Grave Encounters - Trailer

By watching the whole film of Grave Encounters, I decided to create a short analysis about the official trailer picking out typical conventions.

Here is the trailer:

As you can see, the trailer uses a lot of camera effects for example there is good use of hand-held footage which reinforces the fact that the film is targeting to be a documentary style film. This makes the audience feel like the film is realistic due to a lot of subjective treatment and plenty of point of view shots which makes them feel like they are actually going through the trauma of being trapped in the abandoned hospital themselves. Additionally, there is also a close up with a low angle on Lance Preston which expresses his emotions which are fear and confusion due to a lot of ghost encounters which weren't expected. At the start of the trailer, a pan is also used to set the haunted atmosphere and it makes viewers more alert that there has been paranormal experience in the mental hospital and this makes viewers more intrigued about the whole film.