Trailer

What is a trailer?

a series of extracts from a film or broadcast, used for advance publicity.

What is the purpose of a trailer?

Trailers consist of a series selected shots from the film being advertised. Since the purpose of the trailer is to attract an audience to the film, these excerpts are usually drawn from the most exciting, funny, or otherwise noteworthy parts of the film but in abbreviated form and usually without producing spoilers.

Features in film trailers:

• Snippets of the film• Telling the film without giving away too much

information• Cuts• Diegetic sound• Introducing Characters