Insidious - Movie Trailer Textual Analysis
The Film Title: Insidious
Year of Release: 2010
Director: James Wan
Production/financing company: Blumhouse Productions, FilmDistrict
Principle Cast: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins
Synopsis
A family moves into an old house and suspect paranormal activity being present. Their son then falls into what seems to be similar to a coma, although doctors aren’t sure of what to call it. His parents struggle to find out what has caused their son’s state and this struggle gets in the way of their relationship. It is then revealed to them that it is not their house that was haunted like they originally suspected, but it is their son that has been taken over by an otherworldly force.
Year of Release: 2010
Director: James Wan
Production/financing company: Blumhouse Productions, FilmDistrict
Principle Cast: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins
Synopsis
A family moves into an old house and suspect paranormal activity being present. Their son then falls into what seems to be similar to a coma, although doctors aren’t sure of what to call it. His parents struggle to find out what has caused their son’s state and this struggle gets in the way of their relationship. It is then revealed to them that it is not their house that was haunted like they originally suspected, but it is their son that has been taken over by an otherworldly force.
Insidious is a psychological thriller that focuses on the idea of demon possession, associating both with a child as the spirit's host as well as the house itself.
Although the trailer begins with slow clips, seperated by fade ins and fade outs to black, fragmented clips are pieced together also to provide a fast-paced and dramatic teaser. Creators have done this so that nothing is revealed, other than high intensity scenes. This keeps the viewer intrigued and wanting to know what exactly going on with this family and their house. This is a common technique in horror as a key feature is to keep things from the audience and shock them with certain plot twists whilst watching.
This feature film is set in a house which is often featured in horror films. A view of the house is also shown through an establishing shot and this reveals that the house is situated in a pleasant suburban setting. The American suburbs are used commonly in horror movies as although they connote happiness, families and easy living, they hold additional connotations such as isolation.
Characters revealed in the trailer include a mother, her son and a woman who seems to hold the 'helper' role in the film, which suggests the movie is following typical conventions of the genre.
The first ten seconds of the teaser are mostly slow paced, making sure that the audience absorb the credits, with emphasis on the captions ("From the makers of Paranormal Activity", etc). It then erratically gains speed, becoming fast paced and cutting short clips together to increase ambiguity in the audience. This contrast between very slow parts and the high-speed sections balances out the feelings of tension and anticipation against terror and chaos thus making even the quiet, otherwise anti-climatic scenes, exciting. This mixture of pacing could mirror the film itself; one that evokes both feelings of suspense and fear throughout.
As mentioned, the credits advertise the feature film by stating the already successful films the creators have made, and through big titles such as "Saw" and "Paranormal Activity", the audience assume that this feature is worth watching. Then, in bold white font, text fades in from the black background saying, "Comes a new phenomenon for a new generation"..."beyond your dreams, your imagination, and your control". All text is written with visual hierarchy on certain words that possess greater significance to interest the reader such as flashes of the words, "dreams", "imagination" and "control". Each of these words are very different to each other and the fact that they are emphasised may suggest that these are themes or motifs appearing in the feature. While 'dreams' and 'imagination' connote positive ideas and feelings, using the word 'control' after both bring negative images to the film. This leaves the audience questioning how these words can be connected.
Various camera work is used through editing as we zoom into to an innocent boy sleeping soundly in a hospital bed to a concerned and tired-looking mother. As an audience, we feel we are intruding on something and are then made anxious to continue watching. There is then CGI in various split-second clips to produce ghost-like figures to set up the narrative as a psychological horror and this occurs in the scene with the two girls. There is little camera movement occurring in the clips but certain shots are memorable and symbolic - they remain in your mind after you watch the trailer. For example, the extreme close-up of the eyes opening and the bird's eye view shot of the mother, frightened as she looks up at something which we can not see. These images have a great affect on the viewer as we are introduced to the unknown - and what we cannot see tends to scare us even more.
Although there is non-diegetic sound involved in the trailer, silence seems to be of great importance to this trailer. There is no music soundtrack, but eery sounds are used to generate fear and possibly even disturbance. As the credits appear, we hear almost incomprehensible atmospheric sound effects. These noises are ambiguous which is particularly unsettling for the audience but one sound you can identify is that of running water and this holds unnatural images of dampness. Perhaps these various sounds are later heard in scenes of the film and this makes you wonder about the kind of scenes that will take place. During the fast-paced scenes, we hear snippets of horrifying sounds that are unidentifiable, but cut off into silence and this disorientates us even further than the climatic clips did alone. In contrast, plumbing-like sounds and high pitched long notes are played over the slow paced scenes to enhance the discomfort that the characters demonstrate. After a climatic silence, creaks and ticking of the clock are used. Although these are common and harmless sounds you hear around a house it builds suspense and leads us to the exciting end of the teaser.
