Week 3 - Movie Trailers

Trailers Analysis

Godzilla (2014) - Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller

The beginning of the trailer has very dramatic speech from one of the lead actors, Bryan Cranston. At the end of every line of speech, there is a short dramatic sound effect that rumbles as if there is a an earthquake. But as the trailer goes on, there becomes a build up of suspenseful music. Which then silences and then the loud music starts for a fast paced 10 second montage of clips from the movie.

The images used show that the movie contains action as there are plane crashes, damaged/collapsing buildings, and the army.

The clips used are very short and this gives a suspense feeling as not too much is given away. This shows that the movie is also a thriller as, to know what happens, the characters have to find out for themselves.

The panning of the cameras through all of the shots is very slow to give the effect of epic proportion. Also, the close-ups show a lot of emotion, especially when Elle Brody is holding her son whilst running away from Godzilla. However, the camera angles of Godzilla show his enormity by staying low to the ground from the perspective of the people near him.

Captain Phillips (2013) - Biography|Drama|Thriller

The trailer starts off with music that compliments the ocean that the cargo ship is sailing across. The beeps of the radar build up suspense as the two pirate boats approach and concern grows on Phillips's face. The music then builds up tempo as the pirates get close and have access to the ship. Throughout the remainder of the trailer, the music turns to quick and loud music to show the drama of the movie.

Images of the US Navy and US Seals are used to show the drama as well as the images of Phillips in pain in the life boat, and weapons used by the pirates.

The trailer uses short clips from the movie at the end of the trailer to show more about the movie, compared to the beginning of the trailer which shows clips from the long introduction to the movie's main plot.

The angles used are very shaky to show the trauma that Captain Richard Phillips went through, and to show the thriller side of the movie.

The Lego Movie (2014) - Animation|Adventure|Comedy

The trailer begins with music and speech that shows that it's a comedy/feel good film, with the main character speaking. Humour is shown with the animations and speech.

Then we see the main character falling and the mood changes from happy, to heroic.

Then a lot of new characters are introduced whilst comedy is shown in their speech.

The images used help show off the brilliant animation work of Lego pieces, and the humour and adventure, which makes the viewers want to see the movie.

The camera angles used help show the comedy side of the movie as the characters always somehow move closer to the camera.