Anaylsis of the Godzilla Trailer

Camera:

The Trailer of Godzilla opens with an establishing shot of  the city overlooking the river. The establishing shot sets the atmosphere for where about this scene is going to be set. We then see a man walking down some stairs. Here we get a high angle shot. This then leads into a long shot. The long shot allows the audience to see the setting around the man and also the atmosphere. Alternatively we also get a high angle shot of the man. This shows us that the man is going to be viewed upon as being smaller than other people. This could suggest his social status as being of the lower class. This will either make the audience feel sorry for him or they will look down upon him. Once the man has walked down the stairs we get another high angle shot from above as two men are talking to him. We also then get a point-of-view shot as the men are talking to him. This gives the audience the chance to see the man in the view that they do. This refers back to how the use of the camera makes us look down upon the man. As the man starts to walk down the pier we see a low angle shot along with tracking. This is shown in between the wood of the pier. Furthermore we see the use of a low angle shot juxtaposing with the high angle shot. This juxtaposes as the low angle shot makes the man seem bigger and more valued than the high angle shot which makes him seems small and less valued.  A long shot has been used through some fencing to show the man sitting down at the end of the pier fishing. This then leads into a medium shot whilst the man is fishing.  However this time we see the front of the man. This allows us to see his facial expressions. We then see the camera focusing on the fishing rod. This gives us the impression that something is going to happen. As the man continues to fish we see a close up of his hands and the fishing rod. This shows us how tightly he is holding onto the fishing rod, suggesting that the current is getting rougher, creating suspense.  The man also believes at this point that he has caught a fish. As we see him holding the rod so tightly it suggests to the audience that it can't be a fish as soon after the rod is let go off and goes straight into the water.  Suddenly we see a wave appear. Here we see a medium-long shot of the man in the background along with the wave.  We then see a mid-shot of the man, allowing us to see the expressions on his face, allowing us to know how frightened and shocked he is. An extreme long shot has been used when the man starts to run down the pier, leading into a bird's eye view allowing us to see all of the action that is happening from up above. After we see some titles we see a point of view shot of a person sitting in the back seat of a car. This allows us to see  what the person can see and also suggests that is going to happen in the next part of the film.

Editing:

At the start of the trailer we see a few cuts. One of these cuts is from the establishing shot into the opening shot of the man walking down the stairs. This creates a calm and peaceful atmosphere. As the trailer continues we see more cuts being used building up tension and suspense.  This makes the pace quicker. We also see a shot-reverse-shot. This happens when we see the man picking up his drink to him looking at the fishing rod to us looking back at him. This makes us dwell on the thought of what is happening.  We also see a dissolve shot from the establishing shot into the opening scene.

Sound:

The opening of the trailer starts off with some music. This music seems to be quite upbeat, which makes the atmosphere seem full of life. We then hear two men talking over the music. As the men are just talking over the music is portrays to us that this is what they do on a daily bases.  When we see the man by the pier fishing we here a non-diegetic sound. This sounds like a fish. However we cannot see the fish. This then leads into a diegetic sound of the waves crushing against each other. These sounds are deep and low- sounding a bit like thunder creating a dark atmosphere. As the tension rises the music speeds up. This is when the man stops talking suggesting to the audience that he is to terrified and frightened for what is going to happen.  We then get a cut away into some titles as the 'Godzilla' title came up we here a non-diegetic sound. This sound is off a scream. As we cannot see where the scream is coming from we can only presume it is from the man himself. This also creates tension as the audience have no idea on what has happened as all we can see is a black background.

Mise-En-Scene

As the trailer starts we see a misty, rainy day leading into what look like a very much deserted village. This creates a dull atmosphere.  From what we can presume the man seems quite happy as he is walking along the pier hoping to catch a fish. The man is dressed in what looks like some old clothes. This suggests to use his social status. The first titles that appear we see a black background with yellow font being used. In typography we also see a sans serif typeface being used. This type of font is bold and eye catching. However when we see the title of 'Godzilla' we see a green background fade into a black background with the font is black and green surrounding the font the outline the letters. This is extremely bright and really draws you into what is being said on the screen.