As well as this, dialogue is used and the creator's have decided to reveal quite significant quotes from the film. Important quotations include the mother saying, "He's not in a coma. They don't know what to call it." This sets the film up and we get a sense of what's going on, it also introduces the theme of the supernatural. Shortly after, we hear the same character in a more desperate tone of address say, "I wanna leave. I wanna leave this house." We then make a connection with the boy's problems and the new house, again, setting the scene. The third and final quote we hear is, "It's not the house that's haunted - it's your son." By using this, the creators have already misled us and included a twist so we know the film must amplify the plot line even more. Despite no voice over being used, we are introduced to the storyline by the characters themselves making it seem all the more real and this enhances our fear.
Although the trailer begins with slow clips, seperated by fade ins and fade outs to black, fragmented clips are pieced together also to provide a fast-paced and dramatic teaser. Creators have done this so that nothing is revealed, other than high intensity scenes. This keeps the viewer intrigued and wanting to know what exactly going on with this family and their house. This is a common technique in horror as a key feature is to keep things from the audience and shock them with certain plot twists whilst watching.
This feature film is set in a house which is often featured in horror films. A view of the house is also shown through an establishing shot and this reveals that the house is situated in a pleasant suburban setting. The American suburbs are used commonly in horror movies as although they connote happiness, families and easy living, they hold additional connotations such as isolation.
Characters revealed in the trailer include a mother, her son and a woman who seems to hold the 'helper' role in the film, which suggests the movie is following typical conventions of the genre.
The first ten seconds of the teaser are mostly slow paced, making sure that the audience absorb the credits, with emphasis on the captions ("From the makers of Paranormal Activity", etc). It then erratically gains speed, becoming fast paced and cutting short clips together to increase ambiguity in the audience. This contrast between very slow parts and the high-speed sections balances out the feelings of tension and anticipation against terror and chaos thus making even the quiet, otherwise anti-climatic scenes, exciting. This mixture of pacing could mirror the film itself; one that evokes both feelings of suspense and fear throughout.
As mentioned, the credits advertise the feature film by stating the already successful films the creators have made, and through big titles such as "Saw" and "Paranormal Activity", the audience assume that this feature is worth watching. Then, in bold white font, text fades in from the black background saying, "Comes a new phenomenon for a new generation"..."beyond your dreams, your imagination, and your control". All text is written with visual hierarchy on certain words that possess greater significance to interest the reader such as flashes of the words, "dreams", "imagination" and "control". Each of these words are very different to each other and the fact that they are emphasised may suggest that these are themes or motifs appearing in the feature. While 'dreams' and 'imagination' connote positive ideas and feelings, using the word 'control' after both bring negative images to the film. This leaves the audience questioning how these words can be connected.
Various camera work is used through editing as we zoom into to an innocent boy sleeping soundly in a hospital bed to a concerned and tired-looking mother. As an audience, we feel we are intruding on something and are then made anxious to continue watching. There is then CGI in various split-second clips to produce ghost-like figures to set up the narrative as a psychological horror and this occurs in the scene with the two girls. There is little camera movement occurring in the clips but certain shots are memorable and symbolic - they remain in your mind after you watch the trailer. For example, the extreme close-up of the eyes opening and the bird's eye view shot of the mother, frightened as she looks up at something which we can not see. These images have a great affect on the viewer as we are introduced to the unknown - and what we cannot see tends to scare us even more.
Although there is non-diegetic sound involved in the trailer, silence seems to be of great importance to this trailer. There is no music soundtrack, but eery sounds are used to generate fear and possibly even disturbance. As the credits appear, we hear almost incomprehensible atmospheric sound effects. These noises are ambiguous which is particularly unsettling for the audience but one sound you can identify is that of running water and this holds unnatural images of dampness. Perhaps these various sounds are later heard in scenes of the film and this makes you wonder about the kind of scenes that will take place. During the fast-paced scenes, we hear snippets of horrifying sounds that are unidentifiable, but cut off into silence and this disorientates us even further than the climatic clips did alone. In contrast, plumbing-like sounds and high pitched long notes are played over the slow paced scenes to enhance the discomfort that the characters demonstrate. After a climatic silence, creaks and ticking of the clock are used. Although these are common and harmless sounds you hear around a house it builds suspense and leads us to the exciting end of the teaser.
