Slaughterhouse Rules Trailer How does the trailer construct meaning for the audience and to what extent does it provide an accurate representation of the movie? This trailer starts in the middle of the action, and the audience are quickly faced with loud screams and upbeat rock music. This choice of music conveys a sense of excitement and violence which are the two key components of this film. Furthermore, the pace of the of the camera transitions matches the tempo of the music and each cut is on a beat adding to the tension and encouraging me to believe that the film will be very gripping. After the first 5 seconds the viewer experiences an anticlimax and the tone changes. The music dies out and a piercing school bell adds to the mise-en-scene which reinforces that the action takes place in a school environment. The audience then experiences controlled editing of calm and panic which fits the horror genre showing contrast between the two. The connotation...