The Use of Trailers in Attracting Audiences

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The Use of Trailers in Attracting Audiences Trailers- People go to cinema to enjoy themselves and have fun. The easiest way to attract an audience towards a movie is with trailers. We all know that a trailer can make or break a movie, people see the trailer, and that's more or less what makes them want to see the movie or go see something else instead. There are two types of trailers i.e. theatrical (cinema) and teaser (TV). The trailer that I am will be discussing would be theatrical one but first I will like to go in detail with trailers. Trailers are two- three minute’s advertisements for movies that play in cinemas. These advertisements are especially valuable as it can be carefully targeted. Movies appealing to one age group or demographic will have trailers for films targeting that same group. The vast majority of trailers are made up of film scenes cut out of context. Trailers of this type are quite less expensive to produce and are usually effective. The most common technique is to show some of the highlights of the film. Thus for an action movie some of the most elaborate special effects shots will be cut into the trailer. For a comedy two or three of the funniest jokes will be put in the trailer. There are a few films that do not use edited footage from the actual film, but instead created their own mini-movies to sell the film. The most notable film to use this technique was Terminator II, whose trailer featured elaborate special effects scenes that were never intended to be in the film itself but this option is quiet expensive. A common occurrence is for a trailer to include scenes that were originally filmed to be part of... ... middle of paper ... ...fast sequence of action and gunfire from the movie ensues, giving the movie a climax before showing the release date and other information to sell the movie to the audience. Again, this sequence gives us as the audience an idea of Bond’s presence and his hunger for danger. He is a man who lives on the edge, and every second as if it is his last. Overall I can say that this trailer is effective as it successfully explores the theme and portrayals of the movie that what it is really about but with numerous fast paced, gadgets, pumping action sequences showing bond as immortal, invincible, overindulgent womaniser and ensuring the legend of Bond is destined to continue for years and years to come and that what movie is really about. So we can say that this trailer successfully advertises the film to a great extent.

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