As well as this, dialogue is used and the creator's have decided to reveal quite significant quotes from the film. Important quotations include the mother saying, "He's not in a coma. They don't know what to call it." This sets the film up and we get a sense of what's going on, it also introduces the theme of the supernatural. Shortly after, we hear the same character in a more desperate tone of address say, "I wanna leave. I wanna leave this house." We then make a connection with the boy's problems and the new house, again, setting the scene. The third and final quote we hear is, "It's not the house that's haunted - it's your son." By using this, the creators have already misled us and included a twist so we know the film must amplify the plot line even more. Despite no voice over being used, we are introduced to the storyline by the characters themselves making it seem all the more real and this enhances our fear.
Paranormal Activity 3 Movie Teaser Trailer - Textual Analysis
The Film Title: Paranormal Activity 3
Year of release: 2011
Directors: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman
Production/Financing Company: Paramount Pictures
Principle cast: Lauren Bittner (Julie), Christopher Nicholas Smith (Dennis), Chloe
Csemgery (Katie), and Jessica Tyler Brown
(Kristi)
Films Origin: Demonic presence
Synopsis:
In 1988, strange things start to
happen, a young Katie and Kristi live with their mother, Julie, and her
boyfriend, Dennis, a wedding videographer, who decides to use his camera to
discover the strange occurrences. Kristi begins interacting with an invisible
friend named Toby.
Paranormal activity is a horror that gives out a sense of mystery, as it deals with the origin of demonic presence.
The trailer begins with slow pace clips; this is to set the narrative and draw us in to the story, the slow
clips are separated by fades into no signals. This is an effective way to start the trailer as it allows us to know what the movie is about, as slow shot hold more information than quick shots. The narrative in the trailer is in
chronological order this is evident as the camera displays the date and time, and as the trailer ascends so does the date. However, as the trailer continues the shots become fragmented as the dates start to appear in different order;
this easily creates suspense and mystery, leaving the viewer with the desire to see the film advertised.
This film is set in a house; this is a feature in many horror films. Various shots like the bathroom and the garden can indicate that the characters live comfortably; the family seem to be happy yet isolated (e.g. Sisters celebrating birthday alone), typical of American horrors, distrusting the equilibrium.
In terms of characters, the main ones are shown the limelight, making us warm to them. Revealed characters include the mother, who can be represented as a damsel in distress which supports this particular genre and also the victim as she is thrown back in the trailer and trapped in the bedroom. Another character shown is the Dennis (the mother’s boyfriend) who is the videographer, he is represented as a hero with a bravado as the mother and girls turn to them in their times of need, he is also a type of character normally represented in this genre. The girls are a major part of the storyline as one of them is in contact with the demonic presence, which she calls her friend; she can be represented as a catalyst. A man who seems to be an advisor is represented as a victim as he is targeted first. Lastly, we have the demonic presence which is a mystery and appears in various shapes and is also invisible, it is represented as the villain as it disturbs the peace.
There is no voice over present in the movie teaser trailer, but this is not needed as the diegetic sound of dialogue pretty much sums up the narrative as it is in a documentary fashion. This could be called a docu-horror.
Captions are revealed in the featured trailer to give us information about the film;“October” gives us the month the film come out this is to make the audience more eager on the release of the film as it is official coming, the font of the text very documentary like, giving us an insight to the type of film.“Discover” like the first caption is written in white connoting a ghost, this connotation can be anchored by the caption, as we may have to find out what is haunting the family, which may in fact be a ghost. The following captions read“How the activity” and “began” which
follow through from the previous caption, meaning that the audience have to watch the whole trailer to gain the information. The name of the film is revealed at the end “Paranormal Activity 3”, which seems to be a convention of a
trailer as they try to make the name of the film stick in our heads as it is at the end. The colour of the text is like the colour seen through night vision goggles, which shows that the white ghostly text comes clear through the title -night vision goggles.
Year of release: 2011
Directors: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman
Production/Financing Company: Paramount Pictures
Principle cast: Lauren Bittner (Julie), Christopher Nicholas Smith (Dennis), Chloe
Csemgery (Katie), and Jessica Tyler Brown
(Kristi)
Films Origin: Demonic presence
Synopsis:
In 1988, strange things start to
happen, a young Katie and Kristi live with their mother, Julie, and her
boyfriend, Dennis, a wedding videographer, who decides to use his camera to
discover the strange occurrences. Kristi begins interacting with an invisible
friend named Toby.
