Taken Trailer - Action Drama

This is the trailer for an action drama that is the same genre as what my trailer is going to be. At the beginning, there is a number of jump cuts which adds tension into the trailer. It allows the reader to get glimpses of what is going to be in the film, adding suspense of what to come in the film. The camera shots that are most common is two shots, between the mother and daughter, the parents and the daughter with her friend. This introduces the characters and their close relationship. An effect used in this trailer, splits the screen into two parts, for a conversation, also known as a split screen. The jump cuts are very short, with just glimpses of the action in the film. In my trailer, i will try to get short glimpses of the main action in the film, that will leave the audience in suspense, so much that they will go out and watch the film. Then there is a fast forward part of the trailer. This just shows alot of action, in fast cuts, so you cannot see exactly what is going on, but creates a panic atmosphere. There is a lot of violence, and action shown, which excites the audience into why this is happening. The sounds in the trailer create alot of tension, making the audience almost scared but anticipating on what is going to happen.

Inception Trailer

On the link is the trailer to the movie Inception. There are various shots used, for example focusing on the prop that is very important to the films storyline i suspect using an extreme close up. After this, it moves on to the distirbution companies and any other companies involved showing them. The charcaters are introduced early on in the trailer. showing them one after eachother. I would not consider this in my trailer, as i would like there to be a mystery int the characters in the film, before giving too much away in the trailer. This would add a sense of suspense and mystery. A mention of the director is involved in the trailer, referring to the hit film the 'Dark Knight' which was very successfull. The main character is Leonardo DiCaprio, a well known actor who has feautured in many films as part of the Warner Brothers company.

Inception Posters

Inception Poster

Figure 1

This is one of the 3 posters that were created for the Inception film staring Leonardo DiCaprio. I think that this poster protrays the narrative of the film. I think, without watching the film, that it is one that involves buildings in some way, high class characters with an essence of violence. I can see this from the poster, with the buildings surrounding the characters, them dressed in smart clothing from a suit to a dress and weapons in the hand of the charcters.


Figure 2

Figure 2 is a comparison of another Warner Brothers film, directed by the same Christopher Nolan, that was so successfull that its used to promote the film. The film used to promote is called the Dark Knight, and by looking at the above image, you can see the similiarities in how they are used to make it so effective. Both using the effect of looking into the bulidings, with an effect of being surrounded by water is used on both posters. They are both holding an item. For the Dark Knight poster, the joker is holding his main character item of a jokers card, on the other hand i think that the main item for the inception main character is a gun.



Figure 3

In figure 3, all the main characters are included. I feel that the main effect in this is the vertical road that is behind the charcters. This gives the effect that the roads are closing in on the characters. Most of the characters are holding a weapon, which does tie into the narrative which would involve violence.

Inception Front Page Analysis

This is the front cover of film magazine, Total Film, advertising the film Inception. The front cover only consists of a colour scheme of red, blue, silver and white. By doing this, it allows all the colours to contrast against each other, without using too many of them. The main character is central into the magazine. By doing this, it can draw in readers by the actual profile of the celebrity actor, and attract people to go and see him in the film. The costume is very eye catching, along with the prop of the gun telling the reader a bit about the violence and mystery of the film. The text used, is the total film which has been altered to fit into the setting of the film and the name of the film that is advertised in front of the main character of it being Leonardo DiCaprio. There is a variety of buzz words and puffs used to advertise the magazine and hint at what article are inside, i will apply this to m magazine.

'Salt' Total Film Magazine Front Cover

This is the total film magazine front cover for the film 'Salt'. This is a film of a similar genre to what we want to produce. The most eye-catching thing in this front cover is the way the total film has been designed and the main chracter of Angelina Jolie. In my magazine front cover, i am going to make sure that the main character is the only thing on it, with the props of spray cans and graffiti used to draw in the attention of the reader by the story and unique aspects of the film. I feel that this magazine front cover has alot of text and information on it. When designing my front cover i am going to make sure that i don't make this as crowded, as i don't think it makes the front cover attractive and draws the attention off the main focus point of the film placed on the front. On the other hand, the colour scheme of black and organge contrasts very well, i will apply this to my front cover.