Film trailer research

Leah wilsher

Film trailers show sort clips from a film placed together to create a short

showing which aims to attract the audience to want to watch more of the

film. There are different types of trailers, along with different genre’s.

The different types of trailers consist of…

-A Theatrical Trailer which usually lasts a maximum of two and a half minutes.-A Teaser Trailer which is usually shorter than a minute and a half cut from various scenes.-DVD trailer advertised before a DVD starts, usually connected to the genre of -the DVD so the chances of people wanting to watch it increase.-Internet trailer produced exclusively for the Internet or movie homepage may include cut scenes.

However the bigger difference is in the genre of the film. For example horror.

Horror film conventions

Eerie music

Jumping/quick shots

Close up shots

Writing instead of voice over

A mans low voice ifThere is a voice over

Women victims!

Horror continued…The main aim of a horror film trailer, is to scare the audience even before they haveWatch the actual film. This style tend to drag the audience into it as much as they can,One technique that is almost always used is the slow zoom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBbi4NeebAk

comedyAnother genre is comedy film trailers. They tend to place the funniest parts of the Entire film into the short trailer to again, draw the audience in. One thing that comedy Films do that horror films tend not to do is actually describe the storyline.

Comedy film trailer conventions

jokes

Music stops (filled by funny quote)

Known actorsExplanation of a storyline

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vsy5KzsieQ

Romance/romcom

Romantic films or romantic comedies are much nicer trailers, they tend to have smoothTransitions, soft voice over’s, close up camera shots, slow shots etc. Some examples of these conventions are here;

Close up camera shots.

Slow and overlapping transitions.