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Stand Your Ground Essay

Movie posters & trailers

Can trailers be trusted?

Movie Posters

Rate each poster out of 5 stars

Identify the genre of the movie

What three main components would be necessary in the trailer for this movie?

Can trailers be trusted?

“A lot of my movies have trailer shots that I shoot just for the trailer, so that people haven't seen the movie already but they get the feeling of what it's supposed to represent.... It's kind of a good twist to do that, if you go and you think that's what it's going to be, and then it's not that and it ends up happening in another place in the movie.” – Robert Rodriguez, producer

Examine both sides

Student A will argue that it is a good idea (e.g., it hints at plot rather than giving it away), and…

Student B will argue that it is a bad idea (e.g., it creates an expectation that is not fulfilled).

Re-cuts

Psycho

What is effective about this filming technique in provoking viewer interest?

Does it matter that the actress in this trailer isn’t the original actress, Janet Leigh (she wasn’t available for filming)?

Editing

A movie trailer, if edited carefully, can appeal to a variety of different audiences. For instance, take this parody of the horror movie Psycho, made to appear as a romantic comedy

Psycho parody

Complete final question on Examine Both Sides