Sound.

Types of sound:

• Diagetic/Non-Diagetic sound.
• Theme Tune
• Narrative
• Dialogue
• Music/soundtrack
• Sound Bridge

Sound plays a vital role in trailers as it can intriegue the audience to watch the film, and it can create various differant atmospheres/ effects for example tense and fast music can create the audience's impression on the genre of the film being action. Sound in a film trailer can also create the first impression of the film; for example good sound effects in a horror film with a creepy, tense type of music will give the audience the idea that it is a creeoy film, which will attract a certain audience.

I watched the film trailer of "Larry Crown", with and without sound, and it does create a differant effect, however I could tell just through editing and the laughing actions on screen that it was a comedy. However the sound created a much differant effect, for example the silences after a awkward comment in order to show the disproval of the other character making it funny. There is also a gentle background music making the film sound friendly and to appeal to a more mass audience rather than a niche audience. After the awkward situation, there is also a sound effect like a "wooshing" sound to get it back to the background music and to carry on with the trailer, aswell as a editing effect such as a fade.

The next film trailer I watched to observe sound was "Mothers Day", which is a horror, however this time I just started the trailer with watching it straight away with sound, as I have already discovered that sound creates a differant atmosphere than without. With this horror trailler, it automatically starts with tense music, which gradually faster with a mixture of fast editing, giving an intrieguing effect and makes the audience want to find out what is actually going on, as only a few hints are given to the audience. There is a bass noise aswell, which you may associate with a heartbeat, which creates quite a tense/dramatic effect, which makes the trailer more intressting. Also certain sounds are emphasised for the tense effect for example the guns of the villans cocking and firing, which adds more tension which a horror/thriller is ultimately trying to achieve.