Kotaku said:
...if you play both trailers side-by side (which is possible through YouTube Doubler), you’ll note that the baby held by Norman Reedus in one appears to transport itself into the hands of Guillermo del Toro in the other trailer at the exact same moment
While this specific statement does not seem to be correct (In the official sources, the baby disappears from the first trailer at 1:33 and appears in the second around 2:02), there is absolutely something here. I put an album of synchronicities
here.
By
syncing the trailers up using the appearance of "Sony Interactive Entertainment Presents" and muting the second video, there are a number of instances that belie coincidence.
First, it pans past
these three crabs that all look very similar (to the point of being the same crab with at least the second one) and enter the frame simultaneously.
Then, while the baby disappearance is, as noted, not synced, the timing of the appearance of the
oil in both trailers apparently is.
From this point onward, events in both trailers are timed to match the soundtrack of the first. The
sound of waves signals the rising water against del Toro's feet.
The
dramatic accent in the music is timed to the reveal of both the five figures in the first trailer and the baby in the second.
Another
sound cue similar to the earlier water noise marks the appearance of the floating doll.
But really, of all the syncs,
this is basically the clincher that this is all intentional.
Additionally, with this timing, after the baby disappears from the first video there are about 40 seconds that elapse before it appears in the second. After the five figures in the sky fade away in the first trailer, the five soldiers in the second appear out of the darkness about 40 seconds later.