This trailer summary analyzes scenes from the Mission Impossible III trailer through shots and editing: 1) It establishes the main character, Ethan Hunt, through shots that introduce him mysteriously on a rooftop in dark clothing, fitting the spy/action genre. 2) Tension is built through a countdown and scenes of the damsel in distress and villain before cutting to black, leaving the audience waiting for the promised action. 3) Color, music, and text are used to convey the danger and excitement of the spy/action film and leave the audience anticipating the summer release date.

1. Trailer analysis – Mission Impossible III
Every trailer we see on the different
types of mediums except TV, they
always have to be approved by the
MPAA (Motion Picture Association of
America) this tells us that this trailer
can be viewed by all types of
audiences. This only shows up on
Internet based sites such as Youtube.
This particular shot is an establishing shot as
well as being a dolly shot this shot basically
sets the scene and the location of the film,
which is based in city.
The camera movement for this particular shot
could also be a POV shot from a helicopter, as
the camera movement looks like it is coming
from a plane or helicopter. This particular shot
fits in the genre of Spy/Action.
These two particular which is an extreme long
shot which fades into a full body shot. Both of
these shots are the put together with a fade
which indicates that something is mysterious
about this man who we established is Ethan
Hunt. The Mise-en-scene especially the man
clothing is very suspicious as wearing black in
the middle of the night, and being on the
rooftop could indicate that this particular man is
going to do something. Also yet again his
whole attire fits into Spy/Action genre

2. This shot is a medium close up of the man on
the roof; this basically introduces the audience
to the main character of this film which is
starring Tom Cruise who is a big profile actor.
This shot is very interesting, as it an extreme
close up of someone (maybe the protagonist)
eye, but its not just about the eye I am
interested in it the red line that goes with it.
Red can connote many different emotions, and
moods such as red could mean love or
passion, it could also symbolize horror or
blood, but in this case as it’s a Spy/Action film I
am going to associate red with danger. As
most spy films are full of danger and
excitement. The red line is also a laser which
indicates that this man is very important to
have his eye scanned into a machine. This
immediately tells the audience that this is going
to be a spy film as most spy films have
advanced gadgets.
This next shot is a text on screen where they have
confirmed the protagonist’s name which tells the
audience that this is the name to remember. Text on
screen makes it look like his name is part of a
government database which fits in with the
Spy/Action genre, as most spy films are connate to
the government of some sort. The non-diegetic
sound is used the voice says ‘Agent Confirmed’ this
tells the audience that this man is an agent and he is
very important.

3. The next couple of scenes are important as these particular
scenes introduces the supporting actors in ‘Mission
Impossible 3’ I have noticed that the first two characters
that are shown are more likely to be important through out
the film for example ‘Phillip Seymour Hoffman’ and
‘Michelle Monaghan’ are important, as we find out that
Phillip Seymour Hoffman is the villain and Michelle
Monaghan is the damsel in distress. Most of the scenes
with the supporting characters, the actors are shown
through either a big close-up, Close-up, or medium shot,
this is to ensure the audience is able to be familiar with
these characters and these faces. The editing in these shot
are fast paced with cuts which indicates that this film is full
of action and drama it could also indicate danger. During
these shot there is a non- diegetic sound which count down
to zero this indicates that this movie is faced paced, and
also something is going to happen, also the countdown The next couple of shots are
could also symbolises a bomb which is about to go off. carefully put together to make the
audience want more, how is it done?
When the countdown has reached to
zero the editing put in place is a fade
to black, and then goes on to the
next scene is where the audience
has establish that this man is the
villain, the camerawork is a close-up
which shows his emotions which is
clearly nothing. The diegetic sound is
The next and theafter the fade to‘Then Iis
used scene man says this black
am going to kill you in front of her’.
where the audience has established that the
woman isanother fadein distress, there what
Then the damsel to black is from
the which is making the audienceparticular is
last scene has showed. This wait
for the action to happen.
scene is very quiet and the only thing you can
her is her speaking she says this ‘What are
you not telling me’, this tells the audience that
she doesn’t know about Ethan Hunts and
what he does for a living. This indicates that
she is in the dark.

4. The next scene after the fade to black is very
important as the scene before is not
connected to the scene at all, but putting
these two scene together gives the audience
excitement, as the damsel in distress located
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the question to him, the next scene is where
the camera an medium close-up he also has
serious face and not saying anything, but in
the non-diegetic sound adds affect to that and
makes the audience suspicious of Ethan
Hunt and asking questions to themselves as
‘Why cant her tell her he is an agent? And
‘What is he hiding from her?’
During this time the audience hasn’t seen any
explosion or gun fire which also tells the
audience to wait and keep them on their toes. The next scene after the fade to black is a
text on screen shot which is very important as
this tells the audience when the film is coming
out this summer. The formatting of the text
especially the colours used. The colour red is
often used in action films as they symbolises
danger, love, passion and death which sums
up the type of genre the film has attained.
There is Non-diegetic sound used which
sounds like a heart beat from a machine. This
connotes that this film is action packed and
full of danger.
This particular clip is very significant, why? Because
the audience is waiting for the explosion and gunfire
to happen. So this scene basically tells the audience
that it’s going to happen. The diegetic sound that the
protagonist character says is ‘Execute’ which means
to carry out or to accomplish which instantly tells
the audience that something big is going to happen.

5. Then this is where the audience is finally
going to get what they are looking for, which
is the action such as explosions, car chases
and so on. This camera angle is a long shot
which show the intense of the explosion
which gives the audience the thrill of the
explosion. This is also where we hear the
official theme song, from the soundtrack
which is non-diegetic sound/
We also see the same explosion but in angle
which is a dolly shot or a crane where the
audience can see the car flip over and how
high this particular explosion is and also the
colour contrast between the water which is blue
and the orange/ yellow and the explosion.
This particular shot is an
extreme long shot with the
camera movement of a tracking
shot, this indicates that the
protagonist is running away from
something or trying to find
something or someone. Then
the tracking shot instantly turns
into a fade and brings up the
same scene but to a medium
shot which shows that he is
carrying a phone which implies
that he is trying to reach
someone. These particular shots are put in these
sequences because it raises questions that the
audience will think about such as ‘Why Ethan
Hunt is in Thailand or in an exotic place? And
‘Why is Ethan Hunt running?’ However besides
the fact that the is running the scene
immediately cross cuts to the two shot where
the guy is also on the phone which could imply
from the last scene where Ethan Hunt is
running that he could be possibly talking to this
guy particular man who seems to be wearing
suit which could be he is part of the
government or some agent organization.

6. This shot is an overview shot (also known
as a birds-eye-view shot) this basically
emphasis how far the man is falling down,
this also emphasise the danger the man Is
in. This shot also shows how skilled the
man is, this shows that he has done this
before.
This is also a low angle shot this shows
how the scene is very dangerous and
shows how strong the main character and
is. This also makes the audience feel fear
as they don’t know if he is going to makes
it, and putting slow motion gives the
audience tension and anticipation of what
is yet to come. This is an screen on text shot. This tells
the audience what the film is called
abbreviated, which is ‘Mission Impossible
3’.
This is also screen on text, this basically
tells the audience that the film is a PG-13
therefore children over the age of 13 can
watch the film only with their parents
present. Also who the actors for this films
and telling the audience that this film
belongs to ‘Paramount Studios’.