Genre Trailers - 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'

• Main characters in a state of equilibrium but are foreshadowing horror events to come for example talking about horror stories
• Piercing non diegetic sound accompanied with quick cuts creating fear and anxiety for the viewer
• A disruption to the equilibrium occurs which normally involves death or disruption (they knock over the man and hide his body), this usually sets up the revenge narrative
• A hidden character (usually the antagonist tries to evoke fear in the main characters often causing them to be hunted down one by one 
• Within the narrative there is an element of chase which causes enigma to who the antagonist may be
• The protagonists are in danger and get hurt for example Ryan Phillipe’s character getting in an accident
• Close up shots used to show terror
• Shots of broken mirrors which foreshadows bad luck which again is another convention of the horror genre (bad luck foreshadowing what will happen to the victims
• The victims of the antagonist become very fearful and become quite manic/psychotic
• Intertextual conventions from previous horror films such as the shower scene showing vulnerability of the victim but also creates fear in the audience as they know what can happen
• Lots of shots of victims running away and the mise-en-scene are often places where the victims are vulnerable and isolated (often shot at night as-well) 
• Screaming and sheer panic is a convention within the horror genre and this is emphasised in the lost shot of the trailer