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.