The document analyzes and compares the trailers for three films - Detachment, Pearl Harbor, and Like Crazy. For each film, it discusses elements like the sound, narration, editing, special effects, colors, and intertitles used in the trailers. Overall, the document examines how the trailers convey information about the genre and story of each film through these different technical elements.

2. Detachment
• 'Detachment' Film Trailer
• USP: there’s an academy award winner (Adrien Brody) starring
in a fairly low budget drama film
• Sound: piano music with a powerful voiceover at the start
creates a poignant vibe, music builds to a crescendo at the
end creating tension
• Intertitles: the font is like a chalk board to
show that the film is set in a school, there’s
intertitles between shots to show information
such as award nominations & and who stars
in the film

3. • Editing: pace of editing increases towards the end as
the tempo of the music increases, there’s a shot
montage in the middle which creates the sense of a
problematic past for the main antagonistic character
• SFX: school bell ringing establishes the location of a school
• Narration through shots: the duration of shots decreases
towards the end suggesting that the film starts calmly and
then becomes chaotic and problematic portraying the genre
of the film which is a drama

4. Pearl Harbor
• 'Pearl Harbor' Film Trailer
• USP: epic war drama that combines romance with a memorial
historic event
• Sound: orchestral/dramatic music throughout to show that
the film is an epic, magical sounding music at start shows
peaceful times before the war, little dialogue off the
characters, voiceover throughout in the form of the
President’s speech to set the time era and symbolises the
power of the American nation in 1941
• Narration through shots: scenes of kissing shows the film is a
romance, aerial shots establish the bombing of Pearl Harbour
and thus that the film is a war action
• Intertitles: no titles until the end so that the focus is purely on
the dramatic scenes and music, intertitles at the end reveal
the stars of the film and also the name of the film

5. • Colour: vintage black and white films are included of
Winston Churchill to portray a sense of realism and once
again display the time era
• Editing: very fast pace of editing of short clips instead of
long shots to reveal alot of dramatic scenes without
giving too much away
• SFX: dramatic flash on a vintage camera breaks up alot of
shots which symbolises the glamour of the film and how
the bombing of Pearl Harbour is famous across the
world, noises of plane engines once more portrays the
genre of the film which is a war action

6. Like Crazy
• 'Like Crazy' Film Trailer
• USP: not a typical RomCom, it’s a realistic take on love
• Sound: one song throughout which is a quirky, romantic remake
of an old song which adds to the indie genre of the film, no
voiceover narrating the film which steers away from a typical
cliché romance trailer, instead character dialogue is used over
shots which gives a sense of realism
• Narration through shots: the shots are artistic, gritty and organic
which portrays the film genre which is indie romance, most
shots are of the 2 central characters to reveal their relationship
and how the genre is a romance and the film is focused solely
around their relationship

7. • Intertitles: the name of the film is revealed at the end, awards
the film has won are plugged throughout to entice the
audience, the stars of the film appear at the end and they
specifically label Jennifer Lawrence as an ‘academy award
nominee’ despite not having a lead role, #likecrazy appears at
the end to appeal to a younger target audience who use social
media
• Font & Colours: both are quite romantic and soft pastel
orange shades which portrays a sense of peace and love
• Editing: the shots run in chronological order without revealing
all of the story in one go, the pace of editing increases
towards the end as the shot duration gets shorter to perceive
a sense of drama with the couples relationship