Trailer Analysis/Notes

Trailers

• 'Ferris Buellers day off'

-Titles are used and repeated
-Funny moments shown
-Movie name shown last
-Clips changed quickly
-Main character talks to camera
-Music fits in with the storyline
-Natural (no special effects/ animation used)
-Shows that Ferris gets his day off but doesn't show what happens
-Institution (20th Century Fox)

• The Breakfast show

-Voice over of the narrative
-Music with no lyrics
-Movie name shown last
-Small bit of credits shown at the end
-Character dialogue used to tell bits of the story

• Pan's Labyrinth

-Voice over of the narrative
-Child humming (hints genre/characters of the film)
-Fantasy
-Based in the historical times ( Spanish Civil war)
-Reviews used to promote
-Small girl as main character
-Small clips from the movie
-No dialogue or sound used from actual movie
-Scenes fade too black before changing

• Juno

-First thing in the trailer talks about pregnancy (giving info about the movie)
-Storyline is obvious throughout trailer
-Audience is shown by the age of main characters
-Music over diagetic sounds
-Titles slide across

• Persepolis

-Animation
-Music over Dialogue
-Target audience is not clear because even though the main character is a child growing up the storyline isnt suitable for under 12's
-Reviews to promote
-Title and credit at the end
-Titles in the middle

• Angus Thongs and perfect snogging

-Music starts from the beginning
-Many locations used
-Movie for teenagers
-Voice Over of narrative
-Comedy scenes (to attract)

• Son of Rambow

-Mostly uses diagetic sound/dialogue from the film
-Music in background to show scene mood
-Multiple genres used
-Comedy moments
-Quick cuts
-'Rambow' mispelt by using 'W' (links to the characters' age range)