Analysis of the Spectre trailer

The trailer for 007 Spectre movie had a lot of different techniques used within it to create its attention-grabbing and suspenseful atmosphere.

An example of one of the techniques is the many different shot types. The trailer opens with an establishing shot to set the scene (Mexico City) they have used this particular shot in the scene the people in it can be seen celebrating ‘The Day of the Dead’, which, with just the name of the day, could be interpreted as foreshadowing all the action and death to come in the movie.

The next gripping part of the trailer is when we have a two shot of a man wearing a mask, accompanied by a lady, this quickly transitions into a fast pasted fade out which then reveals the next shot to be a close up of just the masked man. This draws our attention to the man making it clear that he will have some sort of importance to the film. The mask he is wearing is of a skull which could be viewed as, again, foreshadowing his role in the movie (e.g. murderer). However not knowing exactly who he is behind that mask creates mystery and more tension. Additional uncertainty is added due to the non-diegetic sound added in, the noises are very loud compared to the music and speech already in the trailer which could be in an attempt to convey that the character will have a big impact in the film. Also the noise is very fast paced and snappy, just like the transitions.

Pyrotechnics are next used in the trailer to create the feeling of action and danger. This specific one was of a building being blown up by Bond. This technique could’ve been used to grab a certain type of audience to watch the film, boys, as they are stereotypically more attracted to dangerous and action packed films.

There is a subjective point of view shot used when Bond is talking to a lady. A diegetic sound of the Bond theme is being played at this moment which could be showing that she will be one of the Bond girls in the movie, as it this is a reoccurring theme in the Bond films.

Another part to draw in a certain audience could be the car scene where two characters seem to be having a race in their cars with the diegetic sounds of the engines, so again could be interpreted as trying to draw in the male viewers as that is what they are commonly known to like. To help add the action of the race the cars are being tracked horizontally by the cameras to show more of the race and perhaps to make it seem as if the audience were actually there watching race instead of just keeping the camera in one set position, it gives the feel as if somebody were turning their head to watch it.

There is an extreme close up of a ring with a symbol on it, this certain shot is emphasising the importance of the symbol because of how close it is. This creates uncertainty and tension for the audience because they know that ring must have some importance but not what that is.

There is a part of the trailer where the has just been a fight section and then the non-diegetic music suddenly stops, this creates tension for the audience because the scene has also just faded out, leaving a blank screen this may leave the viewers thinking the trailer has finished for just a second, leaving them wanting more.

There is a handheld shot of a wall that has names on, the one that stands out it James Bonds’ which is in a red, this could be representing blood and all the death that will come in the movie. The handheld shot may have been used in a subjective point of view to show Bonds’ nerves as the camera shakes a little because he was seen in the shot before looking at the writing.

There is a part of dialogue used to create tension which was the rhetorical question ‘What took you so long?’ this makes it seem as if the person asking the question has planned for Bond to be there and that Bond is now in trouble because he has fallen into their plan and is now trapped and the audience will be wanting to know how Bond got into that situation.