A teaser trailer is a short trailer, usually 30-60 seconds, that is designed to create hype for an upcoming movie, game, or television series. It often uses quick cuts of footage filmed specifically for the trailer that may not appear in the final product. The teaser trailer focuses on highlighting the genre through relating producers and directors to give audiences a slight understanding without revealing the full narrative. The Inception teaser trailer uses actual scenes from the film and enigmatic shots to portray the genre as a science fiction tale set in the architecture of the human mind and give audiences a feeling of tension and confusion. It highlights Christopher Nolan and Leonardo DiCaprio to draw on the success of previous films and build audience trust

1. A2 Media Studies Definition of a teaser trailer.. A teaser trailer, or teaser is a short trailer used to advertise an upcoming movie, game or television series. Usually 30 – 60 seconds long. Often quick cuts. Designed to create hype, snowball effect. Usually footage is filmed purely for the trailer and doesn’t tend to appear in the actual film. Narrative is almost always not included. A teaser trailer focuses mainly on genre using relating producers and directors to create a slight understanding to the audience.

2. Incpetion Teaser Trailer Analysis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DwuVKfjctk "A contemporary science fiction tale set within the architecture of the human mind."

3. Unusually in this case all the shots in the teaser trailer are actual scenes from the film. The genre is highlighted by the enigmatic scenes. Speedy camera shots travelling through the city, help the audience feel as though you’re on a rollercoaster of transitions of tension. Starring Leonardo Decaprio and Christopher Nolan – this is made clear to highlight relating films and loyalty. Your mind is the scene of the crime.. Involving the audience personally. Unstable shots and angles identifying the need of high concentration and confusion.

4. Audience Firstly the opening shot is ‘From Christopher Nolan’ notoriously known for writing films such as Batman Begins, which is shown later – ‘From the Director of the Dark Knight’ this allows the audience to familiarise themselves with another film and the excellence of it, putting there trust in the upcoming films success. The music carefully builds tension with its deep base, whilst a birds eye view shot of the city is flashed to illustrate power suddenly jumping to a scene of capture and terror situation, this leads the audience into mystery with an unclear understanding of why or when and a mixed unstable control of power.