A nightmare on Elm street teaser trailer

This teaser trailer uses alot of the stereotypical connventions of a horror film. It instantly indicates that its of horror genre, by the use of mise-en-scene and sound. The sound carries alot of mystery and has a haunted feel to it as it builds up a series of crescenndos then cuts to silence, this creates the suspence, and also disturbs the audience to feel unsafe. The sound then transforms into the feint singing of children. Children are used alot in horrors to potray the loss of innocents, as children are stereotypical for being naive and guiltless.

The storyline has been told through the use of dialogue from the characters, this creates us to identify with the characters drawing us into the film, addressing the problem then leaving us with no resolution. This therefore grabs the audience ito wanting to go watch this film, to see what happens in the end of the film.

This teaser shows typical trailer conventions by showing information, such as the film is directed by Micheal Bay in which is a well known film maker. The title is then shown, all the text is written in a red blood splattered font, in which emphasises the genre of the film.
Actors have also been slightly adressed at the end of the trailer alongside of the film company, and the date of the films release.

A Nightmare on Elm Street teaser trailer screen shots

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