Notable Trailers: Difference between revisions

A trailer is basically a short advertisement for a film. Usually borrowing small pieces of the film, it can be a problem to make one, sometimes harder to make than the movie itself. A good trailer encourages people to go see the film (or to rent or buy it if it's on DVD), but at the same time [[Trailers Always Spoil|shouldn't give away too much of the film]], and to be honest, [[Trailers Always Lie|should not promise things that are not in the film]] (with some exceptions; sometimes, to establish the conditions in a film, they'll add a scene of a few seconds that isn't in the film because the conditions existing are obvious and don't need to be repeated in the film.)

 

There have been some notable trailers where the trailer was an accurate representation of the content of the film, and neither lied nor spoiled the film. And perhaps some are notable for either being tremendously better than the film, or being tremendously worse.

 

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* ''[[Cloverfield]]'' :A teaser trailer shot in a handheld camera style (like the rest of the movie) that appears to be a lighthearted party flick before an abrupt attack by a giant, completely unseen monster and ending with the iconic shot of the Statue of Liberty's head rolling in the street—and no title. All that is shown is the director (JJ Abrams) and the release date (1-18-08). The trailer kicked off one of the most secretive viral marketing campaigns in movie history.