10 trailers

 Taken

This trailer is rougly 2 minutes long but instantly starts with a fact which automatically makes the audience feel more uncomfortable and more upsetting as it uses reality with it's film which will instantly make the film more interesting and catch the viewers attention as using facts which are not positive ones such as 'people being trafficked'. The next clip shows a picture of the girl who get's taken, showing the audience what this film is to do with and who is involved. All the colours used are black, greys, white very dark disieving colours very mysterious and reflecting on the story of the film of it being sad. The music starts with a piano very gently but then moves onto fast paced as the clips get quicker as the action follows. The text is very basic white against black - contrasting colours, making a statement and standing out.

Taken 2

Again following the first film the music starts of very slow paced, making the audience question what is about to happen, it later speeds up following the action then at the end a two-second beat is used against the actors names to emphasis what is happening and who it is - using silence definiely reflects the action. It uses flashbacks from the first film to remember the audience or invite new viewers of what happened using a voice over to recap what happened. The text is basic again, white against black and standing out. The colours of the country used and of the good characters such as the daughter (her being the victim) is dressed in creams, beiges, where as the 'bad' characters are the stereotypical colours of black, navy and white.

Transporter 3

Roughly 2 minutes - same as taken. The clip introduces the action straight away grabbing the audiences attention and reflecting back to the previous films. Using clips of the main characters body grabs female attention to show this isn't just a male audience only film. The text is very different to Taken it's more colourful and effective and uses a wheel as the background of the text reflecting back to the main story of him always using his car and being a brilliant driver or fast shots of a place moving as if you were in a car. A rock/punk band is used in the background of the trailer to add tension.

Salt

Salt is definately contrasting against stereotypical action films of the main protagonist being male but in this case in this film it is a woman attracting a different audience and using a famous woman actress. She is a typical blonde female using male attraction and stands out from all the other charatcers who are dressed in black/dark colours. The trailer is just under 2 minutes. The trailer uses numerous shots but keeps referring back to the interview room to remember the audience what is happening. The text is basic using capital letters to stand out and uses a black background with silver font which makes it seem quite technical but also maybe quite glamorous as that is the portray she is giving.

Casino Royale

This trailer goes on for over 2 minutes which is quite long in contrast to the other films this is because they want to show as much action as they can to get the viewer interested in the film and wanting to watch more, especially as James Bond/007 has been round for years they want to keep their audences interested. They use black and white at the start of the film to begin with reflecting old-fashioned times as the story has been round for years and also black and white can look quite posh. The colours in the clip are all blues, whites, blacks, very glamorous shots portraying the perfect lifestyle he has and also using a main female/male character attracts both genders to watch. The music is the famous 'James Bond' theme tune reflecting back to past movies. The font is a posh syle reflecting and representing the lifestyle the main character has and uses blue against white showing class, posh colours.

Stolen

This trailer has similarites to the film Taken. This trailer uses a voice over to explain the story and the drama. The music is a constant beat reflecting on the time of the clips or action. It's out in 2012 and on the trailer at the end uses a hashtag '#' reflecting twitter being a trend so it's using modern technology for it to be heard about as you can get it trending. The colours are greys, black and silvers again dominant colours as you wouldn't expect pink. They start the trailer with a lot of action and end the clip with a lot of action remembering the audience what it's about and representing the genre or it being a thriller, action film.

Seeking Justice

This trailer is a thriller action film and lasts 2 minutes the average timing of a action thriller trailer. the trailer at the start is quite misleading starting with a romantic scene between a couple and it's their anniversary. Their is a guitar playing in the background and the colours of browns and dark lighting casting shadows, quite intimate then completely contrasts with the next scene where she gets shot, the camera work of her feet the close up of her face. The colours are very dark with a spotlight of a street lamp which adds to the effect. This suddenly changes and throughout the trailer there is a constant diegetic sound which builds the tension, a voice over is used on the clips which is quite common to explain the story line without giving away to much information but still showing scenes of the film. Near the end of the trailer the music becomes much more dramatic to add to the dramatic shots and the most vital scene of the gun shot it goes silent to dramatise it. The font colours are yellow and black with big block font in capitals.

Catch Me If You Can

This trailer is very different to other thriller trailers but I liked it as it was different to others yet still has the context of mind games and running away and keeping the audience anticipated. The film context throughout is set with a very happy old fashioned tone, the outfits, the colours, the music is very cheerful to represent this perfect lifestyle this man has but throughout these clips they use text to show what actually is happening and that his whole life is a lie, the text is black and white very basic showing that his life without all these lies is basic. It's a very light hearted comedy as even though the police are after him they seem to use cheerful music and at the end a old-fashioned song to represent his life of being a pilot. The text of his name and the title is flown into the screen like a metaphor of his life of him always running away. The film is around 2.30-3 minutes, it's a lot longer than other trailers and they give out a lot of information in this trailer.

The Dark Knight Rises

I think this is such a good trailer for a action thriller as it has the right ingredients to make it. The trailer starts with a young boy singing which is very misleading but the boys voice is used over clips of the film which dramatises it and makes the audience think why is this being done. The running scene on the pitch is brilliant as it all becomes silent emphasising what is happening as it will make the audience think "how is that happening?" "why?". The colours are very contrasting such as yellows and blacks for good and evil. A voice over is used explaining what is happening by cat woman then we see at the end cat woman and batman and it all links together what is happening. A ... is used with the chants of the crowd at the statdium and ... group of people who he works with. The text is black and white and when it tells the audience which actors are in this film and the title, the dramatic music is used to emphasis the tension.