R27 - The Woman in Black trailer (Audio-Visual) Analysis (First 30 seconds)

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The first scenes are of titles they are promoting the companies involved so that the audience can look for these companies if they have enjoyed the text (media) and want to have a something to look for when researching into similar media. There is smoky or misty behind the text that moves across the screen this is keeping to the mood and genre. 

The establishing shot is showing the setting for the film and there is somewhere the horror is going to happen. This shot is also showing diegetic sound for that the character is possibly not form the area and will be the train in this vulnerable to the surroundings as he won’t have a clear scene for understanding of them - verisimilitude.

There is non-diegetic, contrapuntal music in This close up is and effective shot it is a harp playing and it is peaceful it is showing that the character is instrument but it being played with dark tired or fed up thus vulnerable scenes and enigmatic scenery. The music, the mirrored face is also eerie. It may be contrapuntal but it works well because it makes the scenes creepy which is good in the genre of horror. 

The establishing shot shows the building that the character will be staying in. The audience will pick up on the aesthetics and will judge the building on the conventional, stereotypical, perception of buildings like this one. Which will be it’s old and therefore will have history which would point towards the house being haunted. The trees surrounding the house would give dark areas, blind spots in the day and at night, making the setting enigmatic. The audience will pick all of this up and may feel uneasy and weary about the main characters safety. 

The over the shoulder shot shows that the main character is talking to an enigmatic character on the train, the main character looks worried. This shows to the audience that the main character is already having doubts and this will give the audience doubts about the safety of the protagonist characters. 

The over the shoulder shot shows that the character looks a little bit smug that he has scared the main character. This will make the audience question about what this enigmatic character knows about the building or setting. 

The establishing shots are showing how far out the building is and journey it takes to get to it. It is in an area where if you needed help nobody would be around to help this will be picked up by the audience and the characters will know how vulnerable the main character is. There also has to be a reason that it is the only property for miles and this will get the audience thinking about that. 

The close up of the cross emphasises the cross, the audience will wonder why. Then the close up on the main characters face shows worry. Finally the wide angle shot breaks the 180 degree rule and will freak the audience out it also makes sure that the cross is in the scene again to emphasis it This is weird because the audience haven't been told about the cross and will be wondering why it is being emphasised. 

The wide angle mid shot shows that main character seeing the building for the first time. We have already seen the house but this scene makes sure we know that the main character is arriving. Also the gates of the house have either been rusted off the hinges thus adding history and age making the building more enigmatic. Or they have been forced of the hinges meaning something powerful is present. Either way the audience may pick up on this and it will make them feel worried for the main character. 

The high angle, long shot is the first time that the audience and the main character have seen the inside of the building. The angle of the shot gives the feeling of something watching the main character entering the house. Also it gives of the sense of the main character being vulnerable and as if he is being looked down on. The audience will sense this as they are also looking down at the main character and they can feel the sense of power as they do. This will mean they will worry about the safety of this character. This shot is showing the audience the age of the building and the history in one shot. The interior is dusty and the furniture etc. Is antique old and untouched. This all gives of an enigmatic feeling because the building has therefore had plenty of time to receive history and the are cloths over furniture meaning that it hasn’t been touched or lived in for a while and the audience will then wonder why it hasn’t been lived in and what has kept people from buying the building.