What is a Teaser Trailer ?

A Teaser Trailer is a variation of a film trailer. It is usually minimal in length and adds insight to the film. A teaser trailer does not reveal many aspects of the film and usually uses a lot of text to attract audiences. For research purposes we watched four different teaser trailers. The first Teaser Trailer we viewed was the Human Centipede II ( Full Sequence ).

The content of this trailer mainly includes reviews of the film and the hype that surrounds it, using examples such as 'BANNED IN BRITAIN' and 'UNLEASHED IN AUSTRALIA.' There was no footage from the film, just the horrified reaction of the audience watching it. It was 1 minute 16 seconds, which is relatively long for a teaser trailer, as their length usually varies between 30 seconds to 1 minute 30 seconds.  This trailer is good as showing the audiences reaction makes you want to see what they are watching but we would rather see clips from the film then the audiences faces.

The next teaser trailer we watched was 'Green with Envy' this trailer initially deceives the viewer into believing that the film is a romantic comedy, it then turns out to be the next Muppet sequel. This trailer was different to the first as they introduced the characters and they also broke down the 'fourth wall' by having the characters directly address the audience.  This trailer didn't really appeal to us as this film it's intended audience is young children and is a comedy.  We are hoping to make a serious film and our intended audience will be much older.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo consisted of fast paced footage from the film but revealed no context leaving the audience intrigued. There was loud music which fitted with the visual editing. The titles were very dramatic and used the slogan "Feel bad movie for Christmas".  We liked this trailer the most out of the 4 as it had lots of fast shots which made the trailer really intense and kept the audiences attention.  We would like our trailer to do the same and we want to have a lot of shots in ours too, to create the same effect. 

This is the teaser trailer for Twilight saga Breaking Dawn Part 1, Its is exceptionally short consisting of a time of 15 secs. The reason this trailer can have such a short time is due to the fact it is part of a sequel that has had much success and publicity. The film is based on a series of books, which are widely read allowing the trailer to show a significant aspect of the film.  We liked this teaser trailer the least as it was extremely short and even though a teaser trailer doesn't give away much information this one told you nothing about the story or what was to come in the next part of the Twilight saga.  We personally would like our teaser trailer to give away a little of the story line at least to tempt the audience into wanting to see the whole film.