Trailer Analysis of The Matrix
The film trailer that I am going to analyse is the first film of a
trilogy, this film was released in 1999 and revolutionised films
forever. Introducing bullet time, new and improved slow motion effect,
this is now seen in many movies today. This film pops up many
philosophical questions that made scientists and philosophers E.g.
Steven Hawkins, ask the question, is this possible? Not only has this
film changed the views of many people, it has a big cult following
from hardcore fans to people in mental institutes that been effect by
this film.
This trailer is about the film, The Matrix. Directed and produced by
Larry and Andy Wachowski known as the Wachowski brothers. The purpose
of this trailer is to make people interested to watch the film not
once but many times which means this trailer has to be very effective
in the limited time given, it is about two minutes long and since this
film is like no other it is targeted at everyone, mostly action film
fans. The film is classed as a Sci-fi / action film. There will be new
concepts shown introduced in this trailer, as it is a trilogy it only
covers the first film.
The plot I simple, there is a question that needs answering and this
trailer is very direct and the first scene sees our first character,
Trinity, which is seen leaping a great distance between two buildings.
The action dives straight in and does not include the boring parts of
the film; music is not introduced at the beginning but is later added
in to last until the end. A little is known about this film and action
fans will be easily drawn in.
This trailer is very clever, a scene is shown and another scene is put
together to relate to that event. It starts off very effective and
draws in the views straight away.
A girl is seen running at night, this scene I s divided into three
shots for added dramatic effect which shows u the intensity of the
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was dramatic but it never went too far and became sappy and overdone. This film
to the film early on but makes the viewer want to make sense of what
In the opening 5 mins of a film there are many clues to the genre of
setting up the rest of the film for us, as well as showing us it is a
The film’s story does not simply shines forth, but is also the foundation of the plot. The film’s plot makes the traditional guidelines applicable...
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The first topic covered will be the plot which was mostly accurate despite the shortened aspects of the film. The
is the same as many other sci-fi films like war of the worlds and mars
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If you’ve ever had deja vu or felt that something about the world was just off, then you might just be living in the Matrix, a digital reality. At least, that is the case in the movie The Matrix directed by the Wachowski brothers. This movie, released March 1st 1999, takes place in a very distant future after a war between humanity and machines with artificial intelligence. A young man named Thomas Anderson, who goes by Neo in his nightlife as a hacker, discovers that the world is not all he thought it to be. Neo learns the truth about his world and what he has to do to save it in this action packed science fiction film.
...n (Director) mistakenly seems to believe can carry the whole film. On the strength "based on a true story", he has rejected attention-grabbing characters, an imaginative plot, and unforgettable villains.