Theatrical Trailers

I am going to be looking at two different Theatrical trailers and analysing the conventions of each of them. The films I have chosen are 'Brain on Fire' which is a Drama based on a book, and, 'Bridget Jones's Baby'  which is a quirky romance film.

'Brain on Fire':

• Introduction of main character straight away
• Her voice is doing a voice over
• Production company shown
• Music is being played over main character and a new character's conversation
• Long takes - this helps the audience understand the storyline more
• Impact sounds of a glitch
• Tagline's
• Shorter shots
• Most interesting scenes from the movie are being shown to intrigue audiences
• Faster paced music
• Title
• Actors/Actresses names
• Release date
• Where the movie can be shown

'Bridget Jones's Baby':

• Production company logo
• Main characters voice over
• Storyline shown
• Upbeat music to relate to the conversations shown
• Tagline's
• Other characters are shown
• Music is relating to what is being shown
• Title
• Slower paced cuts/ long takes
• Release date
• Other production company logos
• Social media site