MISE-EN-SCENE
Before filming, we made sure to know every aspect of our genre as much as possible, to allow our trailer to be realistic. To achieve this, we looked closely into the conventions of psychological horror and I particularly focused on mise-en-scene (to see other aspects, check blog).
Whilst researching, I noticed the majority of trailers were set in secluded areas/ isolated houses/dark places etc. to show separation from the rest of society, possibly to solely focus on the specific characters and their plot rather than the world as a whole. Of course, this differs from each film, but I feel that being in a secluded area will be a great way to conform to the chilling tone of a psychological horror. 
Another aspect found to be a key feature within these trailers are the use of weaponry. This has varied from small weapons such as knives to ones on a much larger scale, such as bombs. Due to our low budget which is a big restriction in terms of props, it is our challenge to get as many fitting weapons as possible that are within reach for us. This will be something we will experiment with when it gets closer to our filming days. In some trailers, normal items such as tape or scissors were seen as weapons, which is something we could think of using for our trailer as they are much easier to get hold of whilst also conforming to our genre in the most realistic way possible.
Lighting is a very key attribute of our chosen genre- trailers mostly consist of low key lighting with very dark and ominous colours to correlate with the Preferred Reading of the tone being sinister and chilling.
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