'Bohemian Rhapsody' - Theatrical Trailer

 

• The trailer begins with the recognisable queen song which is on high volume and immediately engages the audience
• The narrative focus is around Freddy Mercury and the over the shoulder shot from behind helps build up the enigma and anticipation from the audience
• The pace of the editing is fast with iconic images associated with the band ‘Queen ‘. (E.g. the guitar)
• It cuts into titling to give information to promote the film and again shows more fast shots which creates enigma to the narrative
• The words that are being used are split between shots and captivates the audience to carry on watching in order to understand what is being said. The titles are selling the film by promoting it as something really exciting. (“The only thing more extraordinary than the music is his story”)
• The trailer continues showing scenes from the film, highlighting Mercury story without giving away too much
• The fast paced cuts show that the film is going to be gripping, full of action and drama and giving the audience an insight into the  background life of mercury
• The trailer uses extended fast pace shots of the narrative within the film around the life of Freddy mercury
• The shots reveal scenes surrounding Freddy mercury’s untold story and shows the journey to his rise to fame.  The shots are cut quickly not giving away too much to the audience but enough to create enigma and intrigue
• The snippets show domes from real footage of concerts among the fictional narrative which shows the audience that the film will be potentially accurate which draws them in further
• The music is all queen favourites and adds to the excitement of the film like you would  receive in a real Queen concert
• We see elements of character being built up with both diegetic and non diegetic sounds so the audience are drawn in to the character and build up their relationship with mercury urging them to what to know more.  ( by watching the film)!
• All the dialogue and scenes shown are all part of mercury’s whole life so shows the audience they are going to get the full life story and this is a convention of trailers which show you scenes from the whole film
• The titles shown give more information on release dates and the industries who are producing the film
• The whole trailer builds up enigma and excitement and shows the audience enough to know the biography will be in depth and full of narrative - but cut off the scenes at vital points
• The trailer is around 2,30 minutes.