Insidious
The trailer for Insidious follows the theory of Todorov. The trailer begins with an equilibrium, which introduces the audience to the family being happy with the arrival of a new baby and living to what could look like 'The american dream' to some people. This doesn't last long as shortly after the disequilibrium occurs where the older son seems to be disturbed by something supernatural in their house. Finally, the new equilibrium occurs when the family are informed that it is not their house that is haunted it is their son.
Iconography
- We find out from this trailer they are living in a new home where
strange situations keep occurring. They find this hard to
manage as their new home is so large. The use of running up and down stairs in
threw corridors and into different rooms is used to portray the fact the house
is so large they can never tell whether they are alone or not. They use props
such as baby monitors, ladders and rocking horses to enhance the fact they are
a normal family and that this could happen to anyone.
The frightening
and tense mood created throughout the trailer is done by using sound, camera
movement and editing.
Throughout
the trailer their is a mix between sharp cuts and and quick fades between shots
to keep a variety. The use of quick cuts create a irritated effect as
they audience are unsure of what will come onto the next shot.
This keeps them on their feet and allows them to feel frightened. Towards the
end of the trailer the pace of shots speeds up which denotes that
something will suddenly happen.
During
the trailer the use of over the shoulder shots are used, this is to put
the audience in the perspective of the family which makes
the audience feel their fear.
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