Reseach - Trailer_Compansion_Between_"Se7en"_And_"Zodiac"

Similarities:

Both Films are directed by David Fincher, Se7ens was released in 1995 and is a crime thriller about a serial killer, who murders people based on the seven deadly sins, and two detective are trying to find him and stop him. This is nearly the same for the Zodiac made in 2007, is another crime thriller about a serial killer, with several detectives trying to catch the zodiac.
Both films are centred around someone new coming in to solve a new/old case. This is used so the audience have a way into the film, and feel apart of the film.
The trailer convection both films use is a term called asynchronous dialogue, dialogue from a different part of the film played over another scene, this help set up the world and help inform the audience as to what is going on in their world.
In the 'Zodiac' there is a scene when Jake Gyllenhaal characters is reading a letter from the Zodiac, which says "I like killing people, because man is the most dangerous animal of them all." this scene then cuts from Gyllenhaal reading the letter, to a man and a women (in the picture below) being held by a hoodie figure. This asynchronous dialogue connotes to the audience the zodiacs point, as they hear the words "most dangerous animal", while being denoted a man is being held against his will.

This can also be seen in 'Se7en', When 50 seconds into the trailer a unknown character says "About the only thing we know about this guy is he's completely insane". Then cuts to dimly lit

While showing them the clips of the film to help get the audience attention, they are both broken into 3 section:

• Intro dialogue,

• Action,

• Tense dialogue.

This format helps deliver import information that the director will want his audience to known, to then show how exciting the films will be and what the obstacle will be in the protagonist('s) way, giving the audience more reason to watch the film, to see them overcome these obstacle,to then end on lines of dramatic dialogue, this is used to put the audience on the edge of their seat wanting more. Both trailers are good at getting the audience hooked on their films. As they use close-ups of main characters to