Draft Questionnaire Questions

Trailers 

How old are you?

Are you Male or Female?

How many trailers do you view in the following? (You may tick the box more the once according to your answer) 

                                        Per week                          Per month                           Per year

Cinema
Online
On Television

What trailer have you seen recently?

Has it made you want to go see that film?

What about the trailer made you watch the film?

What do you look for in a trailer?

Magazines 

Have you ever purchased a film magazine?

What about that magazine made you purchase it?What do you look for in a film magazine?

Posters

Has a film poster ever got you interested in watching a film?

If you answered yes , what about that Film poster caught your attention?

Which out of the three Film posters below would you buy and why?

 

(Answer below)

Skyfall teaser trailer

This teaser trailer for the new James Bond movie starring Daniel Craig directed by Sam Mendes, opens with an establishing shot of London slowly zooming in, with the V.O of a character saying a list of words, this continues for 30 seconds and then stops with a mid shot of Daniel Craig. 41 seconds into the trailer the soundtrack (powerful drums) starts playing in the background while fast transitions in between shots take place, this results in making the teaser trailer now more atmospheric and more pacey which helps the trailer  to gain momentum. The following shots show some of the special effects along with one close up shot of Daniel Craig which emphasises his importance and impact on the film. Then before the trailer ends there's a low angle shot of a character ,who's face is concealed which gives his character the element of mystery, the title of the film is then revealed with a different type of beat giving the end of the teaser trailer added mystery. 

In depth analysis of The Dark Knight Rises Trailer

In Depth Analysis of the Dark Knight Rises

What teaser trailers may contain

yesterday I conducted some research on the conventions of teaser trailers (along with watching a lot of teaser trailers), after my research I noticed that teaser trailers may tend to contain the main actor(s) in order to create a buzz to get people interested in the film. I've also noticed that teaser trailers tend to contain the minimum amount of footage from the film , so it just teases audiences, and the pace usually is fast or starts slow and picks up. From what I have researched this technique of making the trailer slow and then making it gain some momentum, is used because it helps to gain the interest of audiences. All of the above is shown in the teaser trailer below for the movie Hunger Games starring Katniss Everdeen. The link is below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAWODq_dMFI

Early Initial Ideas

I was sitting on the bus (on my way home from sixth form) when I noticed a man in his late 30's, with long grey hair, wearing dark coloured clothes , reading a book on photography. In my opinion at the time this gave him an element of mystery and presence, which made me realise that when used properly, props can make any type of character seem mysterious which helps to capture the audiences attention and therefore this gave me the idea of the type of character that I want to surround my trailer around. An example of props being used to give characters the element of mystery is shown in the video below, the following is a scene from the film Collateral starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Fox.