Film trailers are produced in several forms, to influence the public to view the film, and to get a good profit before they sell the film.
Film trailers are used to advertise new films on the television.
In the trailers they use diverse camera angles, lighting, sound effects, music, slow motion/ fast forward. This will attract an audience to watch the film. I will be writing about 3 different trailers in this essay; ‘Shrek, High Heels and Low Lifes and a Knights Tale’. I will be discussing the similarities between all 3 trailers, listing my favourite trailer and giving reasons and explanations. At the end I shall conclude my opinions and will sum up my findings and state the effectiveness of each of the trailers.
Firstly I will be writing about ‘Shrek’. ‘Shrek’ is an animated comedy film about an ogre trying to get everyone out of his swamp. He goes to rescue a princess from a tower guarded by a dragon to get permission from the king to get everyone out of his swamp but instead he falls in love with the princess.
In this trailer it shows lots of different camera angles such as over head shots zoom in shots etc. their lighting is very bright and colourful, although when something bad is happening like when the dragon tries to burn them at the beginning it was dark and gloomy. The sound effects included screaming and the dragon roaring. The music was very cheery and groovy once you got to the middle of the trailer but at the beginning it was slow. They used slow motion to attract the audience.
I think that the film is for everyone but particularly for families and children. It is aimed at both genders. I think that the director used all of these techniques to attract the audience that he has targeted. They also mentioned t...
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...ant to see. All of these trailers are effective to make the audience and the public want to watch the film and need all of the techniques to show how good the film is and what it’s about. The producers would make much more money by advertising the film to people because if no one knew that it was in the cinemas no one would go and watch it. ‘Shrek’ was effective because it made me interested in the actors/ actresses that starred in the films. ‘High Heels and Low Lifes’ was effective because it wanted you to be one of the actresses that were in it and as it shows that women can be tough too as well as men. ‘A Knights Tale; was effective because it made you want to know the rest of the story and therefore made you want to watch the film. I think that all of the films would make me want to watch them because they were all intriguing and seemed to have good story lines.
The purpose of a film trailer is to promote a film and to try and to
Screen Junkies have two Honest Trailers”300” and “Frozen” that have been hilariously broken down for the audience. In 300 the audience views the movie in a “blend of historical truth” (Screen Junkies), since the it has to do with Spartans. Screen Junkies is not only trying to make one laugh with their critics but it is also letting the reader know that the movie is based on many other things other than just Spartans. The language in the movie creates the reader to be “detecting gaps and contradictions” (Mays 1310) due to it not being completely honest. Many historical movies are not exactly based on what happened in the past but just a form of
How the Trailer for The World Is Not Enough Makes Viewers Want to Watch the Film
...er apparently created successful persuasive appeals for the crowd to be attracted and enjoy a movie that will be funny, colorful, and full of adventures that eventually will teach a life experience to the public.
than all the films that have came in prior to it in several ways. An
In the movie trailer for Holes you can generally see the three rhetorical devices, which make the trailer effective. These are fairly noticeable in the movie trailer, some more so than others. While the message they are getting across is quite obvious, the speaker aspect of it is not quite as obvious. The speaker in the trailer uses an enthusiastic voice to show the audience, which is generally young kids or people who like mystery, that it is a movie with plenty of excitement. While they go through it the speaker gets more enthusiastic, and the music for the trailer also becomes more upbeat. The speaker also mentions that the movie is based off of an award-winning book, most likely because it might broaden the age group for the audience.
Shrek has become a cultural icon known to kids and adults alike. In a world where appearances seem to be society’s focus, Shrek 2 reminds us that it’s the inside that counts. The 2004 sequel continues to follow Shrek the ogre, on his journey in the kingdom Far Far Away as he tries to acquire the approval of his human parents-in-law. The movie is able to depict a fantastic children’s romantic fairytale by teaching a life lesson in the use a medieval style with numerous references to pop culture and iconic soundtrack.
In this essay I am going to analyse the characters of shrek and Lord Farquaad, and write about how filmmakers use different camera angles, lighting, music and setting to create an unusual fairy tale. The giant in jack and the beanstalk is what we expect of giants/ogres. In traditional fairy tales ogres are normally man-eating beast, at the beginning of shrek, shrek is what you expect him to be like. When the farmers go to his swamp and the meet shrek. When shrek is shouting at them the low angle camera shot makes shrek look intimidating to the crowd and audience.
Modern day directors use a variety of methods to hold ones interest. Ethan Hawke and Kenneth Branagh’s created versions of Hamlet that shared some similarities, but ultimately had many differences in respects to an audience’s appeal. An appealing movie is one that has an alluring ambiance and an intellectual stimulus. With these two movie versions, a setting and a mood forced an audience to acquire specific emotions, but Ethan Hawke’s version generated emotions more strongly and effectively. Also, these movies had extremely different uses of music and visuals, but both movie versions incorporated them well for the ambiance it tried to obtain. Finally, both movie versions drew characters to captivate the audience; however in Ethan Hawke’s version, the characters were used so effectively that it was easy to feel involved with them. While both these versions of Hamlet had a captivating ambiance, Ethan Hawke’s version was more appealing due to the intellectual incentive that it offered.
trailer so it will stay in the audiences mind. The last shot is of the
In conclusion, I liked this movie because it showed women of very different backgrounds coming together, accepting each other, and becoming close friends during a crisis moment. In reality of today’s society, I saw that women are jealous against each other instead of working together. This movie shows the joy of overcoming differences and forming bonds with diverse women. In a very simple term, the director reminds us of the unique book of life that we each have. The other message is how the older are separate from society, because of their limitations and age. The older ladies in this movie shows us and other older people how to bloom again, and relive. In this movie they share their life, their tales, and their lessons from the past with us to change our typical mentality about older people.
Movie posters are a way to grab people’s attention and a way to make profit. Some posters are funny, some romantic, mysterious, terrifying, or informing. No two movie posters are the same. Grabbing someone’s attention with a poster can be tricky. The colors, scenery, words, actors, together will see what makes a person want to attend a movie. “The Blood of the Vampire”is the poster that I chose to describe.
Provide a paragraph ONLY summarizing your understanding of the film. In this summary, address the main theme or idea of the film as well as any underlying themes that are conveyed during the production. In other words, what primary message was conveyed to the audience IN YOUR OWN WORDS via the production of this film? (Note – I have seen all of these films – thus, this section should be one paragraph only – the majority of your critique should include your responses to Items 3 & 4).
es indeed, animation is fun for children, but it also expresses important ideas for people of all ages. In some ways, ‘Shrek’ is your classic fairy tale for example, it has a hero, a beautiful Princess, and a dastardly villain. But unlike the traditional fairy tales, the hero is an ugly, ill-tempered ogre, the Princess is not all she appears to be, and the villain has some obvious shortcomings. The award-winning animated film, ‘Shrek’, is directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, the viewers learn that being a good person is more important than just being good-looking. It also shows that true friends help each other in difficult situations and that women can be equally as strong characters as men. These ideas are portrayed through characters such as Shrek, Princess Fiona and Donkey. The directors use camera angles and dialogue to express their ideas.
The animated film Shrek is a Dreamworks fairy tale that teaches us to look beyond what we expect to see, by completely subverting the traditional fairy tale concepts of gender, appearance and beauty. The characters in Shrek are vastly different from what we would expect to see in their appearance and behaviour. With unexpected plot twists, the directors of Shrek create important messages and morals that would not usually be conveyed, using techniques such as humour. The techniques have been placed strategically to result in an entertaining and educational film.