I am a huge fan of the Fast and Furious film series and recently the sixth Fast and Furious film's trailer has been released. After watching the trailer, I was extremely excited to see the film, which is released in cinemas in the UK on 17th may 2013.
One of the elements of the trailer that stood out to me most was the use of the music throughout. The trailer starts off is an establishing shot of what looks to be a sunny European town and the music to accompany this shot is very light and suits the shot well. Then we hear Luke Hobbs say 'So this is what a hundred million buys you huh' as Dom Torreto is walking on his balcony with a beer showing that he is enjoying his new life since the last film. When this line is said, we cut to a shot of Dom as he looks shocked to see Hobbs there and the music changes and there is a loud boom showing that he is shocked.
Whilst Hobbs is telling Dom about why he is there, we see a sequence of shots that show the reason he is there, which is because there is a job that he needs help with and catching some criminals and in the shots we see what they are wanted for. Whilst we see these shots, there is just a voice over from Hobbs as he is explaining the situation. I think that this is a very good technique because whilst the audience is hearing what the film is going to be about, they also get the visuals of what is going to be happening. The music in this sequence is very intense, showing that what is going on it going to be action packed and keep you on edge.
After seeing the shots of the convoy across the bridge, the trailer cuts back to the original shot of Hobbs and Dom on his balcony. The music drops again so it is very quiet, making the audience focus on what Hobbs is telling Dom. We then cut back to the sequence showing the convoy and the music comes back as it was previously. Then the trailer cuts back to the original shot on the balcony again and the music goes quiet again until there is a close up shot of a photo of Dom's ex girlfriend and there is another boom in the music to show that this is important, because Dom's ex girlfriend was supposed to have died at the beginning of the fourth film.
As Dom is looking at the photo, the music goes very quiet and Hobbs says to Dom that he needs his help and he needs his team. Then the trailer cuts to a shot of Dom looking up and the music comes back loud and grabs the audience's attention very quickly.
Whilst the music is loud and upbeat, we see a montage of all of Dom's team and where they are now and what they are doing since the last film. There is a voiceover from Dom saying that there is the best team in the world standing in front of you, and then the trailer cuts to a show of the team stood around a trailer, and then the trailer cuts to a shot of Dom, which is the same shot that the voiceover was taken from.
We then cut to another montage with loud, lively music whilst Hobbs is explaining the situation to the entire team and why he needs all of their help. The first shot in the montage is a shot of the main villain in the film. I thought this was a good shot to put first because it shows the audience who the man is that the film is going to be about. The montage then shows the audience what this man has done for Hobbs to need the help from Dom's team, whilst Hobbs is explaining it all in a voiceover. The final shot we see of the montage is a longer shot of Letty, Dom's ex girlfriend, to show that she is also on the villain's team now.
Throughout the next thirty seconds of the trailer, there is a long montage of some of the action that will be happening in the film, such as a party that they go to, a race that Dom is included in and some gun fights. The music is high and upbeat throughout the montage, like in the previous montage. Then the music cuts out and we see Dom and Letty come face to face and she shoots Dom, which shocked me since they used to be so close. It works very well cutting the music out and having silence on this part of the trailer because it is an emotional point in the trailer, seeing Dom reunited with Letty after he came to believe that she was dead.
The rest of the trailer shows events from the film in the style of another montage with the same music track used previously but further into the track, which is the most upbeat part of the track. The final shot shown before the release date is shown is a shot of an aeroplane being taken down whilst it is trying to take off by Dom's team. I think that is was a good decision leaving this shot until the end of the piece because it is a new idea that hasn't been seen before and may attract people to watch the film even more.
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