Action Trailer Analysis - Taken

Taken genre is action. As the clip starts you are introduced to the main characters, they are shown to be happy and living the average persons life and celebrating her birthday.there is quick movement in the clip and a faint humming sound in the background. it is not very loud as its important to hear the narrative as it explains the basis of the film. there are fades to black and as the clip progresses it becomes faster paced. throughout the clip it shows flashes of clips and close ups of the characters face, this shows fear and anxiety in their faces which allows the audience to empathise with them and feel involved in the clip. the trailer also shows two clips at the same time this allows people to see the action going on in the trailer but also see people talking on the phone and explaining the plot, this is a very clever way of having both aspects included in the trailer and this is something that we could incorporate in ours. furthermore this makes it seem as though there is a lot going on and this conforms to an action film as nothing is slow paced and relaxed. the music changes through the clip, the humming sound stops and a piano is played, it becomes faster and louder which adds the chaos of the trailer. a phone conversation takes place and there are clips that are added in and faded to black throughout this phone conversation, we could use this in our trailer and could have a phone conversation going on while we show other fight scenes. so that it is more interesting we could also show two clips at the same time. there are only small amounts of fight scenes shown and this makes the audience more interested and want to go and see the film so they can find out what happens next. the small clips of fighting sometimes freeze and go to black and white, this makes it more interesting and we could use this in our trailer. the sounds in the background become louder as the clip progresses. explosions are shown in the trailer although this would be difficult for us to achieve at such a low budget. as the trailer ends it fades to black and then the name of the film 'Taken' appears, this is in black writing and therefore really stands out. as names of directors and producers appear there is heavy breathing in the background, this is disturbing to the audience and also conforms to the genre.