For the next part of the research task, I went onto YouTube and found film trailers I enjoy and analysed them remembering details such as the micro elements (mise-en-scene, editing, sound etc) as well as the macro elements (narrative, genre, star power, etc). By doing this task, I will be able to understand techniques used in real trailers for big films and think about whether there is similarities between them as well as my personal and groups favourite techniques which we will be able to consider using when making our own film trailer. I have embedded the full trailer below within Google Slides and then picked out individual scenes for analysis.
By looking at the 'Edge of Tomorrow' trailer I could pick out some key media techniques and analyse them and it has given me thoughts and ideas about what I would like to see in a trailer. Especially one of this sort with complexity and action. Although film reviews are very common on the internet, it is harder to find trailer reviews and so I could see if others shared the views of myself, I decided to ask my parents to watch the trailer and give it a short review.
"The trailer was quite long and clearly was trying to make clear how the story was going to work in terms of elements of it being repeated plus showing plenty of action so that you can understand the nature of the movie. The trailer has made me want to watch the film but made me wonder why they chose such a lengthy full name (Life Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow) and why they considered that the audience wouldn't be able to quickly grasp the concept because the trailer was some-what repetitive in terms of telling you the nature of the story" - My Dad (Paul Barfoot).
"A very exciting thrilling adventure that wasn't obviously predictable. Mixed with humour and a love story. Excellent graphics but I worried I was seeing the best parts of the film in the trailer. The scenery was nice. It looked action packed and it made me want to see the film despite the long trailer!" - My Mum (Julie Barfoot)
I thought the comments about the length of the trailer was interesting considering my research into trailer norms suggesting that over two minutes is too long and this trailer does indeed go over two minutes, however I believe this is because they needed to include enough content to make the story clear to viewers.
This is a detailed and considered piece of research into an example of an action trailer. I like the fact that you have then shown the trailer to members of your family and asked for their feedback, too. This shows a real effort to engage with your research tasks. Very well done, indeed!
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