In order to best make our thriller trailer exciting, enticing and not overdo one of the three acts I have noted the change in tone for each of the trailers we wish our product to most be like, from introduction to the disruption in the plot, and then montage if applicable. This is especially crucial in films of the psychological genre, such as Memento, Se7en, Shutter Island and Fight Club as this is the sort of tone we wish to portray. The psychological thriller genre generally has 3 tropes, the first being an introduction of the main character or the location, the second being the event which disrupts the continuum of everyday life, and the third being voice overs/sound snippets which enforce the ambiguous nature of the trailer.
The Change From Introduction To Disruption
Memento - 0.44 seconds - The cut in music, with the diegetic sound of the mirror smashing acts as a jolt to the norm and gives narrative to a previously ambiguous trailer.
Fight Club - 0.26 seconds - Slightly harder as there is no obvious transition between the acts, however the desire for something above the norm is what causes his obsession with Fight Club.
Shutter Island - 0.20 seconds - again, like in fight club, the deviation from the norm in having to surrender weaponry in an institution for the criminally insane.
Se7en - 0.40 seconds - "Ladies and gentlemen we have ourselves a homicide".
Voice Over/Sound Snippets/Sound Bridges
Se7en - "They are caught in a game", "Let he who is without sin try to survive", as well as multiple occurrences of "Help me" and other phrases of a similar meaning placed throughout. There is no set time for these quotes, however they must be prominent in order to emphasize the genre.
Shutter Island - "Its almost as if she evaporated, straight through the walls", "Do you know what fear does to the mind", "When you see a monster, you must stop it". The non-diegetic music in this film is also essential, heightening tension at every turn and ever present, always synchronized with the tone of the trailer.
Fight Club - "We all started seeing things differently" - there is not a prominent amount of speech which supports the film being in the psychological thriller genre, however I thought the subtlety of the quote was interesting as having seen the film, it explains a lot.
Memento - "You can question everything" in combination with the excessive use of the non-diegetic speech of "What" and "Okay wait" raises questions as to the protagonists mental state.
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