The document summarizes and compares key conventions between the trailers for two films, "Big Eyes" and "The Spectacular Now". For "Big Eyes", the film title appears at 2:26 and credits major stars and director Tim Burton between 0:48-2:00. For "The Spectacular Now", the first credit promotes its writers at 0:36 and awards at 1:08. Both trailers run over 2 minutes, making them full theatrical trailers. While "Big Eyes" hints at a gothic thriller genre, "The Spectacular Now" focuses on the romantic connection between its two main characters, with some comedic elements.

1. Conventions Film One Film Two
Film Title – when does it
appear? How many
seconds in?
‘Big Eyes’ is the film title
and it appears at the end
of the trailer at 2:26.
‘The Spectacular Now’ is
the film title and it
appears at the end at
2:13.
Credits – who is credited?
Why?
Most of the stars are
credited in the trailer
through. The first credit
appears at 0:48 seconds,
which credits the director
Tim Burton. He is an
auteur director, focusing
on films with slight creepy
undertones. The next
credit appears at 1:53 and
credits Amy Adams. Then
Christoph Waltz is
credited at 2:00. The final
credit is the title of the
film which appears at
2:26, right at the end of
the trailer.
The first credit appears at
0:36 in and says ‘From the
writers of 500 days of
summer’ this promotes
the film because it
automatically attracts
people who have seen the
‘500 days of summer’. At
1:08 it again promotes the
film by stating how it won
the ‘Special jury award for
acting’ in the Sundance
Film Festival, this will
attract people as it shows
it is a good quality film.
Stars – who are they?
What else have you seen
them in?
Amy Adams (award
winning actress), her
name appears at 1:47.
Christoph Waltz another
award winning actor
whose name appears at
1:54.
Shailene Woodley is the
main female protagonist
in this trailer, however her
name isn’t credited apart
from appearing in a quote
from Matt Goldberg
“Extraordinary
performances from stars
Milles Teller and Shailene
Woodley”
Genre – what type of film
does it seem to be? How
can you tell this?
I believe this is going to
be a gothic/thriller genre
due to the emphasis on
the large eyes the dolls
have. It comes across as a
creepy obsession.
I believe this film is going
to be a romantic comedy.
This is because the trailer
focuses on two main
character who have a
romantic connection,
however it also shows
aspects of comedy
between the main
characters and their
friends.

2. Timing – how long is the
trailer? Is it a teaser (10
seconds), a TV spot (30
seconds) or a full
theatrical trailer (2
minutes)?
The trailer lasts 2:25,
which makes it a full
theatrical trailer.
This trailer lasts 2:21
seconds which makes it
another full theatrical film
trailer.