Nosferatu
Nosferatu is a German horror film directed by F.W. Murnau. It was filmed in 1921 and released in 1922. It was a very successful film being rated by 97% by Rotten Tomatoes and 8/10 by IMDb. I have watched the film trailer for this and have found many things interesting. The main thing was the fact there was no speech but yet the narrative was still so clear due to the perfect use of sound, an example of this is when the women is scared by Dracula the change in music clearly highlights the emotion of her.
Hitchcock
'The master of suspense'
He fashioned for himself a distinct type of directorial style, his stylistic trademarks include the use of camera movements that mimics a personal gaze which forces the viewers to engage in a sexual way. He framed shots to maximise; fear, anxiety or empathy.
Hitchcock's work relates to my film trailer as suspense will be a key feature of any horror trailer and the way he frames shots will be very influential in our work as we need to maximise fear, anxiety and empathy. The negatives of this theory are that it usually applies to films not trailers and that it is usually used for a personal gaze to force the viewers to engage in a sexual way.
This theory applies to Nosferatu as the way they build up tension in this film is very effective. An example of this is when the camera focuses on the women to show her fear, I need to ensure that I make I use some of these techniques in order to build up tension effectively. This is a very interesting film, as it clearly shows me that the quality of the production is not as important in making the film good and scary for the audience, it is down to the techniques used and as my trailer will not be high quality so these techniques are absolutely fundamental.
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