Trailers and teaser trailers

Terminator 4 Salvation Teaser Trailer

The teser trailer for Terminator 4 Salvation gives a good acount to the audience about what the film is about and uses various devices to attract them to go see the movie at a future date. The trailer's fast pace reflects the action element within the movie and also maximises the number of 'snippets' of the film that can be shown. A hand held camera effect is also present which gives the film a slightly urban edge. The element of suprise is also present within the trailer, as it is never clear to the audience what is going on making them more inclined to see what really happens. The sound that can be heard is mainly the distortion noise made by televisions, there is also a male voice over which has been used to sound like a video diary entry.

District 9 Teaser Trailer

The teaser trailer for District 9 follows the same docu-film pattern of the film, mixing interviews with action. Most of the trailer reveals little information as to what the film is about, people keep on referring to a group of people who are not welcome as 'they', and it is only about halfway through the trailer when superimposed texts reveals 'they are not human'. The trailer puts importance on the film maker, Peter Jackson, and it portrays some of the common features of his films, special effects, through showing a huge speacecraft suspended above earth.

Friday the 13th

The Friday the 13th trailer makes good use of some of the main features of horror to clearly help the audience define what type of movie it is. From the start, an eerie atmosphere is created through the sounds used, woodland noises at the beginning give way to supernatural music as the picture fades from black and the first scene is revealed. This is soon acompanied by a voice over of a woman, the tone of her voice suggests that she may not be part of the living world helping to chill the viewer. Sounds such as screaming for help have also been placed over some of the action shots to help build up the suspense. The audience can clearly see that the setting of the film is in a deralict house in the woods, this goes along with what is typical of the genre.

Daybreakers Trailer

• The opening scene suggests a futuristic plot. This can be seen thorugh the use of tall modern buildings which connote a sci-fi theme.

• The trailer starts to involve the audience, as can be seen in the superimposed text telling the audience to 'imagine'

• The trailer almost immediately reveals what the film is about, vampires, through a variety of shots which depict vampires biting victims

• Suspense is depicted through the use of quick flashing images of action from the film

• Production values – high budget, lots of make up, special effects, futuristic themes

• Genre is revealed as a mix of survival horror, horror and sci-fi

• The action builds up leaving the audience wanting more

• Title of the film falls into the screen at the end of the traier, so it is fresh in the audiences mind

• The film production team and actors appear on the final screen for about 2 seconds. This suggests that no noteworthy actors or directors were involved.

• Music is scifi/ haunting

• Superimposed dialogue is introduced with an explosion sound

• Contains important speech from the film that helps to reveal little bits about the plot

• Towards the end the music builds and everything else is drowned out so that the focus is on the lyrics of the music. It then builds to a crescendo after which all is silent

The Crazies Trailer

• From the start of the trailer the audience can clearly see that the setting is within a small town/community.

• The first strange shot is established within the few first moments of the trailer, when one of the characters walks onto the baseball field carrying a gun.

• Pace is built up through quick flashing images.

• There is also a series of quick shots during the middle of the trailer which create a 'film reel' effect, as though the images are being played on a projector.

• There are also several iconic shots to the genre, one being the killer walking up the stairs to his victim with a knife in his hand.

• Other shots however challenge this norm. One of which is the daunting shot of the combineharvister, where its blades are coming down on the victim below.

Mirrors Trailer

• Like most horror movie trailers, the norm is quickly established. The audience are taken into a quiet suburb and shown into the idealistic family home. 

• Quick flashes of a range of shots help to create an eerie atmosphere, this is also added to by the chilling music that accompanies it. 

• Cantered angles of rooms make the audience feel uneasy, as they are unaware of where they are.

• A reflection effect has also been placed on the 20th centry fox logo, relating to the movie name.

• The trailer also constantly reinforces the idea of mirrors through the use of reflections of the main character.

• Eerie music and sound effects create an uneasy atmosphere

• The pace of the editing speeds up towards the end, and along with the sound effects give the impression of a heart beating.

• The Music builds up to a crescendo at the end, after which the movie title appears.