Paranormal activity is a horror that gives out a sense of mystery, as it deals with the origin of demonic presence.
The trailer begins with slow pace clips; this is to set the narrative and draw us in to the story, the slow
clips are separated by fades into no signals. This is an effective way to start the trailer as it allows us to know what the movie is about, as slow shot hold more information than quick shots. The narrative in the trailer is in
chronological order this is evident as the camera displays the date and time, and as the trailer ascends so does the date. However, as the trailer continues the shots become fragmented as the dates start to appear in different order;
this easily creates suspense and mystery, leaving the viewer with the desire to see the film advertised.
This film is set in a house; this is a feature in many horror films. Various shots like the bathroom and the garden can indicate that the characters live comfortably; the family seem to be happy yet isolated (e.g. Sisters celebrating birthday alone), typical of American horrors, distrusting the equilibrium.
In terms of characters, the main ones are shown the limelight, making us warm to them. Revealed characters include the mother, who can be represented as a damsel in distress which supports this particular genre and also the victim as she is thrown back in the trailer and trapped in the bedroom. Another character shown is the Dennis (the mother’s boyfriend) who is the videographer, he is represented as a hero with a bravado as the mother and girls turn to them in their times of need, he is also a type of character normally represented in this genre. The girls are a major part of the storyline as one of them is in contact with the demonic presence, which she calls her friend; she can be represented as a catalyst. A man who seems to be an advisor is represented as a victim as he is targeted first. Lastly, we have the demonic presence which is a mystery and appears in various shapes and is also invisible, it is represented as the villain as it disturbs the peace.
There is no voice over present in the movie teaser trailer, but this is not needed as the diegetic sound of dialogue pretty much sums up the narrative as it is in a documentary fashion. This could be called a docu-horror.
Captions are revealed in the featured trailer to give us information about the film;“October” gives us the month the film come out this is to make the audience more eager on the release of the film as it is official coming, the font of the text very documentary like, giving us an insight to the type of film.“Discover” like the first caption is written in white connoting a ghost, this connotation can be anchored by the caption, as we may have to find out what is haunting the family, which may in fact be a ghost. The following captions read“How the activity” and “began” which
follow through from the previous caption, meaning that the audience have to watch the whole trailer to gain the information. The name of the film is revealed at the end “Paranormal Activity 3”, which seems to be a convention of a
trailer as they try to make the name of the film stick in our heads as it is at the end. The colour of the text is like the colour seen through night vision goggles, which shows that the white ghostly text comes clear through the title -night vision goggles.
Scream 4 - Movie Trailer Textual Analysis
Example Textual Analysis: Scream 4 trailer
For my textual analysis I will be analyzing the Scream 4 trailer.
Scream 4:
Synopsis and Year of Release: Scream 4 (2011) is an American horror slasher film, directed by Wes Cravens. Involves the protagonist Sidney Prescott returning to Woodsboro. As she arrives things take a turn for the worst as the antagonist Ghost face begins a killing spree at Woodsboro High. Now Prescott, Gale Weathers-Riley, and Dewey Riley must team up again to stop the murderers.
Production/Financing Company: Corvus Corax Production, Outerbanks Entertainment and Dimension Films.
Principle Cast: David Arquette, as Dewey Riley. Neve Campbell, as Sidney Prescott. Courtney Cox, as Gale Weathers-Riley. Emma Roberts as Jill Roberts (Sidney’s cousin), and Hayden Panettierre, as Kirby Reed.
Succeeds: Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), and Scream 3 (2000).
To Be Succeeded By: Scream 5 (2013)
Like the previous installments of the Scream film series, Scream 4 still maintains its slasher genre because the films antagonist ghostface uses a knife to slaughter his victims.
