Primary Task - Research Analysis - Part 2

Similarly to the previous post, I decided to select another film trailer for analysis to further my skills in spotting techniques used in film trailers and their effectiveness. As before I will remember details such as micro elements (mise-en-scene, editing, sound etc) as well as the macro elements (narrative, genre, star power, etc). I decided to again use Google Slides for this presentation as it is a great tool for incorporating YouTube videos and is very user friendly which is important to me.



As with my first study into the 'Edge of Tomorrow' trailer, this trailer showed media techniques in order to create tension and engagement with viewers. In many cases both trailers used the same techniques although there was some differences. As before I decided to send the trailer to two friends that have not seen the film to write a review for the trailer. The two friends do not take media studies A level and have wrote a short review below, I thought it was important that they didn't take the subject as I feel other class members may over think and over analyse the trailer.

"The trailer was enticing in the sense that it was short, snappy and effectively portrayed the key elements of the '007' franchise such as: action, erotica and luxury. The downside of the trailer was, in my opinion, that it lacked a display of the actual 'James Bond' character and I feel it could have better achieved this in an extended trailer. Overall the trailer is attractive enough to make me like to see Casino Royale" - Seb Gappa (A Level Student).

"It looked like a classic James Bond film with beautiful women and a lot of action. You can tell there's going to be comedy elements between Bond and 'M'. It looks like something I would enjoy going and seeing. Not much to fault other than most of the stunts seem fairly unbelievable, for example, when Bond is seen to jump on to a crane and just hang on, I don't think he could've held on and not have been hurt." - Ben Glanville (Platform One Music College Student).

I thought the comments about the fact it felt like a Bond film were interesting as it proves there has been so many films that people can identify a Bond film by its unique array of cars, women and action and shows how powerful and engaging the franchise has been.