The History & different examples of previous film trailers for Media

1. By Claudia Titterton

2.  Early 1900’s – The start of Film Trailers
 1930 trailer Examples
 1940 trailer Examples
 195o Trailer Examples
 1960 Trailer Examples
 1970 Trailer Examples
 1980 Trailer Examples
 Current Trailer Examples

3. 1910 – 1930 : Web

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 Tod Browning’s Dracula 1931 -
 Long trailer
 Static camerawork
 Long scenes
 Narrative tells story
 Large words over scene

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Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope 1948 –
 Long Scenes
 Stages a scene that precedes the film
 Large text across scene
 Repeat the title

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Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
Singin’ in the rain 1952 –
 Longer Trailers
 Told the whole story
 Flashes words on screen

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Stanley Kubrick , Dr Strangelove
1964 -
 Bold Flashing words
 Build on famous actors names
 Narration summarises story
 Showed ending, reveal ending effect.

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Steven Spielberg Jaws 1975-
 Too long, tightened a bit
 Revealed less of story
 Showed Key/Spoiler scenes

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Jim Hendon's Labyrinth 1986 -
 Told very little of movie
 Scenes cut from final edit of film
 No spoilers, ending mystery
 Began to reveal catchy tag lines

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Steven Chboski, Perks of being a
wall flower 2012 -
 Current pop/rock music
 Shows less of real story
 Quicker editing & zoom effects
 More exciting than film

11.  Suggestion of the Storyline
 Introduces some of the main characters
 From beginning slowly builds excitement to the end
 Include Music/ Voice over
 Contains Graphics of film eg. Film Title & Release date
 Sets the genre of the film
 Displays attention grabbing footage