The trailer introduces the main character Austin Powers through jokes and establishing the time period of the 1960s/1970s. It shows Austin saying a famous comedic line while dancing badly, highlighting his talents for verbal and physical comedy. The trailer relies heavily on Austin Powers' star persona to attract audiences as he embodies the fashion and style of the era. It provides quick shots of other characters including sexy women to showcase the sexual humor and appeal that will be featured throughout the film.

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2. The trailer opens straight
into a joke from a scene
from the movie. This draws
the audience straight into
the feel of the movie and
the into the action.
This then also establishes many key things about the
movie: -The movie is a comedy
-Presents the main character
-Establishes the time this movie is set in because of the sartorial
codes of 60s/70s ruffles in colourful suits and 60s hair
cuts, earrings and black and white colour scheme for the
woman.
-The bold typography -The scene then cuts to
-The titles carry on
and bright red this animated effect
appearing in this way to
matching the actors where ‘Austin’ spins
make the trailer seem
sartorial codes in the round then zooms in to
exciting and funky. There’s
previous shot, makes it become large on the
a voice over saying these
clear for the screen. This makes it
words in a very ‘cheesy’ or
audience that they fun, interesting ands
emphasised way to imply
are talking about that more dynamic for the
it’s a parody
actor and also draws audience to watch.

3. It then cuts to a split screen to show both a close up for
Austin Powers saying his famous comedic line and linking
it with his comedic character dancing very badly. This
evokes comedy and shows both things the actor is very
good at: facially revealing comedy and physically
revealing comedy through his slapdash movements.
-The titles again are very big
and only one word to create
exaggerated maximum
drama and to suggest this
movie is bigger and better
then the last on.
-The colours again are very bright and draw attention to the words. The titles don’t
correlate with each other, linking with their colour scheme of multicoloured and
representing the mix of genres, spy movie parody.
Camera tricks like this one where the screen goes from the
middle and spreads out makes the shot look more interesting.
Again the focus is on the Austin Powers, the main character.
This movie really relies on Austin
Powers or ‘Mike Myers’ star persona
to draw in their audience. He
represents himself as a very 70s/60s
character through the mise-en-
scene in this movie, especially
through the sartorial codes, making
it look like a period film.

4. -During the beginning section of the trailer (as it’s split into three parts) there are quick shot
of different characters in the movie as it introduces them. Even though the movie begins
with a strong emphasis on comedy, it does also make references to the type of humour
that will be featured: sexual humour, and also that there will also be sex appeal and
references used throughout the film. This through quick cuts of women emphasising body
parts like thighs, half naked women dancing and the shot of dancing clubs where groups
of people a re dancing.-The use of generic characters in spy movies are also used such as
the sexy assistant. They used an exaggerated character type by
using names to play on the character when calling her ‘Shagwell’.
We could use this to make out actors seem funnier toward the
audience.
-They used a zooming effect to create the sense of futurism, making
the shot look more dynamic but also emphasise the favoured or
idolised look of the actress.
They chose a typical ‘blonde bombshell’, a character often used as
a timid character but subverted here to be a stronger character, also
-Misinterpretation is used asin the 60s. spin here. The blond bombshell
parodying the ideas in film a comedic
character sexually presents herself as interested in him but he
misinterprets her, whether deliberate or not, it instils humour in the
audience. use this in our trailer, in parodies slapdash humour, a play
-We could
on words and the use of sexual humour is common. These are tried
and tested techniques that can make our trailer a funny parody.