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Thursday, 29 September 2016

The girl on the train trailer review



THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN- A thriller about a missing person in a modern day city 


This thriller film trailer is intense and intriguing, its target audience is 14+ has a range of camera angles and lighting through out the trailer, it uses mysterious music which the clips are in sequence to at the beginning of the trailer to build tension. In the trailer it also shows a girl is gone missing which matches the genre of thrillers, suggesting that though out the actually movie it is going to be based on this missing person. This suits the target audience because it makes them intrigued and interested. The trailer seems to be based in modern time in a city which also suits the thriller genre.

At the start of the trailer a close shot of a woman's face is firstly presented and says a interesting sentence which will make the viewer curious, briefly after it cuts to a new scene along with peaceful music then the woman narrates over a series of short scenes which she is in. Then suddenly the music's tune flips upside down into tense music and a man appears very close to the woman in a sexual way and the narration suggests that this man is a secret which she is trying to hide. The use of the music and the camera angle shows that something bad is going to happen. This creates tension and curiosity for the viewer making them wanting to watch more.

Throughout the trailer questions arise with limited and vague answers about the story making the viewer intrigued. A woman goes missing which suits the genre of a thriller also in the trailer the protagonist is suggested to be a witness who saw the woman briefly before she disappeared, and a string of clues follow this witness connecting her to the missing woman which also suggest that she is the antagonist but isn't completely clear.

Overall this trailer suits the thriller genre and correctly targets its targets its audience of  ages 14 and over because of its use of action, violence and sexual scenes, on top of this the editing and music creates tension and suspense which would be very eye catching for the target audience.

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