Finding Nemo Teaser Trailer Analysis

Pixar is a great genre to study for Teaser Trailers due to their randomness. I have chosen the teaser trailer for Finding Nemo. This scene does appear in the movie but only partially. I have made a few notes on this:

• Like how most films name their directors and produces, Pixar creates hype their association to past films which is why they list those in each trailer.
• The plot isn't revealed through this two fish other than they're lost. But it doesn't even mention Nemo.
• Also similar to Pixar films is its use of colours. Marlin in orange, Dory is blue the coral is pink etc. This attracts kids.
• While not listed, Dory's voice can be recognized to be Ellen DeGeneres who has a huge falling and will attract adults who like her.
• Its quite funny, even though the actual plot is on the serious side
• Its quite long for a Teaser Trailer but again, its not revealing anything important

Yr 12 Opening Two Minutes Teaser Trailer Shot List

Our teacher challenged us to write up a shot list; turning our Opening Two Minutes into a teaser trailer (including the whole plot), so here's mine.



Shot 1: Black screen with voice over reading white words, "I didn't ask for this."

Shot 2: Low angle mid shot of Villain smiling

Shot 3: Wide shot of burning Kingdom

Shot 4: Boy again, "I was just hungry."

Shot 5: Long shot of group of guards shouting, "STOP THIEF!"

Shot 6: "But here I am now."

Shot 7: Long, wide shot- Princess sliding at fork in the road

Shot 8: Mid shot- Princess running towards camera

Shot 9: Mid shot of boy running from guards

Shot 10: Black Screen- From the Director of Sky Angels

Shot 11: Low angle canted- Vivian walking under a bridge

Shot 12: Establishing shot of entire Kingdom

Shot 13: Wide shot of two people charging towards each other with swords raised

Shot 14: Over the Shoulder of swords clashing

Shot 15: Zoom out of girl screaming

Shot 16: Birds eye view pan of group of kids running through a field

Shot 17: Cut out to a wide shot of the entire field with them just barely being made out

Shot 18: Black Screen- "And from the Producers of Lord of the Rings"

Shot 19: Close up of main boy raising sword

Shot 20: Cut to long shot of same clip

Shot 21: Cut to wide shot of boy standing on the top of moutain with the sword starting to glow

Shot 22: Close up of colourful umbrella

Shot 23: Close up of villain's smile

Shot 24: Close up of a hand reaching towards something

Shot 25: Close up of sword being drawn from sheath

Shot 26: Wide shot of entire group of heroes

Shot 27: Close up on boy 1

Shot 28: Close up on boy 2

Shot 29: Close up on girl

Shot 30: Close up on girl 2

Shot 31: Close up on boy 3

Shot 32: Close up on main character

Shot 33: Medium shot of puma growling

Shot 34: Medium high angle shot of a man being flogged

Shot 35: Wide shot up of ballroom

Shot 36: Medium shot of villain and young woman dancing together

Shot 37: Wide shot of girl rolling down hill

Shot 38: Close up of girl landing

Shot 39: Wide shot of girl running through forest

Shot 40: High angle of girl with umbrella walking under bridge

Shot 41: Medium shot of her dying

Shot 42: Worm's eye view of villain looming over

Shot 43: Title

A bit random but its meant to be really quick.

Shot 44: Coming 2012

Super 8 Teaser Trailer Analysis

• Very dark- slight horrow feel to it
• White on black titles- very basic but effective
• Area 51 suggests alien film
• Creepy, horror like music
• Documentary narrative
• No actors revealed and no real hint to the story
• Loud crash and bang after long silence for jump scare
• Spielberg's and Abram's names are revealed giving people the idea this is going to be a quality film based on their previous works (Jaws, Lost etc.)
• Monster like gurgling sound after train crash
• Fiction masking as fact, "Could this really have happened?"
• Confusion, "Why did the truck crash into the train?"
• "Next summer, IT arrives"- Hinting that whatever is in the train, isn't human
• Viral Marketing (first posted on a website)
• Pragmatic knowledge required to know a Super 8 is a type of camera (hence the lens at the end).

Conventions of Teaser Trailers

• Short snappy shots
• Between 30-60 seconds long
• Its purpose is to create hype; snowballing
• Some teaser trailers film footage just for the trailer
• End of trailer- Title then "Coming Soon" (No clear date is given yet since its so far ahead
• Not about Narrative or plot
• Often about genre and emotional feeling (scary, heartfelt, sad, happy etc.)
• Wrapped in enigma

What is a Teaser Trailer? First Concept Slideshow

Teaser trailers

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Link To Year 12 Blog

Here's a link to my Year 12 Blog:

http://tbmoviemedia.blogspot.com/2009/09/ideas.html