A trailer? What is this contraption?!

The movie trailer stands alone as its own work, and usually completely independent from the film, It defines, in about two minutes or less a story that has absolutely nothing to do with the movie itself, but makes us believe that it does. Hints are given that may make the audience think that they can just predict what will happen, but are easily mislead. Catch phrases from the film are an element in which many films advertise in the trailer as it sticks in the viewers mind and can sometimes even irritate them that much that they need to go and see the whole film.

- It is often that in sequels, new characters or antagonists are introduced. The new scene and new opponent that faces the reinforcement of the law always captures a viewers imagination. An example of this is the big bad Bane in the Batman film 'The Dark Knight Rises' directed by Chirstopher Nolan in 2012.

 

The whole objective of the character Bane is to cause mayhem throughout the world and defeat the samaritan hero that is Batman. This one shot of Bane is a low angle shot, looking up to him. This gives him the sense of even more strength.


- It is commonly used that major blockbusters hit the big screen with big names such as Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds can instantly attract any audience. This therefore doesn't really need much advertising as the majority of people know what their acting abilities are like. This is a very simple but effective advertisement, explaining that a two minute long action packed trailer doesn't need to be made.

- 'Star Wars - Revenge of the Sith' directed by George Lucas in 2005. Like many trailers coming  towards the climax, a cut is used to some text at the end. The text shows all the details in one shot that you'd want to read quickly about who is in the movie. This also has a very simple but effective method of attracting audiences with likeable names in the picture.