Analysing film trailers

Analysing film trailers

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  Fantastic Four Convention Exampleeffect Key moments Government scene Fight scene Power scene- identified heroes and their abilities. Gives life story shows who has what powers. Title Fantastic four title at the ending, the credits followed after. Remember the film Mainstream films X-men was bold to show it’s important. On screen text 20th century fox #fantasticfourMarvel X-men Date is digital “It’s our job as humans…” - slow dialogue it gets the point across “This summer” The text was bold and sharp Advertisements, tells you what films it is like. Music Serious, mainstream and typical Tension andkeeps audience on the edge of their seat. Dope Convention Example effect Key moments Mixture of shots fast + slow Title ‘Dope’ appears half way through trailer. Main stars Pharrell Williams Name of directors Forest Whitaker On screen text “Open road” Fast text repeatedagain after a few shots to describe main character. ‘cool, geek’ Teacher- “Youcan’t get into Harvard” Represents youth - He’s actually smart. - The character is looked down upon Music Teenage music , fast and cheery Young people music Pop Transporter Convention Example Effect Key moments Fight scene- start to endmain characters introduced car scene flying. Quick shots shows its personal, serious and professional Title #thetransporter It appears towards the end. Shows what film it is, helps you to remember the name.
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  On screen text September4th Imax cinemas-It all appears at the end so audience remembers what the name of the film is. “the mission, gets personal” “time for revenge”- building up story “the transporter refuelled” Music fast paced Tension, plus it keeps youinterested. Transporter is an English-language French film franchise. The Transporter Refueled is a film that has been re filmed, there are three other Transporters, all equally successful with the British actor Jason Statham. Jason Statham plays Frank Martin in the first three movies, a professional freelance courier driver for hire. The main plot of the story is that The Transporters father has been kidnapped by the people after him. In the trailer he refers to himself as The Transporter. The title of Transporter appears towards the ending when ‘#thetransporter’ appears. With the title appearing towards the ending this helps the audience remember the title as they don’t have to worry about remembering the name throughout the film when watching the trailer. Dope is youthful and quirky. This film is aimed at the younger audience. It is about teenagers faced with stereotypes which in the trailer this is shown by when text appears such as ‘cool’ and ‘geek’. They include text like this to get the point across to the audience. As we started to watch the trailer we began to find out that the main character is a protagonist and that his name is Malcom. This gives us a clearer view on the main character within the film. Also the film shows the audience some famous actors such as Forest Whitaker and Pharrell Williams. Pharrell Williams is a known singer as he produced the song ‘Happy’, in Dope he created the music. Forest Whitaker is a known actor, he was the executive producer of the film Dope. Fantastic Four was the third trailer we watched. The title appears at the ending when the credits followed after, this helps the audience to remember the film like Dope. Fantastic Fours trailer includes mainstream films, one is x-men, the mainstream film was bold and this suggests its importance. The trailer includes dialogue and text such as “It’s our job as humans…” the dialogue slow dialogue it gets the point across, the trailer also includes text such as “This summer” this is advertisement as it tells you when the film is released. The music is serious, mainstream and typical however it keeps the audience on the edge of their seat.