Annabelle trailer analysis

 The trailer begins with a couple who heard a banging coming from the next door so the man decides to see what is going on. Straight away the audience knows something bad is going to happen and this is a stereotypical thing to happen in a horror film. When the male character comes out of the neighbors house he has blood all over him which means something has happened and the audience doesn't know but want to find out. Afterwards the female character returns to their house which is when a strange female  figure walks past holding a doll which the audience think is Annabelle. Having strange figures walk past is a stereotype that is expected in a horror film. After this it shows the female figure which was seen earlier covered in blood and holding Annabelle but there is a weird x mark on the wall in blood which no one knows what it is.

The next scene shows the couple talking to a priest which is a stereotypical character featured in a horror film that sometimes can help but not always. Afterwards the couple are shown moving into a new house with the daughter who is around 9 months old. Then the mum brings out Annabelle from a box which she places on a shelf with other small dolls. The audience is probably wondering why would you want to put a scary doll in your baby's room. During the next scene you hear the baby crying which quickly cuts to her room and the door begins to close by itself and the record player starts playing. This conforms to the stereotype of things happening by themselves in a horror film. The next scene shows the mum asleep on the sofa and the baby is asleep in crib next to her. When all of a sudden another strange female figure walks past into the baby's room which leads to either another figure or the same one walking towards to crib and peering down to look at the baby.

During the next few scenes every time something bad is going to happen the camera cuts to a close up of Annabelle's face then back to the activity that is going to go wrong. The first activity is the mum using the sewing machine seems to speed up which she then cuts her finger on. Next is the popcorn cooking on the hob bursts into flames which causes the kitchen to set on fire. At this point the audience are wondering why someone or something would want to do this to an innocent family. The next bad thing to happen is the mum trips over the chair legs and falls to the floor then all of a sudden she is dragged by something that can't be seen. This conforms to the stereotype of having a supernatural force causing harm to others. One of the next scenes shows the mum go to a psychic who tells her that she isn't dealing with a ghost. This tells the audience that something much worse is going on. Then it goes on showing the mum in the baby's room when the bedroom door gets locked by itself so she decides to look under the door when Annabelle jumps out on her. Towards the end of the trailer creepy music begins to play which sounds like a music box.

Mise-en-scene is used throughout the trailer as there are different locations of setting including, the house that the couple first live in, their new house, the church and the hotel that they stay in for a while.There are quite a lot of close ups and medium shots used.