The Deconstruction of 3 Film Trailers

Deconstruction 1 - Willow Creek

Film Festivals and Indie Films - (2013)
Jim and his girlfriend Kelly are in Willow Creek, California, to retrace the steps of Bigfoot researchers Patterson and Gimlin, who, in 1967, recorded the most famous film of the legendary monster. Kelly is a skeptic, along for the ride to spend time with her boyfriend between acting gigs. Jim, a believer, hopes to capture footage of his own, so his camera is constantly rolling.

This trailer is presented in a documentary style and a home video style. This is effective as it adds to the realism therefore pretentiously making it more frightening to the audience. You can tell by the trailer than this film is a independent film and not made by Hollywood. There is not special effects or big studio settings. 

Deconstruction 2 - What Lies Beneath

Dream Works and 20th Century fox - (2000)
The wife of a university research scientist believes that her lakeside Vermont home is haunted by a ghost - or that she's losing her mind.

This film follows the usual rule to horror/ghost story trailers. In the beginning the scenes are shot at day time in natural light and the characters are living their lives in a normal day to day setting. Then as the trailer continues the mood and setting changes to quicker, fast paced shots and scared expressions on the characters faces. This creates the intensity for the audience and makes them want to go and see the film.

Deconstruction 3 - Orphan

Warner Brothers - (2009)

A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she claims to be.

This trailer follows a similar style and structure to "what lies beneath" in the fact that at the beginning there are scenes where the genre of horror is not present and the characters are going along with their normal and everyday lives. The music then changes and the trailer gets dark, ghostly, and intense with the fast paced scenes and the creepy music.

This is a similar structure I want to follow in my film trailer. I also want to use more than one instrumental, the second instrumental being the more frightening one to build suspension.