The teaser trailer for this film had no dialogue in it, it was all based on action and building suspense with the non diegetic sound. It showed lots of shots of objects and people with strange things happening to them, this got the audience wondering what was going on, got them thinking and wanting to know more. It emphasised its names and titles a lot, this may have been to highlight the stars in the film, which created star power. Also to highlight the fact that it was from the same director of another successful film: The Dark Knight. Many teaser trailers don't have dialogue in them; its a great way to tease the audience about a new upcoming film and creates awareness that the film is being released soon.
I thought that this trailer of Inception was very well put together and made me want to watch the film and know more. I especially liked the words that came up explaining parts of the film and giving a clue to what it may be about. This inspired me and gave me an idea for my practical production. Because once I have the full plan of my teaser trailer, I want to use words coming up on screen to give the audience a feel of what could happen:
The second teaser trailer that we watched was "Cemetery Junction":
This teaser trailer was very different to others, it had absoloutely no scenes from the film in it. Instead it had the directors and one of the actors talking to the camera, behind a white background. It was a big risk for them to do this because the audience may have seen it and not taken much notice of it because didn't include any clips or pictures from the film. But it may have also worked for some people who are fans of those directors and actors, it may have interested them in wondering what the film was going to be like with these people directing it.
Personally, in my teaser trailer I don't want to take this risk because i'm relying on genre more than star power; and Cemetery Junctions trailer had the benefits of star power.
The third teaser trailer that we watched was "Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind":
This teaser trailer had quite a lot of dialogue in it but still managed not to give a lot away. Because there were lots of weird stuff happening such as a bed on a beach, and a shrunken man, etc. This confused the audience in to thinking what was happening and got them entrigued to know more. This is similar to the first teaser trailer that we watched: Inception. Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind had a non diegetic sound and layout that was quite up beat and funky, which suggested that the genre may be a light comedy. It also captured the audience by drawing attention to the titles. It showed about six very famous actors names, this gave the it star power. This is also similar to the way that Inception drew attention to their titles and gained star power for their teaser trailer.
The fourth teaser trailer that we watched was "Paranormal Activity":
This teaser trailer was also quite different to usual teaser trailers. It showed a large audience that was the first audience to watch Paranormal Activity. It showed them in the cinema and filmed their reaction. I think that this teaser trailer was really well done by the way that it focused a lot on its genre, because it was a low budget film and didn't have any star power, so by focusing on its horror genre it attracted a very large audience and was highly successful. By having this audience in the teaser trailer, it showed how scary the film is and made people want to come and experience it. They also had quotes from film critics to emphasise how scary this film is.
The fifth teaser trailer that we watched was "Live Free or Die Hard":
This teaser trailer contained a lot of action and hardly any dialogue, again; similar to Inception. Live Free or Die Hard used interesting shots of cities in black and white changing in to colour, and then lots of violence and action happening. For the first part of the shots of the city, it was quite quiet and slow, and then the words came up "Live Free", and then in the second part it was quite loud and fast, and the words came up "or Die Hard". I think that this was a good way of showing the title because it linked it to what was happening in the film. I think that the action that this teaser trailer used was very effective, because it was dramatic, loud and with lots of explosions, and films like this usually attract a wide audience because they like to see a lot of drama and action on screen. It also had some star power, which it used in the middle of the teaser trailer and at the end. In the middle some of the titles came up with various famous actors and the last shot was of those actors. This made the audience interested in seeing a big action film with these actors in it.
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