After watching several horror film trailer I have found that there are a variety of different things used within the horror film trailers. The first of these would be that at the beginning of pretty much every single horror film trailer it will set the scene by first of all showing the characters of which there are either usually 1 or 3-5 in a group during a normal day doing normal activities. But it does not stay this way for long as the trailer slowly becomes cut faster and faster building up the tension for the viewer before finally showing some of the more horror orientated scenes towards the end. This is good as it grabs the viewers attention and slowly hooks them in making them want to see what has happened to make the characters go from normal in the beginning to running for their lives at the end.
Next most of the trailers that I have viewed today have some form of slow slightly creepy soundtrack playing over the trailer, this also usually builds up with the pace of the trailer to help with building the tension. But there are also many places in which all sound is stopped for a few second giving the view a sense on unease only then to by ramped up again to give the viewer a shock.
Most of the camera shots were mostly either mid panning shots showing the characters and also the scene around them, Close-ups to show the fear that the character are feeling, long shots to set the scene of where the film is going to take place, or Extreme close-ups showing an object of interest to the viewers or an action of a character.
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