Film Trailer Research

The trailer uses lots of fade transistions between camera shots to fit lots of shots in a small amount of time;this builds suspense and draws people attention as to what is happening. It also uses jerky hand-held camera movements during the fight scenes to help draw in the viewer and make them feel involved with the film.

Music is used throughout the trailer to help build suspense; however it temporarily mutes when key parts of the storyline are told so that the viewer is fully focusing on the dialouge and can get an understanding on the what the film is going to be about.

Information about the film such as actors and release date is shown on title slides in the middle of high action scenes, near the end of the trailer. At these points the audience are giving there full attention to the film and take in the information subconsciously.