The Skyfall trailer creates tension through unexpected scenes like Bond falling to his death and dark lighting when he is alone, contrasting brighter scenes when he teams up. Non-diegetic sounds like the gunshot that kills Bond heighten the tension. The Avengers trailer starts with ominous narration and scenes of police responding to a mysterious threat. It introduces the villain Loki through quick cuts and increases pace through action clips of the heroes arguing and battling together. Both trailers use editing techniques like continuity cuts and changes in pace to generate suspense around their plots and main characters.

1. EXPLORE HOW THE STRUCTURE AND COMPONENTS (IN
PARTICULAR SELECTION OF ACTION CLIPS) OF 2 TRAILERS ARE
USED IN ORDER TO CREATE AN ENIGMA/TWIST AND
SUSPENSE/TENSION.
Skyfall & Marvel’s Avengers

2. SKYFALL
In Skyfall the first few shots are in a really dark room with some sunlight coming
through past the blinds. At first we have some close ups and medium shots
following bond through the hallway. The camera then cuts straight away to an
action shot of a car flipping on its side; then again a straight cut to Bond and a
villain running on top of a train. We then see a clip of bond getting shot by a sniper
rifle and falling to his death off a 400 foot bridge. This immediately creates a twist
as it is not very often that we see a 007 agent get shot and die. This trailer does
not follow conventions of normal action films as it introduces the trailer with a scary
scene in the dark. This does not follow normal conventions as by creating this
much tension too early means that it is only temporary. However because bond
films are always about tension their trailers are usually like this; peaking the action
early and continuing it throughout. There is a real contrast through the first half of
the trailer. When Bond is involved in a scene it is dark or there is a twist and when
he is not it is usually a brighter scene involving more light. This really contrasts the
second half of the trailer where he teams up with “M”. This is where we see the
real 007 agent fighting for something he can’t afford to lose. The tension is created
using a lot of background music. Both diegetic and non diegetic sounds are used
in the film trailer. A clear example of when diegetic sound is used is the train
moving. A clever example of non diegetic sound used in this trailer is the gun that
kills Bond. It is clear to the audience that the gun has been fired with the sound of
a gunshot; however, for obvious reasons Bond was not realistically shot, but by
adding this non diegetic sound its clear for both the audience and actors to react to
the gunshot.

3. AVENGERS
 The avenger’s trailer starts off with slow fades of different scenes of the setting and
a narration from the main antagonist in an English accent. There are non diegetic
sounds used for the sirens from police cars. The following shot fades into a scene
with a woman looking out a shop window into the sky. Then there is a cut into an
explosion of cars and dramatic music begins. The next shot is of police cars and
policemen lining up and shooting their guns at the sky however; what they’re
shooting at is not shown. This adds tension to the trailer as the audience does not
know what is in the sky so it sets them up for an action film. The scene then cuts to
a shot of someones legs walking through a large dark room. The darkness has
strong connotations that this is the villain’s hideaway or special room. From the
way the people are walking in synchronisation, through using obvious stereotypes
we can tell they are soldiers of some sort. There is then a quick cut to a close up of
the villains face. This is where continuity editing is used as it brings the shot out
into a mid shot where ‘Loki’ is jumping at the soldiers. The pace of the trailer then
begins to increase. There are many explosions shown in different camera shots to
show the power of Loki. After this, the major film corporation logos are shown and
the pace of the film momentarily decreases before picking back up with the music
(the pace decreases to allow the reader to have time to read the logo). Then there
is then a series of shots showing the all the main heroes of the film. They are
shown individually as a narrator in the background talks about the idea to bring
them all together to defend the earth from Loki. The next scene shows two of the
superheroes arguing but then a funny comment is made and the scene cuts into a
series of action clips which contain fast shots and continuity editing which builds
excitement for the movie and lets the audience know the film contains a lot of
action.