Trailers
are an advertisement preview for a film that will be shown in the future in
theater. Trailers for films have existed for decades. This relates to class to
because trailers are supposed to be like an introduction in an essay. The
introduction to anything is supposed to get a simple explanation about the
topic. The main point of a trailer is to get the auction interested in the film
and to highlight what type of film it is going to be. The recent film trailers
have been either spoiling major plot point, show a cliff note version of the
film, or they are falsely advertised. A few past examples of trailers that
showing too much information about their films is The Hobbit: The Desolation of
Smaug, Terminator Salvation, and The Amazing Spider-Man. The Hobbit trailers
showed play by play of everything that happens in the film. Terminator
Salvation showed that one of the main characters was a terminator and it was
supposed to a twist. The Amazing Spider-Man is the best example, as showed a
major character death, things that are not in the final film, and scenes that
set up the next film. A few examples of trailers that are misleading is Drive
(2011 film) and Hercules (2014 film). Drive was marketed as an intense action
film when it was more of a neo noir film. Hercules showed about the first 20
minutes of the film, but after that it was becoming different film than
expected. One of the best trailer that was released recently was Interstellar
as it peak my interest and give me a basic idea of it is going to be about and
do not spoil anything.
Link: http://metro.co.uk/2014/11/15/5-reasons-why-trailers-are-ruining-movies-4941834/
I disagree with the claim that trailers are similar to the introduction in an essay. In class, we discussed that the introduction should contain information that is pertinent and specific to your topic. Additionally, there should be no mystery in the introduction such as in a trailer. The thesis in an introduction servers as a "spoiler" because it gives the audience of the paper a guideline to follow while reading the essay. Therefore, in many aspects, an introduction is not similar to a trailer for a movie.
ReplyDeleteYou are right about introduction should have no mystery but I could not think of a proper word other than introduction at the time. The introduction supposes to brief tell the audience what the paper is to be about.
DeleteI think that film trailers are important because without them how would a movie producer advertise their film? Majority of people would prefer to watch a trailer than to read an article talking about what the film entails. I know if I saw a lengthy article about a new movie that I've never heard of, I would most likely pass right over it. I also think that film trailers are different than introduction paragraphs because like Manali said, they leave mystery and they also leave the audience guessing. An introduction paragraph is supposed to do the opposite.
ReplyDeleteTo me, movie trailers give the viewers a sneak peak into the upcoming film and what they should expect. Often, they include things like suspenseful scenes, or a scene that serves as an introduction to the characters, setting etc. There are different ways that a trailer can be portrayed and I feel like now a days trailers play important scenes in a movie, and viewers watch the film expecting more than the trailer led on, but once they finish the movie they realize that all the important parts were revealed to them during the trailer
ReplyDeleteMovie trailers are meant to get people interested in the movie and then go see it. Some trailers may give stuff away but sometimes that could be meant to peak interest. People may want to see the situation surrounding the give away, or they may want to know what happens after. This is the producers decision about what to put into the preview or not. I think that the previews are still effective because these movies were all somewhat successful, even if the preview was too revealing or inaccurate.
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