Analysis of MAMA Trailer

This trailer is a horror film it puts massive emphasis on the children this is one of the main stereotypes around horror (scary children). The trailer also has the dark undertone of this ghostly figure who the children call mama, this evokes the feeling of fear for the children as many people don't want to see little children get hurt. The first thing in the trailer we see is a man walking into a abandoned cabin in the woods with a man talking about the discovery of the two children we then cut to a POV shot of the man to see a ghostly twisted figure in the corner of the room which then attacks the man. then there is a very quick cut of a court scene then we see two more character looking into a room through a police like interrogation glass, it is then revealed to us that the two children are in the room and the child we see is squatted down and looks almost haunted this is a stereotype of horror films which makes the viewer very wary of that child. It then cuts to the man (found to be the kid's uncle) that talks to one of the children this is a tense moment as the audience still has no idea what the children are capable of. There is then a cut to the children  trying to be parented by their uncle, the horror element is shown through the very small girl first chewing on her sisters hair and one focusing on a moth.
 
      The trailer changed as the focus is now mainly on the uncle and his wife/girlfriend but still with the dark undertone of the children there is focus on mainly on the women as she seems to become a sort of maternal figure, this also leads her to question the children's sanity, the dialogue tells us that the children have been talking to the walls this plays even more into the stereotype of creepy children in horror films. we then get many shots of the children smiling at something just off of camera, we then get a small clip of the children being interrupted while in play there then is a creek in the wardrobe and the women heads toward the wardrobe this is also  a stereotype of horror film, the monster in the wardrobe or hiding, this stereotype is continued later on as the monster is then under the bed of the woman. this is when it cuts to the end credits. After the end credits of the trailer telling when the film is out and other things that needed to be added in have been added in then there is a final clip of the younger child looking at a floating being calling  "mama" the other child's voice is heard telling her not to look but then the being quickly snaps to the child this is another stereotype of horror films called jump scares.