Trailer Narrative Notes
Mainstream Trailers - These trailers generally consist of 3 act narrative to outline the basic story of the whole film for the audience. Examples of the 3 acts in trailers I've studied:
(a) 'The Lucky One'
1. Sets out the main character's background and why he is set on the track of the main narrative. In this trailer, it begins with Logan explaining why he has to go and find Beth - 'I promised myself that if I ever got out I would find that girl and thank her for saving my life.' This act continues with them meeting and the early stages of their relationship.
2. The 2nd act begins when the music first changes and Logan starts the job at the farm - the cheery music suggests things are going well and reflects they're relationship growing.
3. The final act merges with the 2nd act as it leads on from the same song but things progressively get more stressful and conditions worsen - this is shown by lots of different clips of arguments and tears etc. to suggest that the relationship has growing problems. However, this ends on a lighter note to reassure the audience that the whole film is not singularly about problems in the relationship.
(b) 'Dear John' - this runs in a very similar fashion as 'The Lucky One' but just with slightly different editions to the story
1. The first act introduces the two main characters as they first meet and they begin to get to know each other and they are very happy together.
2. The second act becomes more dramatic and melancholic as John chooses to extend his time with the army - however there is still an air of hopefulness and happiness about them due to the narrator explaining that they are working hard to keep the relationship going strong.
3. This act mainly consists of an emotional montage showing the couple facing their individual problems - however like 'The Lucky One' it ends on a more positive note through the narrator.
(c) 'The Notebook'
1. This introduces the two characters and their growing relationship with each other
2. The second act begins to show the problems between Noah and Ally as Ally gets sent away. However, it continues to stay cheerful as she meets another person who she falls in love with but it is clear that Noah also continues to stay in her life.
3. Instead of getting more sad like both 'The Lucky One' and 'Dear John', it simply gets more dramatic with a montage of emotional scenes with the narrator becoming more desperate to discover about the story of Noah and Ally and this also urges the audience to find interest in the story as well. However, it follows the convention of ending on the same positive note through the narrator.
(a) 'The Lucky One'
1. Sets out the main character's background and why he is set on the track of the main narrative. In this trailer, it begins with Logan explaining why he has to go and find Beth - 'I promised myself that if I ever got out I would find that girl and thank her for saving my life.' This act continues with them meeting and the early stages of their relationship.
2. The 2nd act begins when the music first changes and Logan starts the job at the farm - the cheery music suggests things are going well and reflects they're relationship growing.
3. The final act merges with the 2nd act as it leads on from the same song but things progressively get more stressful and conditions worsen - this is shown by lots of different clips of arguments and tears etc. to suggest that the relationship has growing problems. However, this ends on a lighter note to reassure the audience that the whole film is not singularly about problems in the relationship.
(b) 'Dear John' - this runs in a very similar fashion as 'The Lucky One' but just with slightly different editions to the story
1. The first act introduces the two main characters as they first meet and they begin to get to know each other and they are very happy together.
2. The second act becomes more dramatic and melancholic as John chooses to extend his time with the army - however there is still an air of hopefulness and happiness about them due to the narrator explaining that they are working hard to keep the relationship going strong.
3. This act mainly consists of an emotional montage showing the couple facing their individual problems - however like 'The Lucky One' it ends on a more positive note through the narrator.
(c) 'The Notebook'
1. This introduces the two characters and their growing relationship with each other
2. The second act begins to show the problems between Noah and Ally as Ally gets sent away. However, it continues to stay cheerful as she meets another person who she falls in love with but it is clear that Noah also continues to stay in her life.
3. Instead of getting more sad like both 'The Lucky One' and 'Dear John', it simply gets more dramatic with a montage of emotional scenes with the narrator becoming more desperate to discover about the story of Noah and Ally and this also urges the audience to find interest in the story as well. However, it follows the convention of ending on the same positive note through the narrator.
1. This is slightly different to the other trailers as it doesn't show the beginning of the couple's relationship but simply fires the audience into their relationship as it is - perfectly happy.
2. The 2nd act turns everything immediately bad rather than showing a slow descent of problems like the previous trailers
3. This act is more similar to other trailers' 2nd act as it is more positive whilst still being aware of the problems within the narrative and the problems the couple has to overcome. This trailer is only slightly different as it follows the exact same type of plot but just slightly flips the order of it.
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2. The 2nd act turns everything immediately bad rather than showing a slow descent of problems like the previous trailers
3. This act is more similar to other trailers' 2nd act as it is more positive whilst still being aware of the problems within the narrative and the problems the couple has to overcome. This trailer is only slightly different as it follows the exact same type of plot but just slightly flips the order of it.
W.H.
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