Research into Trailers 1

 

For a better overview into what trailers are and how they are constructed, I’m going to look at a few trailers. If I was to define the word trailer I would say it consists of a few basic and easy interpreted plots with ear opening music. The first trailer I looked at was Mrs. Doubtfire, the opening of this trailer shows a man defending his marriage this is the first introduction we have of the main character or so the audience assume, 

• next we hear non-diagetic music alongside a narrator introducing us to who the man was and what the problem is, 
• we see a collection of scenes of him moving out, at a job centre looking for a job, and then at a house or apartment that is really cluttered with boxes and clothes.
•  Next we find out that his ex-wife needs a housekeeper, the next scene shows Daniel Hillard wanting to be a woman. 
• We see the transformation and find out he gets hired to be the housekeeper which he only did this so he could be closer to his three children. I enjoyed this trailer because it has a collection of comedic scenes with a few technical shots. This is a film that can be enjoyed by the whole family. 
• The trailer is also peppered throughout with songs from the soundtrack.  
• Montage editing is used in order to emphasise the main characters and themes of the film. There are also some examples of continuity editing used when the characters are having a conversation in order to reveal a small section of the narrative. The pace of the editing begins slowly in time with the slow music but then as we get further through the trailer the editing speeds up significantly to keep up with the beat of the musical soundtrack.