Trailer Analysis - Mirrors

The first trailer I looked at was called Mirrors by Alexandre Aja. Personally I find that this trailer was very eye catching and would easily be able to capture the audience's attention. This is because though overall the whole trailers practically shows what the film is going to be about, it still puts the whole mysterious idea into your heads and pulls you towards watching the film as you want to know what happens and why. The audience knows that the film is about mirrors and that something is wrong with them yet they want to know why they are like that as nothing in the trailer even suggests or hints what is wrong with them or why they are like that.

The trailer starts off with a voice over of man which we can't see first but then a couple of seconds in we see who's voice it is and he is surrounded a woman and kids suggesting the story is about him and that they are his family. Its quite a calm scene which allows the audience to get into the trailer picking up the small things. It then leads on to another scene where we know that he is starting a new job and from there straightaway his first comment is about mirrors which hints that is the main location of where the main plot is going to be taken place. Though its still a calm scene, the background sounds and the whole dark image starts to build up a scary suspense which slowly starts to get more and more scarier. The cuts between these images are at a normal slow pace which is done to build up the suspense. It then goes on to revealing the story-line a little bit and the audience starts to know what they story is about and who is the main actor. They cuts starts to get quicker eventually leading to the scream at the end slowing it down suddenly. The end starts off the same as the beginning at a slow calm pace still revealing the story. It ends with the date of when the film comes out.

I found that this trailer was quite simple to follow though the images of whats happening is quite complex at some points but with the main actor talking in many parts helps in keeping up with it. The building of the suspense was its best feature as it kept the audience guessing and having more of a urge to watch it fully.