FILM TRAILERS

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The Maze RunnerTrailer• Uses dramatic music and sound effects to build tension and help convey the theme of the movie which is survival• The colours in the trailer are very dull and grey to again show the theme of the movie • The shots are not in chronological order but complement what the characters are saying• The storyline is based in a post-apocalyptic world in the future and the fonts used match the metallic futuristic theme• The synthesized music becomes more and more dramatic as the editing of images speeds up to create the dramatic climax• All of the titles/credits are shown at the end of the trailer so that they are more memorable• The USP of the film is Because the film is based on a novel, the main target audience is the people who read the book • The off screen dialogue said by characters is matched with a range of shots revealing narrative• At the beginning of the trailer a handheld camera shot of is used to set the mood of confusion and fear• A ticking sound effect is used at the start of the trailer to signify some kind of bomb that is about to go off – i.e. The build up to the climax of the trailer • The intertitles address the audience directly by using imperatives such as

T he Fault In Our StarsTrailer• The music at the start of this trailer presents a very quirky and up-Lifting atmosphere for its audience to match the personalities in the film• The USP of this film is because the film is based on a novel, the mainTarget audience is the people who read the book• The trailer uses the main character to create a voice over that narrates the whole trailer – this could be because the book is based around the thoughts and feelings of that particular character• Bits of dialogue are also used throughout the trailer and the correspond with the video clips that are shown• The colours of the trailer are bright and natural to match the theme of the Up-lifting story• The colours of the inter-titles match the colours used for the book and the fonts used are hand written again to match the book• The clips of film and dialogue are not in chronological order but are used to narrate the storyline• The music and the atmosphere of the trailer changes when the main charactersays a particular line – this complements the themes of the film and the storyline• The trailer uses some of the most popular quotes from the novel to narrate the story and to captivate the people who have read the book• The credits/titles are shown at the end of the trailer so that they are memorable

21 And OverTrailer• The music used in this trailer is quite loud and boisterous to complement the 3 male lead characters in the film• The colours vary from being quite bright and natural to represent being at university to being dark and musty to represent going on a night out and being in a club• The target audience for this film is between 18 and 30 because it is about going out and getting drunk with your friends • The inter-titles are bold and black so that they stand out - this again is used to compliment the young male characters personalities• The shots and music speed up to the climax of the trailer which is in slow motion to make it more effective • The sound effects and dialogue used, correspond with the visual of the trailer • The shots do not go in chronological order of the film – the trailer starts with a seen to show you what the film is going to look like later on and then jumps back to how things ended up like that • The companies that created this film are used to break up the shots of the film • A minute into the trailer, the inter-title appears to the beat of the music – this is effective because it makes the title more exciting• There are a few different types of music in the trailer to help convey the changes that happen throughout the night