Sound
At the start of the trailer a fade of mysterious and eerie music plays whilst the company logos is being produced. Then a conversation occurs between two me. This makes you think who are they and what are they talking about which makes the viewers want to find out more. The opening dialogue speaks of a man who must of done something bad as he says 'i've crossed the line.' This makes the viewers want to know what he did. Then another man speaks and talks about how people are following a man that they dont understand which gives the impression that this guy might be dangerous. The tone of voice they are talking in as well shows that they are concerned. The man then says 'some men cant be bought,bullied, reasoned or negotiated with, some men just want to watch the world purr.' This means that the character that they are talking about wont give up without a fight. Then a big rush of music comes in, it is fast paced and exciting which gives the impression that some action is going to happen. An eerie voice then comes in saying 'tonight people will die' which tells the audience that this is the bad guy speaking and he is planning to kill many people. The music as the trailer is ending sounds almost like a clock ticking which could symbolise time running out for the hero.
Mise en scene
The trailer starts off in complete darkness with nothing on the screen but then a flash of light comes out to the left part of the screen which grabs the audiences attention. This flash gives an outline of a shape that is blocking the full beam of light which will get the viewers interested into finding out what it could be. The beams of light then seem to become more consistent in appearance all around this shape and then suddenly the shape of a bat appears which tells the audience who the hero of this film is. As the music gets more exciting the outline of the bat starts to deteriorate as if to show that this hero is going to suffer many injuries during his fight to free the people from evil. The bat outline then explodes and a joker card flies towards the screen which is symbolic because the joker is the evil person in this film and it shows that this was the man who was talking about killing all of those people so you are being introduced to the two main characters.
Editing
There is a lot of editing in this short trailer because lots is going on in this clip. The editing for the sound to merge the two voices together is cleverly done to add the effect that they are talking in secret but also with the tense music still playing in the background which adds tension to the moment. Then with all the flashing lights you have to edit it so the timing between each one is perfect and then the destroying of the bat had to flow perfectly and be in time with the laugh of the evil person. This then had to be edited in with a joker card coming out of it to symbolise evil which gave the effect that the joker was under the bats skin and in his head playing mind games. The captions then fade in saying 'The dark knight' which still gave off the evil and eeire effect because it faded in mysteriously and then faded out again.
Movement
There is no movement of the camera because it is a still shot with lots of lights flashing around one object which creates the effect.
Position
The position of the camera is front on and level with the bat outline and doesnt move throughout the whole trailer.
Institutional reference (title, credits, company logo)
This film is produced by Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures. This is shown at the start of the clip by the two logos flashing up onto the screen to give reference to the company and to give them credit because that may also boost the amount of people going to see it because the companies have produced other great films such as 'The Hangover' and 'Harry Potter'.
Number of shots
This trailer only uses one shot in it because it is situated in the dark and uses flashing lights and effects to make it captivating for the audience.
How long each trailer lasts... target audience....
It lasts 0:54 and its target audience is boys and teens because its full of action and fighting which is what teens want to see.
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