Trailer Analysis of Mission Impossible II

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Trailer Analysis of Mission Impossible II Introduction I am to investigate one or two trailers, and analyse the information shown to me, and how it is shown. A trailer is a preview to a film, like a blurb in the back of a book. It aims to entice the viewer into watching the film. A successful trailer is a matter of opinion, but personally I like fast action trailers with a voice over that reveals a sneak peek at what the film is about. I also like trailers with special effects too. Most action film trailer structures are like this, but some with or without voiceovers or special effects, and I would like to see trailers with no music or voice over….this creates an eerie atmosphere that I would like in horror films. I will ask the following questions about the trailers…. *Does it have a voice over? , Its function? *Does it have music? What atmosphere does it create? *What genre is it? *What are the characters like? *What colours are shown? What scene is set from this? *How fast is the trailer? What special effects are used? *What are my opinions? Why? *What is the plot of the trailer (if it tells it)? Trailer 01: MissionImpossible 2 (Mi: 2) The voiceover was short, and very precise, the voiceover's function is to say that the film is back and better than ever, this voiceover is at the start of the trailer. The music in the trailer is heavy metal and follows the trailer's speed so when it is at its fastest the screen is just flashing of short clips of the movie when the most action is occurring. This tells me that the movie is full of action. This is the perfect example of an action film. Tom Cru... ... middle of paper ... ...n action trailers are usually reds, greens and black. Comedy films tend to have mild paced speed and the music is low and very slow, also it may have weird sounds. Horror films are slow at the beginning and speeds up to flashes, this behaviour continues in the music, the type of music is also classical most of the time, the colours in horror trailers are mostly dark like blacks and greys. 'Chick Flicks' are usually mild in speed and now mostly have pop songs as a backing track; colours in these films are pastels and whites. Romance films are slow, just like the music and the colours are lavished in reds and pinks. Thus each type of film has its own set perimeters and most films follow them appropriately; however there are films that avoid the set rules. All the trailers above obey the set rules by the type of the film.

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