Undead Nightmare - Trailer Analysis

Since finding so many links between the genre of my film trailer and the Undead Nightmare game, I have chosen to analyse the trailer in more depth. I felt it carries many conventions of a Horror film trailer, even being a video game.

• The title of the game gives an immediate feel of a Horror style narrative. However, other than the title there are many classic Horror genre conventions you would possibly find in a film trailer. The opening setting shows a man in a cemetery digging graves, not an every day action  you would expect. The weather is dark combined with rain and lightning, adding to the negative and scary feel. This also sets up for the viewers to expect something evil or fearful to appear.
• The opening is followed by the introduction of new characters. It's unclear who or what they are, as quite typical of a Horror genre, they are just quick moving sillouhettes. However, the audience know that they aren't human by the way some of them crawl and others move in strange/not-human ways. This adds to the suspense, with the audience unknown to what these characters are.
• Throughout the trailer, most the scenes are in dark settings. They look to be either at night or in dark and dingy weather, adding to the Horror effect.
• A lot of the settings are in a deserted and alone, which are really typical conventions of a Horror genre. Eg. Many Horror film settings are in places such as abandoned houses.
• The shots used in the trailer are quickly cut together, creating a fast paced, adrenaline rushed feel. 
• Spooky music builds up the suspense through the use of stringed instruments and slightly atonal. 
• The music builds up to the scream sound effect.
• Throughout the trailer there is a Green/Yellow colour scheme. The title's are in this colour and perhaps give it a sense of rotting and nature.
• The close up shots on humans emphasise their fear of the undead, while on the zombies, it shows more details (Blood and decay).
• The trailer adds extras such as bats, animal bones, blood and graves which adds to the typical Horror conventions and themes.