Taken Trailer (Olivier Megaton, 2012)

The Taken trailer is a perfect example of how it can entise a mass audience to come and watch a film. Fast paced cuts and effects such as fades and dissolves at the beginning of the sequence maintains a flow that can sometimes take your attention away from the rest of the trailer if not done correctly. Too many fast cuts that are just jammed together like a puzzle can sometimes be misleading to a viewer and cause distraction to what's actually happening.

 

The body language and speech throughout the trailer help to recognise the characters relationship. If filmed and acted correctly, aspects such as body language can indicate how strong characters relationships actually are and what role of importance they serve to the plot of them film. Throughout the trailer there is many props used to help build tension. One major prop is a phone because throughout the whole clip many characters use a phone to contact each other which could suggest that communication is a massive key throughout the film and that they may not in fact know the other person on the end of the phone.

Throughout the trailer there is a non-diegetic soundtrack quietly playing throughout which is also played beneath certain bits of diegetic sound. The diegetic consists of a lot of speech which I found to build tension for instance the screen from the daughter when she's dragged from under the bed.

Mise-en-scene at the beginning of the trailer suggests a typical setting and normal as the locations throughout the trailer doesn't look different from everyday life at the beginning demonstration normality as the main locations are houses.

There are many different camera shots and angles which helps draw the audience into the action. In the trailer there is an establishing shop of Paris which helps show the audience the different location which is used through the movie. As there is many conversations throughout the whole trailer as well as the movie so shot reverse shot is used a lot to demonstrate conversations as well as over the shoulder shots. Also in the trailer there is a close up of the phone which shows an points out to the audience that it may be a very important prop and may have a big impact throughout the movie.