Saturday 18 June 2011

Genre specific teaser trailer analysis


Length: 1 min 35 secs
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cast: Christian Bale - Batman
        Gary Oldman - Jim Gordon
        Anne Hathaway - Catwoman
        Tom Hardy - Bane
        Liam Neeson - Ra's Al Ghul

Shots
As most teaser trailers do this trailer starts with the green band, this signifies that it is an official trailer and can be trusted to be a genuine article. The next part is the Warner Bros. logo that is zooming out, this also adds to the official feeling and also sets the mood, being dark colours, black and blue, there is also a Legendary Pictures logo, again official feeling.
the first shot of footage is that of a building with the camera moving upwards along a building, this establishes the setting to be in Gotham as this is associated with Batman. the next is of a line of text saying "every hero has a journey", this coheres with Batman being a hero. The following few shots are taken from the previous 2 batman films that featured Christian Bale, "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight", this also binds with the feeling of the films being a journey that the audience has shared with the character. The shot that ends these is a shot of Jim Gordon, lying in a hospital bed, this makes him seem very weak. while Jim is talking there are small cut shots that are in this part, they are of Gordon smashing the bat signal light and then a figure climbing from a well while Gordon says the word "Rising", this all meshes nicely and flows well. after Gordon has stopped talking there is a shot of the new villain, this being Bane, this gets the audience excited to see what the Villain will bring to the movie. The shot that ends the trailer is that of a worms eye view shot of buildings in the shape of the Batman symbol, this is a good way to end the trailer.
Sound
At the start of the trailer, there is a sound effect of fire that is building, this coheres with the background image that is fire pluming, and this gives the effect of the trailer exploding or building into something. For a good part of the trailer there is a tense feeling song that is playing to back the talking of Jim Gordon, this then builds to when the picture of Bane gets cut to, this is the climax of the building of the tense music, portraying him as an important character in the film. Also while Jim Gordon is talking in the hospital bed there is a piece of solemn string music playing that makes you feel sorry for the character, and also makes you listen to the character and take in his words. There is then another build up and climax to the end of the trailer when it zooms in to the bright light that is at the top of the skyline shot of Gotham, this is another good point leaving the tension building to the end and then leaves the audience in suspense for the film. 
Lighting       
The lighting that is in this trailer is dark and dank in this trailer, this then matches the genre of the trailer, Thriller, which means the trailer follows conventions.
Costume
Everyone that is in the trailer, is wearing casual clothing and seem relatable, then the two main characters that are in the trailer, Batman and Bane, they are wearing costumes, this makes them seem powerful and makes them the focus of the trailer.



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