Looking at Teaser Trailers

Now that we have started editing our film we have to decide how many scenes we will include within it and more importantly what scenes we will include. Teaser trailers can differ depending on the genre of the film and the ideology the film is trying to create. I have been looking at different kinds of teaser trailers from all different genres because it is hard to find horror teaser trailers; well its hard to find any teaser trailers because mostly they are all theatrical or too long to be classed as a teaser trailer.

Sometimes teaser trailers can include scenes that are not even part of the actual film. They could be created by combining initial ideas that give a slight idea of the film is about. I found a teaser trailer for Monsters Inc which uses this technique.

This scene does not even appear in the film and is made for the purpose of a trailer. We can see that these are initial ideas for the film because a release date has not been advertised on the end of the trailer which shows it was released before the film had been finished. The trailer is released for the purpose of showing a brief idea of what the film is about and introducing the two main characters. Interestingly this trailer is of just one scene whereas some other trailers combine different scenes together. I will not be using this technique of just having one scene in my trailer because I think the changing of the scenes will create tension and it will enable to me experiment with many different shots and camera angles.

I found another trailer for the film Fame. This trailer could give a slight idea of what our trailer will be like because the scenes change quickly, there are a lot of scenes included, the viewer gets a general idea about what the film entails but not too much is given away.

This trailer also includes a lot of narrative text which we will include in our film also to help break up the scenes and create tension. A lot of characters are introduced in this trailer which is good because it shows that there will be a lot going on. As the scenes are very short and snappy the viewer cannot determine exactly what is going on and the role of every character but they can see the main themes that are included in the film which are performance, fantasy, romance and friendship. The beginning of the trailer starts slower and it picks up as it goes on. This is a technique that we could use but as it is a thriller trailer maybe we should start off dramatically and suddenly with a bang to shock the audience.

The new film Triangle has been recently advertised on TV and this is a teaser trailer. It shows one scene from the film; when looking for the teaser trailer on Youtube I could not find it but I will show the theatrical trailer and pinpoint what scene is shown on the teaser trailer because the same scene can be found in the theatrical trailer.

1:09 to 1:44 is the scene from the teaser trailer. This scene has been used because it is a scene showing the woman pointing a gun at herself which is a strange scene and makes the viewer curious to what is going on. It is a good scene to use for a teaser trailer because not alot is given away. In the theatrical trailer it explains the storyline in much more detail. This is also another teaser trailer where only one scene is used throughout but I do not think it is a good idea to do this in my teaser trailer.

By looking at teaser trailers in more detail and examining the scenes it has allowed me to see how different techniques are used within different genres.