparison between the two but this one isn't the "beginning", it makes the audience want to watch it by showing the most scariest and most unbelievable parts in the scene to make you want to carry on from the first one. Many conventions are used in this trailer to create the horror type genre such as the clip of the woman screaming ' Get out of my house !' . This keeps the audience intrigued into wanting more and more. The use of suspense also reels the viewer into watching it more as it shows parts that happens but not what happens after, making the audience want to see the outcome. The clips are also very jolty and all over the place making it seem 'unreal' and 'inhumane' , and the fact that it is supposedly meant to be a true stories just makes the audience want to see it even more.



This is the opening sequence of the film "seven". In this sequence there are many quick clips and cuts of unusual objects and movements. This emphasises the strange and confusing twisted mind of the killer in the movie, portaying his lack of humane knowledge and his hunger for murders. The sequence itself is strange and different to usual sequences as it has a variety of quick cuts and unusual fade outs with all different types of weird objects coming up. the sequence gives a bit of information about what happens in the film and how mysterious the plots are.

The conventions which are used:
  • It tells the audience who the main actors are in the film
  • it gives a sample of how unusual the plots are
  • Some of the clips in the opening sequence may be included in the film



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