Analysis of Single White Female Trailer

• You are told the name of the film towards the end of the trailer because it wants you to watch the whole trailer to find out what it’s called. It also matches with the voice over.
• Told who is starring in the film. Given to us by use by the voice over and their names appear on the screen.
• We see a lot of action from the film including when she is writing the ad for a flat mate, and then the good times of them living together and then once Jennifer Jason Leigh’s character copying the character of Alison and trying to kill her, so you see a lot of the action.
• The music gives us a lot of clues about what type of film you were going to watch. The use of strings and repeated piano parts gives an eerie atmosphere.
• The voice over for the trailer adds tension to the trailer, because of the tone of his voice. Also because of the scripted parts he is saying.
• The speed of the trailer alters as it goes on, because at the start of the trailer the speed is slow because you are not expecting anything to happen, then once you find out what Pedra’s plan is and the action appears on the screen the speed quickens up.
• In the last frame of the trailer you see her lying/ being pushed to the floor and looks right towards the camera, which creates the effect that she is talking to the audience “be careful she’s crazy” is that she is warning the audience to watch out for her.
• I feel that the poster and trailer equally attract the audience just in different way. In the trailer I think the action showed along with the voice over would make the audience want to see the film. Where as with the poster it shows you both characters and the way the poster is laid out with one character being in the dark it could represent the evil side of her. On the poster they have placed some text, which are like the words that the narrator would say on the trailer.