Media Language Analysis

This is your analysis of the technical construction of a teaser trailer.

Your teaser trailer will ultimately be graded on how convincing it is. To make it convincing, you need to investigate the conventions of real ones.

Here are some questions you need to consider:

• How long is it?
• How many clips does it include?
• What type of transitions are used between clips?
• Roughly how long is each clip?
• What logos and institutional information are included?
• What other text appears?... (often just a release date & web address with teasers)
• Discuss the graphics and SFX
• Discuss the soundtrack - voiceovers? what mood does it create? etc
• What about the typography of the film title? How does it reinforce the genre/themes of the film?

It's a good idea to find a teaser trailer in the same genre as the trailer you intend to produce. Essentially you can use the answers to all of the above questions to form a template for your own trailer.