1. The Woman in Black - Analysis

2. About the film
• The woman in Black is a horror/thriller film
distributed by momentum film, CBS films and
Alliance. It was released in the UK on the 10th
February 2012. It had a budget of $15 millions
and at box office is made $127,730,736.

3. Conventions of a Trailer
• The conventions of a trailer are followed in parts of the
woman in black trailer. For example shows you some of
the most important parts of the films and keep you
interested without going into too much detail about the
plot and without showing you the best parts of the film
therefore encouraging you to go and watch the whole
film.
• Other conventions can be seen in the trailer for example
the cuts which then go to tittle screens showing the
names of some of the actors and the name of the movie.
• The trailer also starts off by showing the companies that
were involved with the making and distributing of the
film.

4. Conventions of the genre - Horror
• The conventions of the horror genre have been
followed in the woman in black trailer as you can see
when as you watch it, the tensions within the audience
gets bigger causing excitement. The trailer slows grabs
the audiences attention and slows draws them into it
making them feel even more involved.
• Fast paced editing when the tension ism high within
the audience showing you loads of different shots.
• Showing the emotions on the characters faces during
different times in the scenes making the film look
interesting to watch.

5. Camerawork
• This is an establishing shot which starts off trailer and
probably near the start of the film as it shows the
audience where the scene is taking place. In the trailer
as well as the film this can act as a start to where the
tensions can start building as the audience knows the
surroundings. This shot shows this old abandoned over
grown house. This shot signifies a dark and mysterious
atmosphere ready to engage with the audience

6. Editing
• During halfway through the trailer the tension is
built up and there a fast sequence of shots which
has a cutting technique of changing when the
chime of the bells ring. The non diegetic music
over the top of the fast paced scenes work well as
the chime of the bells gets quick and therefore
the shots form the film become fast paced. This
creates tensions and builds the atmosphere for
the audience therefore making the trailer
mysterious and scary.

7. Sound
• The sound of the bells chiming plays n
important part in the scene as it creates the
tension like a conventional horror film trailer.
The non diegetic sounds of the bell along with
the editing which cuts to a different shot
every time the bells chime means this can
easily build tension. The bells later into the
trailer get faster and build the tensions within
the audience leaving the audience waiting for
something to happen.

8. Mise – en - scene
• This doll portrays a disturbing scene as it adds
to the emotion that the audience would be
going through within whilst watching the
trailer. It shows an effect of tension as the doll
is just staring out into the open, this creates
the atmosphere to show the mystery within
the scene.