Trailer Analysis (Homework)

The trailer I will be analysing is James bond Skyfall. Skyfall is a Award winning British action movie. Skyfall has won multiple amount of awards including: one bafta and one Oscar award. Skyfall has got amazing reviews with a 7.8 rating on IMdb. Skyfall was released in October. Skyfall had a budget of $150 million and made over $1.1billion worldwide with ticket sales, merchandise etc.

The trailer starts with shot about the MPAA informing the viewers that the trailer is only a preview. The MPAA also decide the age railings. At the start of the trailer it shows James Bond (007) holding a gun this shows its packed with action. The use of James bond at the start of the trailer shows that he's the main character and new viewers will know that he is the main character. In the trailer they are a wide range of the shots used most noticeable was point of view shot. The reason why point of view shots were being used because there is a lot of shooting in James bond and it shows were the person is shooting. Also in the Skyfall trailer there is a mass amount of conversation and the over the shoulder shot shows conversation when its between two people.  In the trailer they are a wide ranges of shots used: Close ups and medium close up. Close ups are used to show character emotions and in the trailer it shows James bond being questioned and it the close up is used to show the emotions of the characters. The shots change between 1-3 seconds the quick change of shots builds up action and builds up suspense. In the Skyfall trailer lots of dialogue is being used little section from the movie. Also lots of Action noises are being used like bang etc. The background music causes suspense and builds up tension. The background music pitch gets higher whilst no dialogue is being used, this is because viewers want to hear what the characters are saying. The end of the trailer is where the suspense builds up and the music pitch gets higher. You can see James Bond shooting in the trailer, but you can't see what is he shooting at and you can't tell why he is shooting. This builds up suspense and this is really effective as the viewers want to know why James Bond is shooting and what was is the task in Skyfall. In the trailer they're many props that shows its an action movie: Gun, Broken laptop, dead person, flipping car and the mi6 Agents. With these new viewers will know instantly that James Bond is a action movie.