Research - "Silence of the lambs "_Film_Trailer_Analysis

Trailer Analysis:

At the beginning of the trailer the spectator  is subjected to non diegetic sound of a low tone soundtrack that slowly becomes more fast paced, connoting the tension within the trailer and creates a more uneasy soundtrack that starts to play on the mind of the audience. This immediately connotes to the audience that this trailer was made to put them on edge and they will  have to work out why. This use of non-diegetic sound also mirror's the sudden flashes that introduces "Hannibal Lecter" (Played by Anthony Hopkins), connoting Hannibal's suddenness and his unpredictability towards the audience. The close-up Hannibal's face denotes to the spectators his character as a very dangerous and can foreshadow his role as gruesome and conniving cannibal, that is connoted through diegetic dialogue in the trailer from a detective saying "'Don’t let him get inside your head’" this has the connotation of Hannibal's cunning and how dangerous he could be. The close-up of Hannibal's smile looks very scary and suggests his character shouldn't be trusted, intriguing the audience to find out more about his sinister character and the deadly crime he has committed.
This is something we would try to recreate in our trailer, as this would help set up the tone of our film.

The diegetic dialogue use in the trailer when Hannibal asks "Do you spook easily starling?” allows the audience to be quickly informed that the film will have a horror and thriller aspects to it as this is more of a question directed towards the audience. This use of braking the 4th wall by speaking directly to the audience is almost inviting them into Hannibal's crazy world, making the audience to figure out what could be occurring in the film. Creating anticipation towards the tension that is being build-up. This is something we could try to recreate within our trailer, however instead of a direct quote towards the audience, we might try to use titles to create the same effect and it makes our trailer more interactive with the audience.

Furthermore, there is a point of view shot of starling walking through the prisoner ward. Which makes the audience sympathize with her character because her job is very risky and life threatening. Which also makes the audience support her character. The shot of Starling walking also shows the audience that she is walking into the unknown, unaware of what will await her. A night vision camera shot is emerged in the scene at it is show as a high angle and what this does is that its meant to portray the character who is Starling as being vulnerable and weak.

The trailer also uses the mise-en-scene very well, by using the setting alongside clothing and props. To establish the prison environment the criminal Hannibal is wearing blue-ish grey overalls. This will immediately denote to the audience that he is a threat because its set in a prison and he’s behind the bars. Sterling looks very formal often wearing suits, with a badge to inform everyone of her status and authority. The prison is set in a dark setting underground, this may make the audience feel apart of the film and it my suggest to the audience something bad is going to occur.  Newspapers are some of the props used to show the popularity of Hannibal, this is shown in the film inside his cell it shows the audience Hannibal is looking up on himself as he likes the attention. It helps with keeping up with his story.