The story is told through the films 2 minute and 32 second trailer, which begins with a caption on green background reading, “The Following PREVIEW Has Been Approved for APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES by The Motion Picture Association of America, INC.” Shortly afterwards another caption zooms in at a moderate speed on a black background reading, “In the beginning”, and then shows a white telephone in a dim light living room on an end table beside floral patterned couch. Another caption then pops up and reads “One call”, appearing first then, “started it all”, and appearing second, before the trailer reveals a footage of a person, possibly a male wearing a ghost face mask running directly towards the camera. Another caption soon pops up and reads “Dimension Films.” Afterwards the trailer reveals another scene of the film of where it shows an exterior shot of high school called Woodsboro High School, which tells the viewer that film is revolved around high school students. The trailer then cuts to a medium shot of male student with headphones and a small video camera on the side of his head, talking to group of girls, before cutting to another scene which shows two women socializing in a bedroom. Then another caption appears reading, “Now a new generation”, which tells the viewer that the Scream film franchise has entered into a new generation of the horror prospective and the cast members. The trailer then reveals a two shot of two police officers both man and woman in beige police uniforms, which tells the viewer that they are American police officers, because there are some towns/counties in America where the police officers wear a beige uniform. The trailer then reveals another shot of the film, where we see the male student with the video camera and headphones in the hallway of the high school talking to another male student, who scares him, before cutting to another caption reading, “Is about to meet”. And a shot is revealed showing several ghost face masks all hanged about in a street. The trailer then cuts to another scene in the film, before showing a few more captions and films footage, eventually bringing a trailer to (2:20) showing the name of the film (Scream 4), and another footage of policeman walking towards a patrol car, with a colleague fast a asleep inside the patrol car with his head (face forward) against the steering wheel as if he is dead. The policeman outside then touches his colleague to see if he is okay, which ends up startling both policemen, before a person wearing a ghost face masks runs towards them from behind unnoticed. After the footage the film’s release date is revealed, which is April 15th 2011 as 4.15.11.
The pacing of the is played at a moderate speed, however there are some scenes which are shown during the film’s trailer that are fast paced, and the appropriate timing along with the transition effects to make the film look more appealing to the viewers.
For my textual analysis I will be analyzing the Scream 4 trailer.
Scream 4:
Synopsis and Year of Release: Scream 4 (2011) is an American horror slasher film, directed by Wes Cravens. Involves the protagonist Sidney Prescott returning to Woodsboro. As she arrives things take a turn for the worst as the antagonist Ghost face begins a killing spree at Woodsboro High. Now Prescott, Gale Weathers-Riley, and Dewey Riley must team up again to stop the murderers.
Production/Financing Company: Corvus Corax Production, Outerbanks Entertainment and Dimension Films.
Principle Cast: David Arquette, as Dewey Riley. Neve Campbell, as Sidney Prescott. Courtney Cox, as Gale Weathers-Riley. Emma Roberts as Jill Roberts (Sidney’s cousin), and Hayden Panettierre, as Kirby Reed.
Succeeds: Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), and Scream 3 (2000).
To Be Succeeded By: Scream 5 (2013)
Like the previous installments of the Scream film series, Scream 4 still maintains its slasher genre because the films antagonist ghostface uses a knife to slaughter his victims.
The story is told through the films 2 minute and 32 second trailer, which begins with a caption on green background reading, “The Following PREVIEW Has Been Approved for APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES by The Motion Picture Association of America, INC.” Shortly afterwards another caption zooms in at a moderate speed on a black background reading, “In the beginning”, and then shows a white telephone in a dim light living room on an end table beside floral patterned couch. Another caption then pops up and reads “One call”, appearing first then, “started it all”, and appearing second, before the trailer reveals a footage of a person, possibly a male wearing a ghost face mask running directly towards the camera. Another caption soon pops up and reads “Dimension Films.” Afterwards the trailer reveals another scene of the film of where it shows an exterior shot of high school called Woodsboro High School, which tells the viewer that film is revolved around high school students. The trailer then cuts to a medium shot of male student with headphones and a small video camera on the side of his head, talking to group of girls, before cutting to another scene which shows two women socializing in a bedroom. Then another caption appears reading, “Now a new generation”, which tells the viewer that the Scream film franchise has entered into a new generation of the horror prospective and the cast members. The trailer then reveals a two shot of two police officers both man and woman in beige police uniforms, which tells the viewer that they are American police officers, because there are some towns/counties in America where the police officers wear a beige uniform. The trailer then reveals another shot of the film, where we see the male student with the video camera and headphones in the hallway of the high school talking to another male student, who scares him, before cutting to another caption reading, “Is about to meet”. And a shot is revealed showing several ghost face masks all hanged about in a street. The trailer then cuts to another scene in the film, before showing a few more captions and films footage, eventually bringing a trailer to (2:20) showing the name of the film (Scream 4), and another footage of policeman walking towards a patrol car, with a colleague fast a asleep inside the patrol car with his head (face forward) against the steering wheel as if he is dead. The policeman outside then touches his colleague to see if he is okay, which ends up startling both policemen, before a person wearing a ghost face masks runs towards them from behind unnoticed. After the footage the film’s release date is revealed, which is April 15th 2011 as 4.15.11.
