This test card adds to the 'amateur' feel of the whole trailer. It makes you feel that you're not actually watching a film but more like video from government records, especially as part of the test card says 'U.S DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE' which adds to the realism and secrecy. This would be a good technique in our trailer as we want our audience to believe they are watching real footage so we had the idea of adding text like this before the footage begins. This is always a simple yet clever way of showing where the film is set (U.S) 
The interference and breaking up of the picture gives the impression once again that this is real footage which makes the audience believe this all really happened. The cracking sound also adds to the realism as it shows the film isn't perfect and was filmed exactly as the horror was unfolding. We will use techniques like this to convince the viewer all this is real, this adds to the tense atmosphere and to convince them even more the horror is real.
No sound is played throughout the trailer except from the cracking and brief muffled voices you can hear but you can barely make these out. The only main 'loud' bit of sound is a loud scream-like noise when the figure suddenly appears, this teases the audience with what ths figure might be and that it will be a jumpy film! Using sound to make the audience jump is clever and is something our group will consider using, we think less is more and so small sudden bits of jumpy sound will add to the horror and realism of our trailer.
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