Assignment 3 - Movie Trailers

1. Ferris Buellers Day Off

• Titles throughout the trailer
• Dialogue from characters 
• background music
• Character speaking to camera - Direct Address
• Different shot types used
• Institution at the beginning - 20th century fox
• Titles are repeated a few times to show importance, whilst background music is played and characters are talking. (Dialogue)
• Characters name gets repeated several time also to show importance.
• Close Ups used on facial expressions.
• Different settings used throughout the trailer
• Filom title shown again near the end of the trailer.
• Quick cuts of different scenes throughout
• slight humour to keep the audience interested and to make them want to watch it.
• We find oout from the trailer that 3 people are taking a day off school.. this might want to make people watch it to see where they go and what happens to them.

2.

• Narraration used throughout
• Dialogue from characters
• Tells us what some of the characters are like
• Lets us know who the characters are
• card at the end to show everyone involved in the film and its making. E.g Director, producer.
• Tells us the name of the film at the end
• Institution is shown
• Background music is used - No lyrics

3. The Breakfast Club

• Institution shown at the beginning
• quite (scary) voice over
• Humming noise in the background
• Different camera shots used
• Settings were different throughout the trailer
• Music gradually got louder towards the end which builds tension
• Non human characters shown in the trailer which questions the audience and might make them want to watch the film.
• Gunshots heard right at the beginning
• Tells us that its about a princess from another world.
• Could be an adventure in different worlds
• Quick cuts throughout the trailer
• Institution - Picturehouse
• Towards the end everything gets quiter and the name of the film is told by the nararrator.
• No character dialogue has been used. (Spanish film)
• Slight amount of transitions used
• As part of marketing purposes, Reviews have been used to show what an excellent film it actually is.

4.

• Dilemma right at the beginning
• Audience is told straight away that the girl is pregnant and she looks very young so this may be a way to get people interested in watching the film
• Transitions used effectively
• Different settings/scenes throughout the trailer.
• Institution shown right at the beginning
• Background shows a typical teenagers room
• Background music starts
• Light humour to keep the audience interested
• Music suddenly stops when something important is said
• Name of the film shows up at the end.

5.

• Animated film.
• Animated characters
• Nararrator
• different camera shots used
• character dialogue
• black and white

6. Angus thongs and perfect snogging

• Narrarator
• characters dialogue
• card at the end to show everyone involved in the film
• Background music
• Different settings throughout the trailer
• Music stops when something important is said
• Title of the film is shown at the end
• Different camera shots used effectively

7. Son of rambow

• Narrarator
• Charactrer dialogue
• different location and settings
• card at the end to show everybody involved in the film
• Equilibrium
• Disequilibrium
• New Equilibrium