Movie Analysis Shutter Trailer

Movie Analysis (Shutter)

The trailer starts with the motion picture rating system to warn the audience that the film has been rated PG-13 and that parents are strongly cautioned. It also says that “Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13” This warning sign is shown to give an awareness to the audience that the film they are about to watch may have mature content that is not suitable for younger audience (under 13) such as violence, profanity, sex and substance abuse. An establish shot of the city is then used to tell the audience where the action is taking place before it is broken up through editing. Then, the use of fade in and fade out effect (fade to black) is used countless times in this trailer with a scary sound (long sustained atmospherical sound) background to add tension and suspense as it adjusts a sinister mood to the atmosphere to the audience. A close up of a camera with its tripod is then shown with a fast flash from the camera before the close up shot with the shutter sound effect. This creates a very tight bond between the auditory elements of the film, visuals and the camera. It provides the film makers with the ability to introduce the camera to the audience without visual representation as proven later onwards in the trailer as the shutter sound effect is repeated. The scene fades to black and then the similar scene of the camera before is played but this time an extreme close up shot is used which identifies that the camera plays a main role in the movie and that the plot of the movie evolve around the camera as proven afterwards when the screen fades to black and then a zoom in shot on the previous scene of the camera is shown. A narrator voice is then introduced in the background to help the audience to understand more in depth of the whole concept of the movie. “The pictures you are about to see are real” while a close up shot of a magazine is displayed. “They have not been retouched or manipulated” zooming in on the...