Film Trailer Analysis - Bourne Ultimatum, De Ja Vu and Saw 4

Analysis of 'Bourne Ultimatum' (2007)  -

This film can also fall under many different genres, the main four being action, adventure, mystery and thriller. The tagline of this film is "He was the perfect weapon until he became the target", this is a good tagline because its unusual, it intrigues the audience because there could be many reasons behind the tagline. This trailer is good at leaving the audience guessing.

The Trailer starts off with an establishing shot of a man standing in the snow, the only sound that can be heard within the first few seconds is wind faintly blowing, this makes the audience feel as though its set in a quiet town in the middle of winter. This scene is followed by a split second shot of a pair of eyes, this adds to the eerie feel of the trailer.

This is then followed by faint mood music, this could be interpreted as a fast heartbeat, this will keep the audience in suspense because they don't know whats going to happen next, this faint music in then followed by a slogan saying 'His Identity Stolen', this is where the trailer begins to show more of the story, it gives the audience an incite to part of the story.

The mood music is then replaced for a short period of time by a loud thunder sound, along with the thunder there is a shot of a body floating around in water, the slogan 'His Loved Ones Murdered' follows, this follows on from the last slogan because now the audience has more of the story. The few shots link in with this slogan perfectly because they show a man preparing a gun, firing it and then a car crashing into the river, this lasts around 3 secs, after this sequence of shots, there is a slow over the shoulder shot of the main character looking at the women whos just been murdered, this shot emphasises the slogan of 'His loved ones murdered' in more detail.

Another slogan then appears on screen, it reads 'His Past Stolen', this is followed by 4 seconds of fast action shots, this makes the audience believe that these shots are of the main characters past but they aren't sure so they are left guessing. The 4 seconds of fast shots are stopped by a close up of the main character, he says 'Someone started all of this...' followed by a shot of the main character looking at a projected image of what looks to be a file of himself that someones stored the suspense is added with the use of a slow heartbeat, the next shot goes back to a close up of the main character finishing his last sentence, he finishes by saying '...and Im gonna find them'.

This is then followed by more quick shots of action, the sound of cars crashing and glass smashing activates this sequence of fast action shots, a voice of a woman then says 'This is Jason Bourne', this is when the trailers starts to reveal more of the story. Fast music coincides with the fast shots.

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Analysis of 'De Ja Vu' (2006) -

This film can fall into many types of genres such as Action, Romance, Thriller and Sci-fi. The tagline of this film is ' If you thought it was just a trick of the mind, prepare yourself for the truth.', This tagline goes well with not only the name of the film, it also goes with the genre, this is helped by the use of camera shots, editing and sound.

There are many different camera shots used in this film, the majority of the shots being quick and snappy. Many shots appear several times during the trailer, this links in with the name of the film 'De Ja Vu'.

The length of the shots are no longer than 2-6 seconds, the 2 second shots focus on the main characters duty whereas the longer shots show the main characters emotion towards the women.

The trailer starts off with the touchstone pictures logo with an establishing shot of a long winding road with thunder and lighting in the background, this lasts a split second.

First of all there is a long shot of a womans outline in a dark room, this is followed by an extreme close up of the same women. Already the audience are in suspense because they have no idea who this character is. The narrative voice is of a mans, its a typical tone of voice used in many thriller based films, this hugely adds to the suspense of this whole trailer.

The next shot is a point of view shot of someone looking at a picture, this keeps the audience guessing who the picture is of, and who is looking at the picture. In the first shots of this trailer the narrative voice says 'Its that familiar feeling...when you meet a stranger', this happens as soon as the picture comes into shot, this means the audience could now start to think that the person looking at the picture doesn't even know who she is either.




Analysis of 'Saw 4'  (2007)-

This film trailer falls under two main genres, Horror and Mystery. The Horror being the torture part of the film and the mystery being the fact that everyone knows who's committing the crime but they don't know where its being committed. The tag-line to this film is ' You Think Its Over......But Its Only Just Begun' this is a good tag-line because it link in with past Saw films, its reminding the audience that there's more to come from this particular series of films. It keeps the audience guessing.

The trailer starts off with a medium close up of man in a pitch black room, looking suspicious. This starts off the eerie feeling in this trailer. The eerie feeling of this trailer is extended when the man in the pitch black