Influential Trailers

BLACK SWAN 

This is the teaser trailer for black swan, it has a similar genre to our teaser trailer; psychological thriller. We really like the way this teaser has been made with intense music, good titles that are sharp and striking. The shots are edited in a rapid sequence to make the film seem fast paced, this creates a tense atmosphere for the audience.  For our teaser trailer we would like to use similar aspects of this trailer such as creating a fast paced sequence, eye catching titles, changing between scenes of her being the black swan and the white swan showing her two different personalities. 

This is the film poster for Black Swan, this is something we need to consider also, as it is another aspect of our project. This poster is quite simple as it only shows the main character and does not reveal much about the film. It shows Natalie Portman with a crack on her face, perceiving in some way that she is mentally broken or split between two personalities. This poster contains the name of the film, the main actors, a review, the film studios and some other successful films made by the director. The title of the film is in a large bold black font which stands out due to it's large lettering featured on the poster. The poster is simple, and does not represent the successes of the film. it is rather mild in comparison to the possible imagery that could have been used, and is not the main method of selling the film, to the potential audience. 

KILLER ELITE

This is the teaser trailer for an upcoming action thriller called Killer Elite. We have chosen this teaser for the fast paced shots throughout. This trailer revealed a lot of the plot and showed a variety of scenes from  the film. The use of music in this trailer creates a sense of anxiety and makes the atmosphere tense for the audience watching it. We are beginning to realise that a number of thriller teaser trailers use the structure of having fast paced shots put together, this is definitely a main aspect we want to use in our teaser.  

This is the poster for Killer Elite. It has shown the three lead characters on the front, all of which are well known actors who will attract an audience. The photo of the three actors is black and white, which is quite plain and simple but the orange banner across it makes the title stand out and which also has the three main actors names. The caption at the top 'May the best man live' gives the audience a sense of what could happen in the film and may get their imaginations running. The poster portrays a clear genre, as Clive Owen is holding a gun, which shows it indefinitely comes under the genre of action. The poster also shows film companies and has the date it will be released into cinemas, using a relatively large and bright font and colour, so that it stands out clearly.

SHUTTER ISLAND

We like this teaser trailer for its structure, we specifically liked how the music and the titles coincide with one another, each beat had a title that matched with it. This made the trailer really dramatic and drew more attention to the titles. We also liked that it used a variety of footage from the film considering it was a very short trailer, this really teases the audience. We would like our teaser trailer to follow a similar structure and use some of the aspects that work well in this trailer. Particularly how the music works with  the titles. 

This is the official poster for Shutter Island. Like the other two it has featured its lead actor as the main selling point of the poster. It has used bold red for the title, which makes it stand out against the dark background and red also symbolises a number of things such as blood and danger, which may reveal something to the audience.  The island is featured on the poster as well, it looks very gloomy and mysterious looking, which portrays to the audience that the subject matter is twisted and dark.
For our poster we want the viewer to get an idea of the genre and slight clue as to what the film may be about without giving too much away, this will also intrigue the audience. We will also have our lead actress on the poster, as we have seen on most posters. Although our actress will be unknown we hope to that the subject of our poster will make them want to see the film.