Analysis of Trailers-Homework

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CdjT1fQUpE

This is a trailer from Kal Ho Naa Ho. The narrative involves two guys who fall in love with one girl which is quite similar to the trailer we intend to create. This trailer is fairly short and only looks at one song within the whole film. I decided to add this trailer because it fits bollywood conventions as it shows colour and dancing which is popular in the bollywood industry. Finally, towards the end of the trailer the title of the film appears on the screen so the audience are aware of what the film is called. However, one criticism of this trailer is that it does not give the audience an idea of what the film is about as it only shows one song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wosi3LDB70

This trailer has been taken from Veer Zaara a film about a man and a women who fall in love with each other however can not be together because of their culture and religious backgrounds. The trailer follows typical conventions of Bollywood trailers. Firstly, the audience are introduced straight away to the main characters as they are both in the song which is being played. Secondly, the directors, singers and producers names all appear on the bottom of the screen which is important as this is a key aspect of bollywood and some people may view the film because of the playback singers. Also, the title of the film is revealed towards the end of the trailer and the third character is introduced to the audience who is walking into a room whilst opening the doors this is a good techniques as it causes an enigma as the audience will want to know what is the relevance of this particular character. Finally, the final shot on screen is the instituion which in this case is yash raj films.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vWoBmueSBo

This trailer is from a film called Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. This particular trailer last for 2 minutes which is surprisingly longer compared to previous trailers i have looked at. At the beginning of thr trailer the institution appears on the screen with music playing in the background. Then the two main characters appear on the screen in a dance sequence again only some scences from the dance have been chosen to be included in the trailer. This is a unique trailer because it includes scenes of dialogue which takes place in the film a series of different scences including different characters have been included. During the trailer there are various shots being used including close up, high angle and low angle which make the trailer more realistic. Finally it ends with the title of the film which is a powerful technique as this will be the first thing the audience remembers.

Neelema