Detailed Analysis of A Pann's Labyrinth

The first thing that appears on the screen is the company logo it fades in and out, clearly showing the audience the company that has produced the product. The music immediately starts after the logo fades and through the use of the eerie slow tone within the music the audience immediately identify the film as one of a mystery/fantasy genre. After this there are 4/5 quick shots shown which are important as these are setting the story and creating atmosphere. It is important to note that they are not telling the story because that will ruin the mystery and then there will be no point in actually going to see the film,not knowing what happens keeps the audience hooked and interested. After 4/5 seconds into the a trailer a caption appears, a convention of a film trailer. It is printed in small font in a white colour which creates an eerie atmosphere. Already there is another caption. 'what happens'. This blunt caption is thoughtful and again creating a mysterious aspect to the audience, It is again shown in a white font on a blue background. It is a typical convention for scary film trailers to use captions as it is exciting and involves the audience. More captions are shown in the same font and background showing a clear theme to the trailer. Putting all of the captions together actually says 'what happens when make believe believes it's real?' This would be very confusing and mysterious to the audience. However, this is the point to make the audience carry on watching to find out what is going on. There is then a long slower shot of the protagonist standing in-front of a tree as the shot starts to pan up the shot fades out, this indicates that something is going to happen. A long shot with a different type of music is shown which is long and slow and the scary character appears on the screen with loud music to jump the audience and make it more exciting . The middle of the video the editing becomes very fast pace as the music turns into a heavy boom sound in the background, this creates the exciting action part of the film within the trailer.The director cuts shots bluntly as it fits in with the fast hectic pace. There is a repition of shots fading, then cuts, then fade showing different locations and characters. After the fast paced editing there is a long fade into the final shot which is the title of the film, being shown last forces the title to be the first thing the audience will remember which is essential. The music gently fades away at the end showing the action has finished.This is then followed by quotes, release date and the website. Quotes indicate to the audience whether it is worth going to see and if it had good reviews. The background is different to the other captions which clearly distinguishes the seperation between the trailer and credits.