Horror movie trailers- Research

THE DARK (2018) 

• Music- intense, dramatic
• Jump scares
• Grainy kind of filter
• Award certificates

GET OUT (2017) 

• Fast pace editing
• Lots of enigma codes
• Music- matches action

TERRIFIER (2018) 

• Gruesome
• Borderline humorous
• SFX effects
• Non-diegetic sounds= cutting of flesh, axe, etc.

STARRY EYES (2014)

• Starts off happy and normal
• Twist during the middle
• Montage
• Quotes from people

THE EYE (2008)

• Narrative explained well through visuals
• Jump scare at the end
• SFX makeup

Script for the first 30 seconds:

EXT. A STREET 

Thunder crackles, it's light flashing for an instant only. Dozens of people walk the street with umbrellas in their hands as the rain pours relentlessly. One woman walks with a stick in her hand and black sunglasses on.

INT. A BUILDING

The woman walks across the hall with the aid of a man- he holds her wet umbrella for her.

      MAN 

  "Nervous about tomorrow?" 

      WOMAN 

  "Actually, I've never been so scared in my entire life."

She answers him with a smile and excitement in her voice, he offers her a smile in return.

EXT. SKYLINE

Specs of light dot the screen as the city sleeps.

EXT. OUTSIDE A BUILDING WINDOW

The same woman stares outside her window pointlessly. Her face expression is monotonous but she appears to be longing for something. Her eyes are an unnatural icy blue. 

INT. UNKNOWN

A camera takes a quick picture. Strange shapes and colours. A surgeon looking down, wearing a surgical mask and with an instrument in his hands. All is a blur.

BLACKNESS

      DR.

  "The operation went flawlessly but you're probably in for a shock."

      WOMAN

  "Why?"

      DR.

  "There's a lot you haven't been introduced to visually yet."

An overhead surgical light flashes.