Intruders Trailer Analysis - Horror

The first few shots shows a happy family, however this is about to take a dramatic turn. We see one of the children in bed and the uplifting music ceases. We then hear a door creaking. Due to there being no diegetic sound we are able to hear exactly what she can hear, creating suspense. We then see different cuts of the two children supposedly seeing a monster and having nightmares. The dialogue shows that like a typical family, the parents try to reassure the children that there are no monsters. We then start to hear large bangs in the non-diegetic sound, possibly signifying a countdown, during this we are shown different shots involving the two differend children, one of which is showing a flickering light, which is a common horror convention as it shows that something is going to happen due to there being someone who is making the lights flicker. Then we are shown a relatively quiet seen to build suspense as they are building up to a big moment, after which we see fast paced cuts between the two children of silhouettes of the 'monster' which ends with shots of a police car one of the children speaking to someone in a light room, signifying safety, this shot is also filmed behind bars, adding to the safety of the place. We then see a plot twist in the form of more fast paced cuts with dialogue saying that there was no monster in the first place, proven by CCTV. A lot of horror film trailers have fast paced shots in them, similiarly to action films however they are creating a different picture in the audiences mind, in horror films, it shows the main theme of the movie coming to life, making it scary, however in action films the fast paced cuts show that there is fighting or other action. During the fast paced cuts in the trailer, we can hear non-diegetic sound gradually building up to a point at the end of the trailer where we see the title.