ANALYSIS OF OFFICIAL TRAILER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjYKXr9w0QI

Above is a link to the trailer of the thriller film 'Gothika'. One of the first things that stood out to us was the shot where it was close up on the woman's (Halle Berry) eye and then faded into the logo of the film maker which took the same shape as the circular eye. We found this particularly clever as it was a different way of changing shots and followed the continuity rule. This has given us the idea to transform shots by fading images with the same shapes.

Another part of the trailer we found we could use as a template for our film is the theme throughout the credits and written narration. The writing originates to be white and highlights the important words in red. This connotes the theme of death being the colour of blood and also the theme of love which shows a juxtaposition of themes this shows complication in the theme and also shows the rule of continuity having the same simple font throughout. It is also helpful as it highlights the important words which summarise's the film easily.

In the trailer it shows an unfinished car crash, this is done by having the beginning of the crash shown. They decided to mainly have medium close ups of the main character shot from inside of the car which relied on mainly acting and sound effects. Half way through the crash it turned into a blackout, this leads what happened to the imagination or leaves the audience eagerly wondering.

The quick blackouts are then continued to the next scenes when the crash has finished. It allows the camera shots to zoom in without losing focus on the image and continues the theme of thriller. It gives the trailer a 'jumping' effect and keeps the audience entertained. These shots also compliment the sound and shots of the weather as when it transforms from the silent blackouts its changes to loud rain and darkness which gives a stereotypical thriller setting.

The shot