I looked at three trailers on the Teaching Trailers Resource supplied by the FDA online in order to further my understanding of why trailers are made and how they signal the film's genre.
The trailers that I viewed:
Came across as a Drama. The main character is a violent prisoner, in the movie he is tasked to train with the Mustang. The film also looks like it would fit into the western and fantasy genres due to the fact that there are western elements like cowboys and it is set in Nevada.
Fast & Furious
Came across as an Action Adventure film due to the fast paced editing and the stunts shown throughout the trailer. The upbeat non-diegetic music also helps present the genre. The 'childish' stunts also helped show the genre and it showed that the target audience is varied. It can attract a lot of younger audiences however there will still be adults that will want to watch.
Artemis Fowl
Came across as a Fantasy/Sci-Fi filmed with a very young target audience due to the fact the central character was a child who seemed to swagger his way through the scene. The film exploited children's love of magic and adventure in its beautiful sets and its scenes of fantastic transformations such as the magical set-piece scene in which an old woman tranforms into a
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