Saturday 1 October 2011

Voiceover Analysis of The Orphanage


-          Black screen white text ‘Guillermo Del Toro presents’

-          VOICEOVER – ‘Everything around her begins to vanish (4) Now she’s alone in the darkness’

-          Scream taken from matching film clip

-          Heavy breathing noises play throughout clips

-          VOICEOVER – ‘4 (2) 3 (2) 2 (2) 1 (3) You can open your eyes.’

(number) = seconds pause between utterances.

This teaser trailer lasts 46 seconds and relies soley on the voiceover to give an insight into the story. There are only two sounds that come directly from the film used within the teaser – that of a woman screaming and an eerie heavy breathing noise. The voiceover is a male voice, very deep and quite powerful. The voice is perfect for establishing an eerie mood when watching the trailer. The voiceover also manages to give some insight into what the film is based around, however does not give the film away so retains a large amount of mystery so viewers of the teaser trailer will be intrigued as to what the film is about more so than a teaser trailer that tells the story through a succession of clips. This creates a sense of mystery and fear in the viewer and hooks them in so that they will be more persuaded to see the film.

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