Analysing Trailers- 'Single White Female'

Single white female begins with an establishing long shot of a woman standing in front of a window. This creates an enigma as to why she’s alone, and links in the movie title, “Single White Female”. A non-diegetic voiceover begins to narrate the story, informing the audience of what the film is about. The shot then changes to an aerial view of New York, then an apartment block, which then cuts into a mid shot of the protagonist, Allie Jones. The mid-close up of this shot creates a more personal view of who the main character is, and clearly shows the audience that the film is centred on this characters point of view.
The protagonist Allie is writing an advert for a room-mate, which is portrayed through a point of view shot of her typing into a computer.
This then fades out into a close up of her advert printed on to a newspaper. A sound bridge can then be herd of Allie interviewing the antagonist Hedra, who is portrayed in a close up, showing the audience the importance of the character. The shots of Allie and Hedra are level mid to long shots, showing how equal they are at this point of the trailer.
The narrator’s commentary continues to voice over, while the trailer begins to pick up pace and begin a montage sequence of Allie and Hedra’s relationship. An eerie ambience orchestral score can now be heard, which unsettles the audience, as even though the montage sequence shows un-frightening scenes, the sound effect creates a notion that something is not quite right. The ambience of the film begins to change drastically as the plot begins to darken, as suspenseful music begins to play.
The lighting of the film also darkens and cuts become shorter in order to gain momentum. Immediate music can now be heard as Hedra ‘becomes’ Allie in bid to take over her life. Various shots including a close up of Hedra burning Allie’s clothes and a low pan of Hedra’s feet walking in Allie’s shoes produce a literal metaphor that creates unease for the audience, as they begin to understand how unstable and dangerous Hedra is becoming.
A low angle shot of Hedra looking at Allie shows how she has become a more powerful character, especially as Allies horrified high angle reaction shot creates a less confident persona in Allie, which we previously saw in the beginning of the trailer.
The trailer then reaches its climax as Hedra begins to pursue Allie while carrying various weapons. Titles also begin to show behind news paper cuttings, which references back to the beginning of the trailer, when Allie was writing an advertisement for a roommate. The film’s title Single White Female then zooms into view, as a newspaper cut out, linking the plot to the trailer. The narrator then voices a pun, “Living with a roommate can be murder” as the titles fade out, which the audience understand is literal of the film, as Hedra is trying to get rid of Allie. Film credits are then shown, which also fade black along with immediate sound.