2. NINE FRAME STRUCTURE ANALYSIS
In the first frame, the shot is in fact of a family with
a little girl circled in red. This connotes to the
views that there girl has a significant role in the
narrative of the story. This particular girl’s NVC
stand out compared to the rest of her family
members. Her NVC connote unhappiness as she
has her arms crossed and is frowning unlike the
rest of her family who are all happy and smiling,
this particular feature makes her stand out from
the rest of her family. In addition, this shot does in
fact introduce both the setting and the narrative to
the audience, giving them an insight of how things
were before, equilibrium.
3. NINE FRAME STRUCTURE ANALYSIS
In the second frame, the audience are shown the
house that the new family is in fact moving into
which can be identified thought the props of the
moving van and boxes. This shot in fact connotes
a sense of new starts and beginning to the views,
this is because a new family is moving into a new
house, which according to the female voice over
on the trailer, which appears to be a new reporter,
was previously the home of a family which there
murder took place in. This again introduces the
setting for the audience, however this time the
trailer shows aspects of previous events.
4. NINE FRAME STRUCTURE ANALYSIS
In this third frame, we come across the most
significant shot in the trailer in my opinion. The
frame is of a black box alone, which is located in an
empty attic. This connotes to the audience that
something is about to be found and in turn
changed. At this specific the non-diegetic sound
has stopped to show that something is about to
happen and that this is the tuning point in both the
trailer and at this point in the film and empathizes
on the seriousness of this point. The low key
lighting also connotes that something bad is in the
attic and as the box is the only thing there, it must
be the box. However, in contrast the natural lighting
that makes it was into the frame also highlights the
significance of the box.
5. NINE FRAME STRUCTURE ANALYSIS
The forth frame I have chosen, is one that is a
shocking quick cut and wide shot of what appears to
be dangling legs, as people are in fact being
hanged from a tree. This particular shot only shows
half of the family’s body dangling from the waist/hip
down. Along with the dramatic quick cut the sound
effect of screams that is used is also dramatic. The
sound effect causes fear among the audience
causing them to be shocked and at unease. At this
specific time the audience start to link back to the
family they saw at the beginning of the trailer, with
the family that used to live at the house that the new
family have just moved into. The audience of the
trailer may also start to question who it is that
murder the family that is seen at the start of the
trailer in such a ghastly way.
6. NINE FRAME STRUCTURE ANALYSIS
The fifth frame of the trailer I have chosen, is a high
angle shot/birds eye view of someone or something
that is unknown and walking under water in a
swimming pool. The use of a high angle shot/birds
eye view usually portrays something/someone to
look small and be inferior. However in this case is
does in fact to the exact opposite, it in fact highlight
the characters significant art of the narrative and its
power. Due to the lack of lighting and the use of low
key lighting, its seems that the object in the pool is a
dark figure wearing black with pale white skin which
is not commonly found in humans. This in one way
connotes that the character is supernatural as it is
walking underwater. The NVC of this character
makes him look malicious and therefore feared by
the audience.
7. NINE FRAME STRUCTURE ANALYSIS
The next frame I have chosen, is a wide shot of the
family’s garden outside of the house, where we find
the evil character. The sound effect that is used at
this point is again another scream, causing the view
to jump and again create fear among the audience.
At this point of the trailer the evil entity appears
amongst the bushes and the disappears straight
away. This does in fact reveal to the audience that
the evil character isn’t human as not only is he able
to walk under water, but also has the ability to appear
and disappear quickly. In addition to the voiceover,
we are told that the character can move through
image, which is what happened here in this shot. The
main character of the film (protagonist) has a similar
picture to the frame that we see here and places it in
front of the window, then takes it away, which is
when the evil entity appears.
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8. NINE FRAME STRUCTURE ANALYSIS
The next frame I have chosen for frame number 7
is the main antagonist of the film siting beside his
laptop. The frame captures the movement, which
is being zoomed in onto he character that is in the
picture on the laptop. This again creates both fear
and tension amongst the audience. This is
because they realize how serious that situation
that the antagonist is being faced with is. The
NVC of the antagonist suggests again that
something bad is happening or about to happen,
this is due to his facial gestures and also the way
that the main protagonist due to the smug face on
is face.
9. NINE FRAME STRUCTURE ANALYSIS
The next frame I have chosen is a quick shot and
close up that presents the fact of the protagonist.
This is in fact from the view of the main character,
the antagonist. By the look of this shot, the
audience can clearly establish that this is the
character that can be seen in some of the frames
previously mentioned. The audience can see that
the character is evil as both its mouth and eyes
are nonexistent, which again connotes that he is
not human and therefore supernatural. This again
creates fear amongst the audience as he does
not look ‘normal’. There is further suspense
created by the silence leading up to this particular
shot, which builds up the scare amongst the
audience as the evil character has in fact appear
unexpectedly.
10. NINE FRAME STRUCTURE ANALYSIS
This final shot of this horror trailer I have chosen to
use is the titles of the film ‘Sinister’ which therefore
allows the audience of recognize the film when it is
released. The title represents the overall film. It is
shown on a grey to white gradient and cracked
wall effect background, with the title ‘Sinister’ in
slim smudged font. The color scheme used
correlates with the theme and genre of the film.
