2. THE 5TH WAVE
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The trailer starts with the a shallow focus of the girl to show that she is trapped
and scared. This also helps with the addition of the tense soundtrack so that the
audience keeps watching. Not only this but it shows that the film may be scary so
will attract other audiences who like this type of genre. There is also a voiceover
to explain more of the film to the audience so they get more interested and will
go to watch the full film. There is also CGI of the Earth and the power being lost to
show that all hope on Earth is going. There is also quite a low key of lighting
throughout to make is seem like all hope on Earth is lost so the audience will want
to see what happens in the rest of the film. There is also an establishing shot of
the city being hit with a tidal wave which is done using CGI which shows the film
has had lots of time and money spent on it attracting different audiences and to
show what the film is really about which we hope to use in our opening sequence
of a different type of editing to create this effect.
3. 7 MINUTES
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The trailer opens with the men coming in to rob the bank with masks on using a
pan close up which moves with the character as we do not know what they look like
yet to build mystery. Not only this but there is a low angle mid shot of the man with
the prison in the background to show that he commits crimes which will attract
audiences that like the action genre. Furthermore there is an eye line match with
the mirror as the man looks at it and then it we can see the police in the mirror to
show that the characters are scared. There is also a mid close up with a low key light
to make it look like something isn’t right that is going on and to make it look like
the character is enclosed.
4. BARELY LETHAL
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The start of the trailer opens with a car doing a drift then a kid gets out the car which builds
confusion in the audience as a small girl has got out the car so we do not know what is going
on. There is also another over the shoulder shot to show that who she is talking to and
because she is new it makes her look not important as we can see her back and it is distorted
to make her look useless and weak. This is shown through editing but we actually know that
she is extremely strong and skilful. We want to use this in our opening sequence as it confuses
the audience as they do not know what is happening but it makes them want to come and see
the film. It then goes silent in some parts of the trailer to show some main parts of the film
which we also want to use in our trailer to show what some of the main parts of the film are.
Not only this but there is a close up of the antagonist in the film that needs to be captured
which we want to use in our opening sequence as the audience can see who the main
antagonist is through editing and a certain shot type.
5. JURASSIC WORLD
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At the start of the trailer there is an establishing shot of the mountains with the trees to show where the film
will be set. This also shows that the film is not exactly real as it is a fantasy location using CGI. After this it then
shows a mid shot behind the character and two dinosaurs to make the character look vulnerable. There is
then a silent sound and then a build up of a whistle sound of the soundtrack to build tension as the audience
doesn’t know what is going to happen next. Furthermore there are fast shots in-between each other to show
lots of different parts of the film and to make it seem like it is a fast paced film. We want to use this in our
trailer as it builds suspense and so the people do not know what is going to happen. In addition there are
props used effectively in the trailer like guns and knives to show that it is going to be an action movie with
some violence to attract certain audiences. There also is pleonastic sounds of the dinosaurs roar to make the
antagonist look and sound even more scary than what he is already.
6. SAN ANDREAS
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The start of the trailer opens with the sound of an after effect of a grenade to make the
audience feel dazed and confused about what is going on. After this there is CGI and an
establishing shot of the building falling down to make the audience feel confused as
they do not know what is going on. After this there is the pleonastic sound of the
heartbeat in the background to create tension. Not only this but there is an establishing
shot of the huge tsunami wave coming over the bridge which also makes the audience
want to see the film as they will want to know what is going to happen. The establishing
shot creates this as we can see how big the wave actually is. The soundtrack then gets
louder when the title comes up so the audience knows what is it is called so they can
go see it.
