The document summarizes and analyzes the trailers for three movies: Remember Me, 2012, and My Sister's Keeper. For each movie, the document discusses elements of the trailer like tone, characters introduced, plot points revealed, and use of mise-en-scene. Key details that emerge include that Remember Me focuses on a troubled father-son relationship, 2012 shows a family trying to survive a global catastrophe, and My Sister's Keeper is about a girl engineered to save her sister's life from a terminal illness.
2. Remember me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMBfTdm9ALk
As soon as we watch the trailer of remember me it quickly grabs attention to
what is going on in the trailer the type of dull lighting that they have used tell
us that its going to be a serious film but also the type of music that is playing
in the background suggest that there is going to be young love that is going
to be involved, gradually while getting deeper into the trailer we see
romance between the two main characters which also grabs attention to
those who watch romance movies.
3. Remember me
The trailer introduced the main character as soon as the trailer had started
and gradually when into a physical fight, and then goes to jail clearly shows
that the main character is not the ideal child a parent would want, this is
shown by the rich father bailing the child out of jail and the child not
appreciating what his father has done for him, this directly tells us that the
film is going to be based on that child’s life and the way he used to live with
his parents and now that he doesn't live with his parent show how things
have changed and what he has become.
The type of mis-en-scene that has been used in the trailer shows the main
character changing the way he lives every time he is with his father, while
he is not with his father he is dressed very scruffy and a person who not
overly rich enough to get through his life without a struggle but when he is
with his father it clearly shows that he’s got standards by the type of clothing
that they wearing which is a suit with a tie.
4. 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyCCd8MCcZY
As we can see straight away as the trailer starts and goes in a few seconds
into the trailer we can see that there's a family that is involved and there is a
storm that alerts the child in the back seat to be cautious and straight away
we see these fire balls that are falling from the sky and from there we see all
the different things that are going to happen, there is also romance involved
in the trailer we see the ex-husband and wife are getting back together due
to the storm
5. 2012
The trailer has a very slow start in showing the characters that are going to
take part in the film and when they do show the characters they don’t
introduce them properly by saying who they are, this could divert the
audience.
The type of mis-en-scene that has been used is very normal because they
show a regular family which indicates that there is no extra ordinary person
besides the man who is predicating and has it all planned out, of what is
going to happen and how they can survive the problem that they are going
to have face, that man was dressed as a tramp which could suggest that he
is mentally ill and just goes on about rubbish so people may not believe him.
6. My sister’s keeper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP4NxUFgFrs
As soon as the trailer starts we see something like a memory clip which
shows different images from the past, then they show a little a bit of science
of how things were done in this particular trailer, and then straight away
shows a little girl who is playing with her sister in the voice over the child
says ‘born to save my sisters life’ straight away we can see why the little girl
was genetically engineered was born to save her sisters life. They are
shown as a typical big family with children, there is romance between the
two parents that there and then breaks down and gets back together.
7. My sister’s keeper
The trailer slowly starts with a memory lane where everyone looks happy
and slowly goes in to the real problem that they are going to have, so here
also they show the past and the present and how different it could be.
The type of mis-en-scene that has been used for the girl who has cancer
shows us that she’s ill and therefore she has lost all her hair due to her
treatment and when she is admitted into the hospital we can see the
hospital gown that she is wearing and this suggest that she is a very ill chid
and needs help from her sister.