Analysis 2 - The Island

Although, The Island is an action/sci-fi thriller which vaguely links to the genre of my own film, however I thought I'd analyse it as I think it works well as a teaser trailer. At the beginning of this trailer, the genre of the film is portrayed as a fantasy with vast location shots. At this point, the ambient sounds are changed to deep drones, and the text that appears from the screen saying "The Perfect Life" changes with the change in sound to "The Perfect Lie". The trailer then establishes the real genre for the film through the rest of the trailer. This is typical of a trailer, as they normally present the audience with an untainted situation, and as the trailer progresses order is disrupted thus leaving the audience wondering whether order is restored which is a tactic used to influence people to see the film. The genre is also backed up with the use of iconography used, such as the needles and medial instruments used in some shots, and the shots of large explosions and chases/running. There is near to no spoken dialogue used in this trailer which I find extremely effective as it keeps audience focus on what they are seeing. The only spoken dialogue is said after all other sounds (soundtrack, diegetic sounds), and the character says, "The life that you think you had, never happened". This helps the audience get some sort of understanding of the general plot, however still leaving them with unanswered questions. There are a wide variety of transitions from different shots and bits of footage, as well as bits of footage sped up and slowed down, which means the trailer is kept interesting and diverse.