The Strangers Teaser Trailer

The Strangers is a psychological horror/thriller film.This film is about a couple who are staying at someone’s house which is in a quiet area that doesn’t have neighbour’s close by. At first they have a man knock on the door who they tell to go away. From then on they are mentally tortured with things like knocking on the door and windows, writing on the walls and standing outside their house. Once the killers have gotten ‘bored’ with the couple they decide to murder them. The film is based on true events.The target audience would be teenagers/young adults who enjoy that are based on true events and/or enjoy psychological horrors.The non-diagetic sound at the beginning is cheerful when the trailer is showing the audience different types of houses which normal people would chose for a home. However, the non-diagetic sound darkens when the audience are shown ‘that people chose houses for a completely different reasons.’
After that the music is stopped until a montage of events happen and the music is fast and loud with a non-diagetic scream in between. This causes uneasiness and tension.There are many close up’s of the killers masks, a knife that one uses, the word ‘killer’ that is written on the wall. This makes the audience feel the fear and torment that the two characters are going through because of the three murdersThe pace to begin with is slow and makes the film as if it isn’t going to be eerie or frightening. However, the pace picks up when the montage occurs and the music becomes louder and faster.There is a lot of dialogue in the middle of the teaser trailer. You are told that the first knock on the door is done at 4 in the morning which would create suspense and tension for the audience because that is an unusual time for a visitor. You then here a woman say ‘You’re going to die’ which then makes the audience realise what events are about to happen making the film more immersive.The inter-titles tell the audience the name of the film and the two main actors of the film. It also tells the audience that the film is based on true events which would create suspense and fear that the film they are about to see actually happened.I think that the USP is that the film is based on true events as this makes the audience have an emotional bond between the characters as the things that happen did to someone real.