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300 Word Analysis: The Cabin in the Woods Cabin in the woods is a movie that enforces the sub-genre of Slasher. It takes the genre of horror and portrays almost every cliché, multiple sub-genres are displayed in the film, making it seem hysterical more than being scary. There are a group of friends who go to a cabin, in the woods. These characters are very stereotypical stock characters. Like the dumb blonde, the stoner, the virgin and such and so. Also, the theme included teen punishment, which is a reason to why these characters were included. The first character to die was the dumb blonde, this was very easy to expect as this is a common thing in horror films. Then her boyfriend gets killed. They both had sex, and it seems as if they were punished because of them having sex. Sex before marriage is considered sin, and as teen punishment, they are punished for premature sex, before marriage. At this point we are all like okay, I bet the athlete guy will die next. And that is exa...

3 Analysis of existing Horror Trailers Psychological: Insidious In the beginning there was use of close ups. Also different angles from low to high to show the expressions of the characters face. Establishing shots to show the outside and view of the house, this makes the audience feel welcomed into the scene. There were shots of the family before it turned the other way. Zoom shots to put emphasis on what's going on. The use of sound also played a big role.Diegetic sounds that goes along with the editing pace. This creates tension also when the sound goes along with the metronome it ticks along at the speed.Most of the sounds are dark and gloomy. Also the sound and editing worked together. The use of multiple clips together, and at a fast pace indicates that it was montage like. The trailer had aspects of stereotypical views as the woman screamed. Fast paced action to end with and slow paced to start with, that use of contrasting techniques allows for us to understand ...