A Comparison of Two Film Trailers: Lord of the Rings Return of the King and The Gladiator

A Comparison of Two Film Trailers: Lord of the Rings Return of the King and The Gladiator

In this coursework, I will be comparing two different film trailers,

“Lord of the rings _ the return of the king” and the “Gladiator”.

Film trailers are promos designed by the film industry to attract the

viewer’s attention towards a specific film. They are usually compiled

of interesting and short clips of the film, usually leaving the

viewers with a cliffhanger. This increases the curiosity of the

viewers and makes them keen to watch the film. The other purpose of

the trailer is that it summarizes the film by presenting a limited

story line of it. Every film is increasingly dependent on its trailer,

as the viewers are bound to observe the trailer first to make sure

they are not spending their money over some absurd movie. This is why

a trailer has to be of effulgent quality and made up of exciting clips

from the film. It is also said that a film dies or lives by its

trailer.

The films, “The two towers” and “The fellowship of the ring” have

alreadypreceded the trailer of the film “The Lord of the rings_ the

return of the king”

The trailer of “Lord of the rings _ the return of the king” commences

by a clip showing a flame of fire, which curiously looks like the

shape of an eye, which turn into a thunder stroke and illuminates the

sky ahead. The close-up of two characters are followed,

Orlando Bloom and Viggo Uortense. Orlando Bloom who speaks the first

dialect states,

‘The eye of the enemy is moving’.

It builds up the excitement and suspense. It also indicates that the

enemy is not human being but something supernatural, li...

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“Lord of the rings _ the return of the king” does a fantastic job to

create anticipation for the final series of “Lord of the rings” and

make the viewers look forward to it without giving too much away.

I suggest that the movie of ‘Lord of the rings _ the return of the

king” will be far more successful than “Gladiator” and will beat it by

many miles, as it has more tendency to make money. That’s because its

preceding movies were a huge success and had collected loads of

audience. This means that the same crowd will be eager to watch the

sequel. “Lord of the rings _ the return of the king has more element

introduced then “Gladiator”, this would also attract a bigger

audience.

In conclusion, I think “Lord of the rings _ the return of the king”

will have greater impact on Box office than “Gladiator”.