Focused Analysis - Sound/music

The music in a film trailer is similar to the Mise-en-scene, as we know when watching the film what the music is representing as the genre. For example if we were to hear an upbeat pop song, we would presume that the genre is comedy. Non-diagetic sounds used in film trailers also build suspence and keeps the audience engaged. A horror film trailer's music should be eary, cold and be able to create an atmosphere to point out its genre and although the audience may be frightened, they will not be able to keep their eyes off of the trailer and they will want to continue to watch the film. Special effects in the sound, such as echoing also creates more suspense and a horror like atmosphere as it is un-clear to where the echoing sound is coming from.