Opens with early animation, displaying actors names. The trailer features various scenes from the film and relies mainly on dialogue to portray the plot and genre of the movie to the audience.
Casablanca 1942 -
1950 Cinderella -
This trailer features very little footage from the movie and relies on text and dialogue to sell the film to the audience. Over the top statements such as "The entire world has been waiting to see" are very common of this time period.
Fistful Of Dollars 1964 -
In this trailer the over the top phrases displayed in text on the screen have been phased out and the massive advancment in the movie industry is reflected here. Taking a major move forward from it's early 1930's western partners, this trailer relies mainly on footage from the movie to tell the story, a trend which will be seen in many film trailers in generations later to come.
Star Wars - Episode IV - (original 1977)
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARC - Trailer ( 1981 )
This trailer opens with the paramount pictures motif and the name of the production company. The trailer then explodes into fast jump cuts of footage from the movie in a montage of clearly more advanced scenes compared with the previous decade. The 80's was a landmark in creative movie and movie trailer making which will be refferd to by many movie makers in the future.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Official Trailer [1991]
Indiana Jones 4 - Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008
Insidious 2011
Now for the present day and the spine chilling trailer for paranormal horror 'Insidious' certainly does stand out as a classic example of the modern day film age trailer. This trailer opens with the ofen seen green screen warning of content and age from the motion picture association of america. The title of the movie is then seen in advanced animation with accompanying sound affects. A mixture of fade out transations and text to build suspense then features throughout the majority of the trailer, followed by a large amount of jump cuts and faster pace music with increased dynamics to conclude the trailer.
