Codes and Conventions Of Film Trailers

Most products put their logo in a trailer it’s because they have funded the company and produced the movie trailer this is because they want their company to be recognized. They also do this to get their company promoted and while they do this they are advertising themselves. For example The Great Gatsby Trailer Official 2012 show their production logo within the first few seconds when the audience watch this they automatically know Warner Bros produced this. Also movies like The Man With The Iron Fists Trailer Official 2012 also have their production company logo at the start of the trailer. These are both very big distribution companies. this is scary movie four the company production logo is shown in the middle of the trailer they have done this because they have already have the viewer interested into the movie so it is most likely that they won’t turn over the channel in other cases when people see movie trailers they change over the channel.

The plot summary of Killing Them Softly is about Jackie Cogan who is an specialized enforcer who researches about an robbery that went down during a poker game. The plot summary of scary movie four is about the unemployed character who is hired to look after a haunted house and she does not know it is haunted. Also "Tr-iPods" are invading the world and the main character has to try to stop them. During this movie trailer they are making fun of Saw and The Grudge.
There is narration in the Scary Movie Four trailer this is when there is subtext written saying “ when the world is at war” this shows to the audience what the movie is about and it also tell them the themes and ideas behind it. There is narration in The Man With The Iron Fists for example there is a written narration during the trailer saying “A Fortune In Gold” this shows to the audience there is something that is very valuable that is worth fighting over because they used the term “gold”. Also the narrator in this movie is the main character because the narrator is speaking first person view.

There is music in The Man with the Iron Fist this is when there is an action scene and they show that this is fast paced and keeps the audience attracted to the screen. Also when they show first scenes of the women they show very powerful music to show she is a powerful women and very manly. In Killing them Softly there is parallel sound to the action this goes with the action.

In both of the movie trailers they have all the credits and cast information this is because they want their team to get known for this movie and they want the audience to know who produced the movie and what characters are in the movie. When they show characters name in the trailer the audience get attracted for example it says “Richard Jenkins” everyone knows he is a big Hollywood star so this would keep the audience interested.

Filmography:

Scary Movie 4 (2006)
Director: David Zucker

Killing Them Softly (2012)

Director: Andrew Dominik

The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)

Director: RZA