The location of the film is an old abandoned house in the middle of a woods far away from any civilisation, this is a common setting for a horror as it suggests that the house will hold some sort of scary experience for the main character. The overgrown plants and trees add spookiness to the picture and make the atmosphere feel more closed off and aware the audience that something is not quite right.
The inside of the house is shown the first time he walks in, it is stereotypically what we would expect, low key lighting, everything is very dark and shadowy even in the day time, it looks very dusty as if no one has entered it in a very long time, it's shown to be very big as well as very empty as no other people are around to create fear in the audience, there is a big chandelier hanging from the ceiling in the center with lots of big open areas which is classically what we would expect from a haunted house featured in a horror movie.
This is the first time we see the focus of what is being shown as the demon in the film, this is only shown for a second there is a woman in the distance behind the man dressed all in black, we cannot see her face or any physical features but we know almost immediately she is the cause of everything bad that will happen in the film. Also the sound at that point is very tense with a build up suggesting something is going to happen including this woman.
The sound building up to this point is very fast and alarming but also very spooky, there is a woman talking about the mans son then this is shown. He peels back wallpaper to reveal "you could of saved him" written in blood on the wall obviously talking about the mans child. This is shown as automatic realisation that he has now put his own son at risk because he got involved with this demon. Words written in blood on the wall is a common convention used within horror films as it creates more fear for everyone watching than something just wrote on paper in pen as it has a more alarming effect.
This shows the man digging up an old grave and opening it up, this suggests that parts of the movie are shot in some sort of grave yard which reflects the theme of death on the film. Also grave digging is commonly shown within horrors and is used in many films within the genre.
This is one of the last shots of the trailer and works well with the sound used to purposely try and make the audience jump. There is a build up with slow music where a voice says "she's always there" as he approaches the window this face is only shown for a short time and a loud high pitched scream is played immediately making him spring back in terror as well as everyone watching. I believe they purposely showed this last as it will stick in the audiences mind and finishes the trailer making them want to see the film.
The sound throughout the clip is very tense and dramatic in some points leading up to very loud fast paced music where the speed of the edits increase as well and lots of different shots are shown at once in a row, also sounds of people talking over different shots are played to add an impact to what is being shown such as "don't go chasing shadows Arthur". Lots of screams and whispers are played on top of the music as reflecting the clips being shown as lots was going on in both making it a more fearful experience for the audience to watch.
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