Trailer Analysis - Hounds of Love

• The trailer opens with no diegetic sounds and a series of low speed editing close ups of the body of a young girl, immediately objectifying her, the shallow depth of field highlights how she was the only thing of interest to her captors.
• There is then two extreme close ups of the eyes of a man and woman, giving a creepy feeling about them, as conveying the idea of them watching the younger girl as these shots are placed straight after the close ups of her.
• Once the car door shuts the shot cuts to black, synchronous to the sound of it slam and the production information is displayed
• There is then a slow-motion, brightly lit flashback to when the girl was far younger, her happiness there is juxtaposed immediately with the shot places next to it of her in the present day, bound and gagged in a very darkly lit shot
• This is a blurry point of view shot from the girl of her captor, clearly displaying her confusion of what is happening
• We hear a voiceover of the female captor discussing how the girls mum does not care about her, contrasted with a silent pan from a missing poster to a close up of the girl's mum's terrified face
• There is then a close up of what looks like a blood splattered floor, though it is unclear where of why this blood is here, adding a chilling mystery to the trailer. On the top of this if places the logos of various film festivals where this was screened and received awards, conveying to an audience that it is well critically acclaimed
• After this there is a series of blurred close ups, several tinted red, a common theme in the thriller genre because of its connotations with blood and danger
• During this the voiceover continues, conveying the disputes between the two captors and the insecurities of the woman that the girl is attempting to manipulate for her freedom

• The key actors names are then displayed over the top of a high angle landscape shot, illustrating how isolated the girl is from the rest of society.
• The voiceover switches to the man and becomes a creepy whisper and the editing speed also becomes gradually increasingly faster.
• This continues until a dark, long shot mid of the man walking into the room where the girl is kept prisoner. He very slowly shuts the door on the camera which remains outside, leaving the lasting image in the viewers mind of the screaming helpless girl as the shot cuts to black.
• Over the top of this is loud non diegetic static which cuts out almost immediately as the title of the film is displayed, backed by silence, forcing an audience member to truly think about what they have just seen
• The title once more makes use of a vibrant red colour, and it can be seen here that is it used not just for its connotations with danger but also for its strong connotations of love and passion.
• The trailer then ends with the production information, backed by the same silence as the title.

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