RESEARCH 29 - RADIO ANALYSIS

RADIO ANALYSIS ON 'ANNABELLE'

At the beginning of the trailer it starts silently, no music just the voices of the characters, this then builds up with a loud bang and more intensifying music. It leads to silence again and all we hear is ‘I like your doll’ which is stating Annabelle so we as the audience know what the film is about. In the middle of the trailer it then moves onto the voices of the family again, stating their story and how they are in grave danger so we know that there is clearly something wrong, we then hear the clock ticking and an old music player, to perhaps signify the idea of how old Annabelle is, and because the old music player is more joyous it contrasts the idea of all the terrible and scary things that are going to occur and implies that something creepy is going to happen because that kind of music is seen as more scary than happy because of past films such as ‘Insidious’.

As the trailer begins to end we hear a build-up of a fire happening and loud screams, we also here an eerie, tense continuous drone in the background. This then stop and transitions into a soft music mobile sound for babies, but this starts to intensify and then suddenly stops into silence, this connotes the idea of doll and how it is a child’s toy which suggests that there is a child involved in the film, which links to being a typical convention. We then hear the door creaking as though someone is coming in and hear the words ‘Who are you?’ which could imply to us that they don’t know what is causing all these events and because we get no reply it created more suspense. It then softly goes back into gentle baby music and ends there.

The use of sound effects such as the clock ticking, moments of silence and eerie music all add to the drama in the film. For example the silence helps us as the audience hear what the characters are saying, yet we also know that something is going to happen after the silence because that is something that is typical in horror trailers. Also the use of the sounds of the baby mobile really added to the idea of how Annabelle is a doll and a child’s toy so it implies to the audience how can something so small have such a huge impact to a family, and also adds a more creepy effect because of how dolls are not real people, yet it affects the family a huge amount in a twisted way.