Collection of teaser trailers

Paranormal Activity
Is a low budget American film that was banned in some US states and is only available to you if you demand it in your area. Critically acclaimed by many as one of the scariest films of current times. They use a very rare type of filming in which you see the audiences reaction to the film either face on or from behind. Seeing an audience react in a scared way really pushes the sense of being scared. The trailer starts with them queuing for the film. Then it cuts straight to reactions, you get a little bit about the film, explanation of what the lead male is doing with the cameras. Then a series of loud noises and unjustified movements take place and to add suspense every loud noise equals a cut. The night vision camera also creates more of a horror feel. Because its style in a documentary way you never know what might happen or what to expect, you see marks left by the 'unknown'. There is a very soft edge soundtrack backing the film. Seeing the emotions by people mixed with the film is a very clever way of pulling in the viewer. Although this film is very exclusive as its only available in certain states of America, and to see it in your state/country you have to demand it, you can see by the trailer that keen horror fans will do so.


Friday the 13th (2009)
A group of young adults discover a boarded up Camp Crystal Lake, where they soon encounter Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.
This paramount film trailer starts with a shot showing how peaceful and calm the lake is, the camera slowly zooms as if to say come further into our story, and it takes you on a short rapid journey through the surroundings of the lake amongst other things. Its very dark it shows a seemingly abandoned cabin, then scenes of fear from the young adults mixed in with the mystery and discovery element. After about 50 seconds you see that they aren't alone and at around 1.07 you see the beast itself, which is a man with a mask on which is quite scary, he is bearing a knife and running down the young adults. This mask is the main central point for the entire Friday the 13th advertising campaign is was put on posters and DVD front covers.
The very final shot is of the mask with 'Friday the 13th' overlapping the mask with the number 13 turns red, this could indicate blood, death and fear. The date Friday the 13th is often seen as a very unlucky. So an audience going in already know what type of film their going to get.



The Dark Knight

The teaser trailer of the Dark Knight, which is a film about Batman is an Action, Thriller, Crime film although from the Trailer its not obvious to what genre it is. Although as an audience you may think that its going to be horror based. The trailer shows the silhouette of the Batman logo which you finally see in full after about 34 seconds. Their is a voice over which is a piece taken from the actual film itself running over the top of the visual image. Usually a voice over tells you about the plot whereas in a teaser trailer it lets your own mind think about what might happen. Taking extracts from the film lets you have a little insight into the film but doesn't reveal anything to do with the actual plot. The name of the film 'The Dark Knight' is flashed up only at the end of the trailer as well as the approximate date of release.

There is no mention of stars although you hear the voice of Michael Caine, Christain Bale and Heath Ledger so from that you obviously assume they are in the film. The budget isn't shown off at all because the doesn't show off any of the film itself so you have no indication of whether it cost a lot to make, or if there are special effects involved in the making.
The music is very strong and the sort of music you expect to hear in a action thriller. It has the slow beat which eventually becomes more and more uplifting.