Anaysis of 'Paranormal Activity'

The Trailer starts off with live footage of people using a hand held camera to build up insensity as there is no music being played, but just a strange hussling sound, the cuts are quite long but unsettling, captions are used to explain to the audience about what it going out. it then cuts to a point of view shot from the back of the cinema to show what the audience are shown. there is still no music but a build up of sound which then cuts to the front of the audience watching the film. which then cuts into the film itself with no music but the building up sound along with dialougue. the characters within the film are using a hand held camera to make it unsettling for the audience, the fast cuts from the audience to the film and back again. the point of view shot shows the actor in the film taking us on a tour using his own camera along with no music but dialogue. a steady camera is then viewed onto the bed with cuts back to the frightend audience. the build up of music changes into a loud crash which is quickly followed by a loud bang within the film which creates double fear. throughout the whole trailer we are watching from the audiences point of view. fats cuts around the house to give the audience a better idea of how the layout is set out. the lighting used shows a nightvision onto the bed when events happen, the light quickly changes after the loud bang. even faster cuts back to the audience and all we can hear is dialougue and the expression on the audiences faces. fades out on a womans scared face back to the steady camera using nightvision viewing the bed. the screen goes fuzzy and changes which increases fear because somethings going to go wrong. the music biluds up while the sheet is being blown up, this creates a distraction for when the door is slammed shut, the music helps build the tension up for the main event. it then cuts quickly to the audience again screaming. the screen goes black to show a jittery caption of critics about the film. cuts back to the film using a hand held camera showing what has happend to the character. then cuts back to the audience with only random strange robotic sounds being played as well as cutting to another caption a sound bridge is used with dialogue through the scenes. all the captions and scenes start to jitter to create tension. still from the audiences point of view the camera is unsteady and keeps cutting to different characters and areas of the house this causes confusion as well as tension. cuts to another jittery caption then back to the audience with dialogue still being played the whole way through, with captions and the screen going fuzzy, the audience is now being confused by it all because alot is going on. bang sounds go in time with the scene being cut when finally a body is thrown into the camera and it all stops, when the film title fades in using a jittery technique again with wierd sounds being played quietly, ends with a list of cinemas where it is going to be shown.