Top 3 Trailers

Bridesmaids Bridesmaids Trailer

Sound• Starts off with happy sounding music• Music stops when important dialogue begins• Tempo of music increases when the mood changes• Sound effects e.g. Gates, breaks screeching• Music stops and starts to integrate with dialogue• Rock style music, fast tempo Camera Angles

Editing• Shot/reverse shot• Music beat matched up with titles• fast paced during phone conversations

• pan across the cityscape• cross cutting e.g. during conversations between bridesmaids• fast pace editing to different locations and events as music speeds up

Mise-en-Scene Plot• Setting and props - homes, aeroplane, • Lighting and colour – high key lighting• Costume, hair and makeup – shows different personalities and styles of the characters• Positioning of characters/objects within a frame – girls centre of attention in this film• Facial expressions and body language

• Love and romance• Friendship (role, duties)• Relationships tested• Title – ‘out of her depth’• Mix (clash) of personalities• Speed of clips increasing – chaos?

• Iconography – characters, costume, music. These are what tell us that the genre is a comedy/chick flick

On Stranger Tides Trailer

Pirates of the CaribbeanOn Stranger Tides

Sound

Camera Angles• Gradual zoom – intro• CU – faces of characters

during dialogue• Over shoulder shot• Action shots• Landscapes at beginning• Low angle shot (black

beard)

Editing• SFX – genre• Pace – with music• Black outs

between shots• Matched cuts• Shot/reverse shot

• String music – soft during intro• Builds up suspense – change in

tempo• Monologue from main

character – talking to audience• Signature theme tune• Staccato – change in mood• Pause for response• Sounds of action – swords, guns • Titles and clips times with beat• Dialogue from other characters

Mise-en-scene• Costume, hair, makeup – signature

style• Lighting and colour – dark,

mystery? Lights up with SFX• Can tell who main character is –

focus of frame• Setting – sea, boat• Props – weapons – swords, guns

etc.

Plot• Intro – tells audience

about the ‘adventure’ of the film

• What to expect – VO• Romantic sub-plot –

woman featured.

Back to the Future Back to the Future Trailer

Sound• Footsteps, knocking • Mechanical sounds of car

door opening• Repetitive, slow electronic

music at start• Voice from car – woman• Sound effects of pressing

buttons• Character vocal• Build up to different music

- brass

Camera Angles• BCU – shoes, hand, eyes,

objects and buttons within high – tech car

• Smooth pan across inside of car

Editing• Cross-cutting• Matched with sound and

music

Mise-en-scene• Costume – main character. Cool

appearance• Props – machine, high tech, lights

(iconography)• Lighting – flashes of light within

sections of car• Don’t see much of outside setting• Car is focus of the film

Plot/narrative• Time travel• Sci-fi – iconography• Makes audience guess

who the main character is, what will happen and his significance?