Analysing thriller teaser trailers - Torn

An analysis of a thriller teaser trailer:





Music:
Begins with a bang. Non-diagetic slow famous orchestral musical which builds up throughout the clip creating higher and higher tension and suspense. Diagetic sound can be heard throughout the clip, most notably heard are bombs and guns, emphasising the genre and the action contained in the movie.
Camera and editing:
Shot of tall buildings and clips begin to fade into each other. The short shot of the building then fades into a high angle shot of a woman who is being taped across her mouth, the high angle shot emphasises her vulnerability. This shot then fades into a side angle shot of the woman's hands tied together and her struggling, creating a sense of sympathy within the audience. This shot then again fades to a close up of the woman's face finally revealing all of her features and her eyes are shut showing she is going through some sort of torment. As the music begins to accelerando and crescendo the clips get faster and more dramatic. At the beginning of the trailer, there is also dramatic pauses between each clip, of which the screen is black for a fraction of a second drawing in the audience. The close up of characters faces with weapons introduces the main characters to us, and the weapons emphasise the type of genre of the film. The quick shots between the characters show they are fighting against eachother. As the production companies are shown the music begins to become even more intense creating an even bigger sense of suspense within the audience. After the production companies there are 2 slow clips leading to the climax of the entire clip, this prepares the audience. The first intense shot is in black and white showing a change from the rest of the clip, the long shot shows the man running towards the camera and the music begins to reach its climax showing his sense of urgency. The tracking shot also emphasises his urgency as you are able to see the speed of his running. The shot then cuts to men with guns in a building. The shots begin to become faster and closer together there is a massive explosion followed by gun shots, showing someone getting injured. Men jumping out of a van, with more shooting. The fighting scenes continue to overlap and become more brutal, and the shots flick from colour to black and white. The end titles come up as the music has an anticlimax which is thoughtful and provoking music. The titles are red showing danger, and the bullet holes reflect the action and violence throughout the film.
The men are dressed in a typical fashion that suggests violence and war, there are men dressed in army uniforms with bullet vests and men dressed all in black. There are no women throughout the clip apart from the woman shown to be kidnapped at the beginning of the trailer.