Chernobyl Diaries
Trailer Analysis
I chose to analysis this film because the storyline fascinates me and most importantly it’s realistic and believable which makes me as the audience more interested in the film. Chernobyl was abandoned over night after one of the four nuclear reactors exploded in 1986, “the reaction was worse than 400 atomic bombs” as it states at the beginning of the trailer. Using facts and figures grabs the viewers’ attention and makes the story line more convincing.
The title of this film is shown at the end of the trailer, I think they do this because it’s the last thing you see, so you’re more likely to see it and remember it. In this trailer you get most of the storyline and doesn't really give a cliff-hanger, only who survives and who doesn't . In the beginning you see some clips of the characters backgrounds, the reason is to show why they go on this trip, why they become stranded there and what is after them. In trailers they often show the most entertaining clip that is most likely to persuade the audience to go and watch the film. In this trailer they don’t actually show you a clear shot of what is chasing them, this makes the trailer much scarier. At the start of the trailer the clips are long, calm and slow, but towards the end as they start to show the action clips, I noticed the clips started to speed up and become shorter. I think they do this to make the audience tense up and feel uneasy, and if that works they are more likely to go and see the film. In this trailer they use alarms and sirens to build suspense with the clips. I also heard a child’s laughter a few times during the first encounter with what ever is chasing them, this made me tense up when I was watching it. A child is harmless and innocent, we love and care about them and trust them because they are our young. So when I heard the child’s playful laughter in a dark abandoned environment, it frightened me because the once thought innocent children, are not as innocent as it seems.
Straight away the setting in the trailer falls under one of the typical codes and conventions; the film is set in an abandoned and run down environment. At the beginning of the trailer the clips show off the group of friends in their normal everyday life’s before they encounter this surprise experience. The clips used in this trailer seems to follow a normal day routine; from morning to night. There isn't any mixing clips from different days or times of the day, this makes the trailer more of a short story than a trailer. The music used for the beginning of the trailer match the type of clips that are being shown, the music is upbeat and pop influenced, like something you would hear in the charts on the radio. The music then suddenly drops to a siren alarm when “Chernobyl” is mentioned, and the clips go from the group of friends to old footage of the Chernobyl disaster. I think another reason they’ve used a siren alarm in this trailer is because it is a typical sign of danger, and it makes us feel anxious when we hear it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9xuquibQc
I chose to analysis this film because the storyline fascinates me and most importantly it’s realistic and believable which makes me as the audience more interested in the film. Chernobyl was abandoned over night after one of the four nuclear reactors exploded in 1986, “the reaction was worse than 400 atomic bombs” as it states at the beginning of the trailer. Using facts and figures grabs the viewers’ attention and makes the story line more convincing.
The title of this film is shown at the end of the trailer, I think they do this because it’s the last thing you see, so you’re more likely to see it and remember it. In this trailer you get most of the storyline and doesn't really give a cliff-hanger, only who survives and who doesn't . In the beginning you see some clips of the characters backgrounds, the reason is to show why they go on this trip, why they become stranded there and what is after them. In trailers they often show the most entertaining clip that is most likely to persuade the audience to go and watch the film. In this trailer they don’t actually show you a clear shot of what is chasing them, this makes the trailer much scarier. At the start of the trailer the clips are long, calm and slow, but towards the end as they start to show the action clips, I noticed the clips started to speed up and become shorter. I think they do this to make the audience tense up and feel uneasy, and if that works they are more likely to go and see the film. In this trailer they use alarms and sirens to build suspense with the clips. I also heard a child’s laughter a few times during the first encounter with what ever is chasing them, this made me tense up when I was watching it. A child is harmless and innocent, we love and care about them and trust them because they are our young. So when I heard the child’s playful laughter in a dark abandoned environment, it frightened me because the once thought innocent children, are not as innocent as it seems.
Straight away the setting in the trailer falls under one of the typical codes and conventions; the film is set in an abandoned and run down environment. At the beginning of the trailer the clips show off the group of friends in their normal everyday life’s before they encounter this surprise experience. The clips used in this trailer seems to follow a normal day routine; from morning to night. There isn't any mixing clips from different days or times of the day, this makes the trailer more of a short story than a trailer. The music used for the beginning of the trailer match the type of clips that are being shown, the music is upbeat and pop influenced, like something you would hear in the charts on the radio. The music then suddenly drops to a siren alarm when “Chernobyl” is mentioned, and the clips go from the group of friends to old footage of the Chernobyl disaster. I think another reason they’ve used a siren alarm in this trailer is because it is a typical sign of danger, and it makes us feel anxious when we hear it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9xuquibQc
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