Analysis of horror film trailer: Jeepers Creepers

I chose to analyse this trailer because it is of a similar genre to the trailer that i am creating. I also decided to analyse this because it is of a similar length to the boundries that i have been set for creating my trailer.

The trailer starts by stating the age guidlines for watching it. It then fades to black and starts showing some of the footage, it begins by introducing the main character and shows what it does and gives an idea into what the film is about. After this is shows the some of the institutions and companies which are assoctiated with the film. It then cuts to the scene where the main charater stops the bus and as this happens creepy style music begins to play to show that something bad it going to happen, the music continuis while the woman is using the phone on the bus but it is lowered so that you can hear the woman talking. A voice over is then used saying "it is going to be dark in about an hour" after this happens it then cuts to what the audience will presume is an hour later when it is dark. The tempo of the music always picks up at a time when the main character enters or is about to enter the scene. It uses title screens to explain parts of the film and uses a voice over saying what the title screen says. then the woman who is pictured in this part is presumed to be doing a voice over giving a breif explination of the film. It then goes into a series of quick cuts showing different scenes within the film, within these scenes is uses lots of close ups to show horror on the faces of the characters. to end the film it has the title of the film "Jeepers Creepers 2" and the voice over of someone saying the title, it also shows a title screen with the date on it the date for this film sayin "coming soon" also at the bottom of this screen it shows the institutions and companies that are assosiated with this film.

History of film trailers

Trailers for movies first appeared in cinemas in 1913. It was the film "the pleasure seekers" which was made by Nils Granlund.It was in the 1950's when trailers started to become more popular, most of them where made by the national screen service, they where made up of big font, loud music, limited images and voice overs. An example of this type of trailer is this one for cinderella.

Analysis of inception trailer

This trailer for the film inception shows some of the scenes from the film to give the veiwer an idea of what it is about, but they don't give to much away so that the veiwer doesnt know the outcome of the film. it uses a backing track throughout the trailer to make it more intense. The trailer has a voice over at the start from the main charictor (Leonardo Dicaprio) which rund untill about half way through. There is then some dialog from the film as it progresses but doesn't reveal much about the film. It shows that the film is directed by the same people that directed the dark night film which was a big success and indicates that this film could be just as good. They use writing aswel which gives an idea of what the film is about but at the same time doesnt explain what is going to happen.