Media A2 Power Point 2

• Prometheus Trailer Analysis• The Dark Knight Rises Trailer Analysis

By Joseph Knight

Prometheus Trailer Analysis

Film TE/TR Questions Raised? Category Comments Shot List (In Shot Order)

Prometheus TR Where is the planet?

What is the creature?

Who is Idris Elba in the movie?

Who is Michael Fassbender in the movie?

Who are the people in the vessel?

Who are the people with the torches?

Film Prequel

Very suspenseful trailer, says a lot

in the trailer without saying too

much about the movie.

Close-Up of Ship; Fade out/in; Fade-out to vessel; close-up of man in vessel; close-up of shoe; fade-in to black; fade-out to medium

shot of men searching; fade-in/out to broken vessel with creatures

coming out; medium shot of woman in dark shadows; establishing shot of people

with torches; cut to medium shot of Idris Elba;

quick fade-in/out to medium shot of Michael

Fassbender; quick fade-in/out; establishing shot of astronauts and panning camera; fade

in/out to white and title; fade to black; quick cut to creature jumping at the

camera.

The Dark Knight Rises Trailer AnalysisFilm TE/TR Questions Raised? Category Comments Shot List (In Shot Order)

The Dark Knight Rises

TR Who is Bane? Who is the man in

the bed? Why is there

someone climbing out of a well?

Why/who is the person surrounded by bats?

Film Sequel

Very suspenseful trailer, says a lot in the trailer without saying too much about the movie.

Establishing shot of buildings, panning to the top of the

buildings; cut to black/cut back; medium shot of person walking away from the camera; cut to

black/cut back; medium shot of person surrounded by bats; cut to black/cut back; long shot of

Batman on BatBike; cut to black/cut back; medium shot of man in bed; cut to same man destoring a sky-light with a

hammer; cut to panning shot/establishing shot of

Gotham City; cut back to man in bed; cut to man climbing out

of a well; cut back to man in bed; cut to close-up of man doing push-ups; cut back to

man in bed; cut to close-up of Bane; cut back to establishing shot of Gotham City; fade to white; quick cut to medium shot of Batman challenging

Bane, camera behind Bane; cut back to black.