In this trailer the use of opening titles is something used very effectively, with short statements "The General" "Who became a slave" "The slave" "Who became a gladiator" "The Gladiator" "Who defied an Empire" that all link together and gives you the main plot to this story, with in theses quotes there are also short cuts of footage that back up the statement shown for instance in the first statement "The General" you are given a short close up tracking shot of him leading an army. These cuts are very effective are is something i think we should consider using in our trailer.
The first words we here our hero saying is "my name is gladiator" this is re-enforcing the name name of the film but also demonstrates how he has changed and lost his old identity. Also in a very short space of time from the first words you hear the know well know "father to a murdered wife" quote which also tells the audience his motives behind why he is angry. from this the pace quickly fastens. The pace starts of slow giving the audience an idea of the story line and then picks up after this, to fast pasted shorts of him as a Gladiator and in the army together, theses are the stereotypical action shots you would expect to see from this sort of trailer and it it also subverting the convention of fasted paced by the way it the pace stays slow for so long.
The locations are also very juxtaposed in this trailer, firstly you see a very dark and cold setting where he is in power and then strangely when he has his freedom taken away from him the setting changes from that of dark to light, this could suggest that where he is now is his destiny and he is going to be okay.
I really like this trailer and it gives justest to an amazing film and also i think we should use the way they used titles in a similar way as they were very effective here.
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