Innitial thoughts about trailors

What are trailors for and what do they do?

Movie trailors are there to advertise a feature film which is about to be released using a series of selected shots from the film. The purpose of a trailor is to attract and provide a specific audience with an idea about whether the film is suitable for their liking. Trailors are shown before the release of the official movie in order to provide the audience with limited information about the genre of the movie, the narrative, who is starring in the film and the timing of release.

                                                                 An Example of the film Taken 2

The following clip establishes the genre of the movie through the music in the background and there are a number of short clips which are selected in order to show very active and intense scenes from the movie. The main stars are also shown in the trailor so that the audience know who is involved in the action. Towards the end of the trailor,  a slideshow including close-ups of the actors are shown with their names. Some of the narrative is established through the voice overs in the trailors. Another way of conveying the narrative of the film is through selected speech from some of the characters in the film. The unique selling point of the movie  is its sequal. The movie takes place in Istanbul, and his daughter has the power in saving her mum who is being taken as appose to her dad.

Conventions of a trailer

-Trailers can sometime involve footage or moments in the film that are actually not included in the actual film. For example showing some spectacular 3D CGI that is not featured within the films itself.

- Trailer almost always include a title sequence and information which includes stars, directors, producers, release date and technology I.E. 3D or 2D. 

- Major stars will be mentioned early in the trailer because they will often make fans of that star, want to go see that movie or not. 

- Often movies will be linked with the director because they have directed films that have been previously popular or liked. For example 'by the creators of...' 

- Blockbusters often have epic 'movie man' voiceovers that tell small amount about the film.

- Trailer scores and trailer soundtrack or music are almost always used to show the genre of the movie and to tell if it is a comedy a horror.

Intro to Brief

Were doing a 2 to 3 minutes trailer  as part of a promotional package for a film which will include a poster and magazine page. Each element will revolve around a marketing campaign designed to emphasise the films USP.

Introduction

My name's Sandra, Im currently studying my A2's at Collingham college in South Kensington. Subjects I am taking are Media Studies, English Literature and History. There are four of us in our Media class. Myself, Karl Dimitri, Bella Speaight, and Patrick O Callaghan.
My main interest is Music, I'm also interested in Fashion and design.