The Panic Room Trailer

The trailer starts off with the introduction of the main characters. This is so the audience are let in to their lives and the main reason behind them getting to the house which has 'The Panic Room'.

The first couple of shots of the trailer are used to establish the location of the film, so the audience are instantly informed where it has been set.

The elements used throughout the trailer make it a very conventional thriller. The way the characters are introduced very quietly and slowly. The fade to black shots at the beginning also add to the mysteriousness of the thriller. The pace of the trailer then starts speeding after the main issue of the film 'The Panic Room' is discovered. The thriller music then starts in the background and everything in the trailer starts becoming faster. This is how it puts people on the edge of their seats.

The voices used in the film are almost in a whispering tone, this gives the trailer more of a horrifying feel. That along with the continuous use of dim lighting adds more of a creepiness to the film and leaves the audience almost waiting for something bad to happen.

The editing techniques used throughout the trailer also adheres to the conventions of a thriller film. The fast pace shots used towards the ending of the trailer finish with a slow motion shot which again leaves the audience on the edge of their seat as they want the innocent characters to escape from what they are running from. Additionally, the cliffhanger used at the end leaves the audience wanting to see more.

The way the film is mainly set in a house and then that specific room is very conventional. As thriller/horror films always want to give the audience the feeling that they are trapped in one place and it will not be easy to get out of it safely. So overall, I think this trailer successfully adheres to most of thriller film conventions.