Cloverfield Teaser Trailer

This is the Cloverfield teaser trailer
Genre- The genre for this film is Mystery, Science Fiction and Thriller Narrative- Shows people having a leaving party as you can see a 'we will miss you Rob' sign, the footage is all from a handheld camera and shows the whole clip like this, the lights go out and you then see them looking at a TV news channel which shows that there has been an earthquake, the group of people go outside on the roof to see what's going on and it shows the location, New York. You then see an explosion in the distance and the group of people start running back inside, we then see them on the street and people are running and screaming past, you see more big explosions happen and then something big get thrown into one of the buildings, the camera moves out of the way and then looks behind to see what it was and its the statue of liberty's head. Unique Selling Point- Its a mystery what is attacking the city Target Audience- Teenagers to young adults. Shot Types/Camera Angles-Handheld camera used all through the clip. Pace- Slow paced at start, speeds up through when showing characters and then the explosions happening, always looks like it is looking up at people. Close ups of people talking about certain characters. Long distance shots of explosion and establishing shot of location. Special Effects- The explosions and the statue of liberty's head being thrown at a building. Credits and Intertitles- Shows the date it is going to be released and the director J.J Abrams who is known for Lost which was a mystery thriller genre.