The pacing of the is played at a moderate speed, however there are some scenes which are shown during the film’s trailer that are fast paced, and the appropriate timing along with the transition effects to make the film look more appealing to the viewers.
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The Dark Knight Rises - Movie Trailer Textual Analysis
· The Film Title: The Dark Knight rises
· Year Of Release: 20 July 2012(UK)
· Director: Christopher Nolan
· Production/Financing company: Waner Bros
Writers: Jonathan Nolan (screenplay), Christopher Nolan
· Principle Cast: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy and Anne Hathaway
· Films Orgin/Info: Studio – Legendary Pictures, Syncopy Films, DC Comics
Distributed by – Waner Bros, Pictures
Running time – 165 minutes
Budget - $250,000,000 (est)
Gross - $1, 013, 114, 000 (worldwide) (9 Sept 2012)
· Synopsis: What is the film about? Eight years on, a new terrorist leader, Bane, overwhelms Gotham's finest, and the Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.
Genre:
The genre of The Dark Knight Rises is an Action, Thriller, Drama and Crime fiction.
Narrative:
The narrative of The Dark Knight Rises is about Batman the main character that rises again after 8 years of exile and returns to save the city of Gotham, after being locked up and taken blame for Dent’s committed crimes. The police commissioner Gordon was in denial about what truly happened and prepared a speech, revealing the truth about Dent murder for which the Batman had taken down for; leavening Harvey Dent’s “two faced” and Batman in fact innocent. Gordon then decides that time was not right to reveal the truth, and he stuffs the speech back into his jacket.
Bane is in hiding in the sewers, but has built himself an army. During a raid on the sewers, a couple of Banes army force overpower The Commissioner Gordon and brings Gordon to Bane. Gordon manages to escape, but only before Bane takes Gordon's jacket, which held the speech of truth Gordon intended to reveal the about Harvey Dent and his murders.
Batman returns and partners up with the police commissioner Gordon to put a stop to Banes evil plan to destroy Gotham, which led to a battle and triumph of Gotham City saved.
Location:
The location of this movie teaser trailer is set within more one than one place. Evidence linking this suggestion, is because there are clues shown with a man lying in a hospital bed, which implies that one of the locations are within a hospital. Another link, which suggestion the location is
Character:
The main character – Bat man is revealed in this movie trailer, dressed in his “disguising” black costume; this supports the genre because this movie is a drama, thriller, crime fiction and action.
Voice Over:
The voice over in this trailer is a voice of a male. The tone of his voice is deep, mysterious, spoken at slow pace, with occasional whispers. This creates a spooky and challenging feeling. The voice is not a narrative, but it involves, suggesting and challenging the characters motivation and clarity of how to become a legend.
Theme:
The based theme within this trailer is about truth, fighting through challenges and being a hero.
Pacing:
The pacing of majority, of the movie teaser trailer is slow; screening the struggle of the characters within the movie, awkwardness, the empathetic challenge towards the audience and the tension build up.
Towards the end of the trailer the pace begins to get faster, as the camera is in a low angle shot, moving up (dolling) through the surrounding of high rise buildings compact together. The camera hastily moves up to through the buildings and to the sky, to a fade out of a blank white screen. Text flashes up onto screen with the movie title and after a quick flash of the Character – Bat Man and another character facing each other about to battle; this is where the tension builds up in consideration to the fast pace.
On – scene Graphics/Captions:
The captions and graphics on this teaser trailer are very simple and plain in colour, and the information revealed is “statement like” and limited.
In the teaser trailer it is written “Every man has a journey” and “Every journey has an end”. It reveals the facts in the movie in a concealed way, about Batman as a hero being on a journey and his journey as Batman coming to an end. The statements revealed information about the director, exhibition of where the movie is going to publicized and, the season and year of the films display on screen. The text is presented in white, and the background is black, (when it fades to black) .The other text is presented in black, on white background.
Editing and Post Production (Special effects):
The editing used within this trailer is fade to black, (timing/ grading) – the colour balance adjustment in some scene shots, jump cut and
Music and other Sound Effects:
Within this trailer there is non diegetic and diegetic sound. The music is a combination of slow and fast rhythms, there is range pitches which are syncopated, to create a feeling of drama and tension building in the story. There is a violin played to compliment the sadness and narrative within the story, whilst Gordon the police commission is lying in a hospital bed. One of the sounds within this movie trailer sounded like a roar edited effect and another sound, which sounds like a jet plain accelerating and enhanced.