FILM VS TRAILER

THE NARRATIVE

• A TRAILERS NARRATIVE WILL ONLY SHOW SNIPPETS AND TEASERS OF THE FILM TO PERSUADE PEOPLE TO COME AND WATCH THE FILM, THE NARRATIVE ISN'T CLEAR AS IT WOULD GIVEN AWAY THE FILM.

• THE FILM WILL USUALLY PIECE TOGETHER AS THE FILM GOES THROUGH, NOT ALWAYS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER FROM THE USE OF FLASH BACKS, BUT THE FILM WILL MAKE THE CHARACTERS TRAITS CLEAR AND THE THEME WILL BECOME RELEVANT

SOUND

• THE SOUND OF A TRAILER WILL LIKELY BE MUSIC THROUGH OUT, HOWEVER NON DIEGETIC AND DIEGETIC SOUNDS WILL BE USED THROUGH OUT BOTH, WITH INTENTIONS TO GET THE TARGET AUDIENCE INTERESTED. THE SOUND OFTEN IS THE MOST MEMORABLE PART OF A TRAILER WHICH MEANS THE AUDIENCE WILL ASSOCIATE A SOUND OR MUSIC WITH A FILM OR TRAILER.

DURATION OF FILM/TRAILER

• A TRAILER WILL ONLY BE A FEW MINUTES LONG, TO TEASE THE AUDIENCE SO THEY WILL HOPEFULLY GO TO SEE THE FILM. THE FILM WILL BE AN AVERAGE OF 1HOUR AND 30MINS TOO BE ABLE TO TELL THE WHOLE STORY.

EDITING

• THE EDITING OF A TRAILER CAN BE DONE IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, USUALLY SMALL SNIPPETS ARE USED IN A NON CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER SO THE AUDIENCE CAN SEE MANY DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE FILM. WHERE AS A FILM WILL EVENTUALLY END UP IN A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, HOWEVER THE USE OF FLASH BACKS CAN MAKE THE FILM NOT CHRONOLOGICAL THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH.