A trailer is a series of selected shots from a film used to promote and attract audiences to the film. Trailers showcase exciting, funny, or noteworthy parts of the film in abbreviated form without revealing too much of the plot. Trailers typically feature snippets of a film, introduce characters, and tell the story of the film while limiting spoilers through the use of cuts and diegetic sound.

1. Trailer

2. What is a trailer?
a series of extracts from a film or broadcast,
used for advance publicity.

3. What is the purpose of a trailer?
Trailers consist of a series selected shots from
the film being advertised. Since the purpose of
the trailer is to attract an audience to the film,
these excerpts are usually drawn from the most
exciting, funny, or otherwise noteworthy parts
of the film but in abbreviated form and usually
without producing spoilers.

4. Features in film trailers:
• Snippets of the film
• Telling the film without giving away too much
information
• Cuts
• Diegetic sound
• Introducing Characters