Preliminary research of trailers.

Insidious:

Length - 1:51

Shots - Estimate 111

Writing - 20 times

Colours - Black, brown, grey, pale blue, red and cream

Mise-en-scene - House and hospital

Lighting - Dull

Storyline - A boy is possessed by a devil and his parents are trying to solve it.

Shot types - Establishing shot, close up, extreme close up, long shot, two shot, over the shoulder.

Dialogue - Minimal

Cabin in the woods.

Length - 2:25

Shots - 126

Writing - 14 times

Colours - Blues, brown, black, grey, dark green

Mise-en-scene - Cabin, woods, house, controlling zone

Lighting - Dull and natural

Story - A group of teenagers go on a road trip to a cabin, where they get more than they bargained for. Together they try to discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.

Scream 4

Length - 1:29

Shots - 58

Writing - 5 times

Colours - black, red, grey, brown, dark blue

Mise-en-scene - School, house, party, living room

Lighting - Bright, dull

Story -  Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by the Ghostface Killer.

The Devil Inside

Length - 2:31

Shots - 89

Types of shots- Mainly handheld camera shots, lots of extreme close ups.

Lighting - Mainly artificial - darkness uses added lighting

Mise-en-scene - lots of religious clothing and references. Houses, church, mental institutions

Filming - Sound is harmonic, uses well known nursery rhyme. Starts with slower shots and cuts - then begins to build up.

Story - A woman is possessed and her daughter looks into it, it is implied that she becomes affected.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Length - 2:21

Shots - 99

Lighting - Dark, natural to start - artificial later on when fear becomes hightened.

Mise-en-scene - Dirty, creepy props - normal clothing for victims. Run down house, burnt cars.

Story - Group on a road trip, get to a house riddled with traps and begin to get attached.

Dialogue - Minimal

Emily rose

Length - 1:59

Lighting - Dark and artificial

Story - Girl possessed and tried to be helped. Again not all is revealed.

Editing - 'Heartbeat' shots are again used.

Dialogue - Minimal

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