Deconstruction of Chernobyl Diaries Trailer

• The establishing shot of the four friends together after seeing them on their journeys through different countries enjoying themselves gives the audience a false sense of security. 
• Only until after this scene do we see anything that connotes danger. The non-diegetic sound of an alarm is played suggesting that something is about to go wrong on their "extreme tourism" trip. 
• The writing is on a red strip, which connotes danger and death. The writing on the red strips reveals what happened in Chernobyl which is where the group are visiting. This leaves the audience worried for whats coming next for the characters. 

• This high angle shot from a balcony suggests that they're being watched from the moment they enter the site. 

• The close-up shot of the camera and the photo that has been taken on it whilst the female character is zooming in on one window makes it clear to us that she has spotted someone out of the normal in her photo and from what we can see as the audience, it looks as though it is a ghost. 
• A non-diegetic laugh is included with this shot, it sounds like a childs laugh which seems completely unconnected to the characters so we relate it to the area that they're within. 
• There is also a sudden zoom into the camera which is paired with a loud non-diegetic sound which shocks the audience, maybe to panic them. 

• Straight after the shot above, a high angle shot makes it look as though the group are being watched as they're in the car. It's as though it's being repeated to show that they're being watched from different angles, maybe by different things. 
• The non-diegetic sound of the childs laugh acts as a sound bridge between the two shots. 

• This medium shot of the female character is tightly framed, as though she cannot escape from where she is. 
• As the audience we can see a dark figure at the bottom of the stairs that she has not noticed, this makes us worry for her as from the previous events that we have seen, it's highly suggested to us that this is going to be something in the character's favour. 
• Non-diegetic sound which sounds like somebody breathing heavily is included here which also adds to the mystery of what's going on because it is not indicated to us that the breathing is coming from any of the other characters. 
• After this shot, we see the other characters being distracted by a child figure that has appeared which acts as a distraction because we then hear a very sudden scream and the shot goes straight back the the female character (above) being dragged down the stairs (above).