This trailer is influential to us in terms of its structure. We are thinking of including a shot of a doctor examining the main character at the start of our trailer, similar to the beginning of this trailer. However we have decided against having the doctor talking on screen and have instead decided to have a voice over of the doctor describing the disease Narcolepsy. So like this trailer we will have no music at the start, only a speech from the doctor, then we will start the music after the doctor scene like this trailer does. Similar to this trailer, where it shows a montage of the main character's memories of himself and his girlfriend, we will have a montage of our main character falling asleep in odd places. This trailer seems to tell the story without giving too much of the plot away, which is what we want our trailer to do.
'Me, Myself and Irene' is influential for the genre because it concerns a man with a mental disorder, yet the film portrays it in a humorous way by using slapstick comedy (e.g. when the woman kicks Jim Carrey's character in the head and he falls over the fence and down the hill) which is what we will also be doing in our teaser trailer. This trailer makes you want to go and see the film without actually giving away too much of the plot.
Certain micro-aspects in the 'Prince of Persia' teaser trailer have influenced us by showing how the camera shots, sound and mise-en-scene create the atmosphere of the film and entices the viewers to want to watch it. Firstly, the trailer uses a voice-over who explains the Prince's 'challenge' and during which there is a montage of long-takes that illustrate what she's saying. There is also a low pitched score playing while she is talking, which we're not planning to do, however it reinforces the intensity of the film. There are numerous close-up shots of the characters' eyes which also create the tense atmosphere to the trailer and makes it more personal, which we find useful because we'd like to put close ups of our protagonist's eyes before she falls asleep. The aerial shots of the deserts show the length the characters have to travel, and we were considering that perhaps, if possible we could get some aerial shots of London.
The costume also plays an important role by showing the importance of each character and the time the film is set in. Seeing the costume in this trailer has brought these points to our attention so we are now going to think very carefully about the style of clothes our actors wear in our teaser trailer.
