Hell or High Water - 'Texas' Trailer (2016)

 The trailer starts with a panning camera for an establishing shot as its setting the location of the film.
The trailer starts of slow and with and an unusual and confusing piece of dialogue The USP, (You maybe hearing a lot of things about me and your uncle', 'whatever I hear I wont believe', 'no, you believe it, I did all of it'.)


The location of Texas is also a USP. There is a very warm, yellowy hue and lots of shots used in the trailer of desert land. Also, the clips of text are yellow and dusty looking and are also sometimes of wheat, giving the impression of hot Texas.


The genre of the film (crime thriller) is established very quickly through the clips of men in balaclavas, smashing glass and running away with a briefcase.


The trailer starts with little music, just a booming sound effect add tension, and eerie atmospheric sound. Then there is a fast drum beat to show the film developing a faster pace and excitement. Then there tense music while we see a bank robbery happening. From then to the end, there is a much more emotional song that builds, adding excitement and emotion to the film. The different aspects of sound throughout the film, suggest many different stages of the film, i.e., slow and tense, then thrilling then tense again and then a big finale.

INTRUDERS Trailer

The Unique selling point in this film is the seemingly innocent girl, who starts off as a damsel in distress actually turns out to be the violent one. This trailer has enigma as the audience doesn't really know if woman is a villain or a good guy. There is also enigma as we see clips of someone in bad health and the woman's attachment to a man who appears ill, as we see her crying and she says, 'I don't know how I'm going to do this without you.'. This is never mentioned again in the trailer so it leaves us question how this fits in in the storyline.


In one frame of text is states 'FROM THE EXCUTIVE PRODUCER OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY',  and 'INSIDIOUS'. This makes the audience more likely to go see the film as those two films are very successful and if someone likes those films they are more likely going to watch this one.


There are lots of 'Thud' sounds. This creates tension as its gives the filming of something scary coming towards us. These sounds tend to be in sync with the clips fading to black, creating tension and setting the genre of horror and/or thriller.

Morgan - film trailer

 The title 'Morgan' is ambiguous so there's still mystery on exactly what the films going to be about, however the audience still gets the idea that it will be orientated around once person.


The very first clip is a mysterious, shadowy figure and a loud gasp. Then there's a very dimly lit chase scene with very heavy breathing over laid. This straight away tell us the genre of the film as being a horror and/or thriller.


The unique selling point is the idea synesthetic DNA. This aspect is carefully explained in the trailer, so we know its a key aspect in the film.




The trailer stats with different clips that are set in the present. There is both chase scenes and one liners to create enigma such as 'Don't go in there'. This makes the audience curious about the film, making them want to see it. Then there is cross cutting between the present and the past. The past is given a narrative to explain how the present came about. This creates an complex narrative to the trailer, making the film seem more interesting. It also means that not too much of the film is given away as the cross cutting and mix of past, present and future makes the film too hard to completely follow an understand.




The whole trailer is made up of short clips with fade to black with a deep 'boom' sound. This creates suspense and gives a feeling of horror. At one point the camera is in a room which is facing a man looking in the room the camera is in. We see signs of danger as the window is broken. There is a sound effect of music getting louder and louder, building more and more tension, then it cuts to black and there is a boom and a black screen. There is a sound bite of some one saying 'Oh my God'.


At the very end there is a change is pace




The titles in this trailer are metal-grey writing. This gives it a modern feel and is common in sci-fi films. It also creates a cold, sinister feel to film as they are vey cool tone colours. The whole film is very dark and has a cool-tone blue filter to it. This makes the film seem dark and sinister.

Looper - film review

Looper is a modern sci-fi film that is set in 2044 but involves the concept and return of people called 'loopers' who are from 30 years in the future (2074). Loopers are people who kill people who are sent from the 70s to the 40s as they live in a high-sivilliance, high tech society where it is easier to send someone back to the future than it is to dump someones body in present day. However the loop has to be closed so eventually a looper will be made to kill there future selves, and then they know they have 30 years to live. This film gets more and more complicated due to the confusion that time travel creates. The film is so complicated that it doesn't completely make sense, this is referenced in the film when a character called Abe says 'This time travel crap just fries your brain'. Another joke directed at the audience is when the same guy also says 'Im from the future. You should go to china.'

Suicide Squad trailer analysis

The unique selling point for this film is the unusual use of well known villains becoming anti-heros. Bad people are being used to do some good. This adds a unique twisted sense of morals to the trailer.

Other selling points for the film comes from the character with the most screen time and biggest script, being a sexualised woman who wears skimpy clothes and is shot getting dressed at one scene. Another selling point is the use guns, weapons and special gadgets. These objects also have a lot of screen time. This sets the genre of the film and is draws in the target audience.

The Film title is used to set the feel of the film. There is smoke and explosion in the graphics around the title. This sets feel of action for the film. The film has a modern and more twisted, quirky feel to it. This is done by the psychedelic neon pinks and greens. This is also done by the the creepy, child-drwaing-stlye face.

The sound track has a very  50s style, but also has a modern twist as the song is in the charts now.