The 5th Wave - Film Trailer

This trailer opens with a long shot of a girl walking towards a destroyed building. The sound is faint which suggests that it is building tension. The abandoned building suggests that the film is to do with fighting or signifying a war. A medium shot is used to show the girl. This is used to show her clothes, which are dirty and she looks unclean, suggesting that she doesn't have a home or anywhere to shower. The medium shot also enables the audience to see the facial expressions of the girl, which in this case she seems very scared. An establishing shot is then used to show where she is heading. This is a petrol station, which is where she is possibly looking for something or someone. The camera then cuts to inside of the station where she is shown looking around. A close up is then used to show her hand picking up some tin food. As she has a bag on her, she might have run away from home. A loud bang is then heard; through a close up, the girl is shown to quickly turn her head. This enables the audience to be introduced to the character. A fade to black is then used where the camera shows an isle with a door at the end. A medium shot is then shown of the girl, walking towards the door but pointing a gun, suggesting that she is defending herself or she is fearful as to what is behind the door. A close up is then used to show her pushing the door open with the end of her gun. This builds tension and will further engage the audience in the trailer as they will want to know what is behind the door. Match on action is used as a cut to inside the room is used to show the girl pushing the door open. A medium shot is used to show an older man sat down in the corner, pointing a gun at the girl. He tells her to "drop the weapon" in which she replies "you first" in a harsh tone, suggesting that she is scared. A close up is used of the man's hand lowering the gun to the floor. Shot reverse shot is used to show the conversation between the two and where he says "if you were one of them, you'd have shot me already" suggesting that there is someone else that is killing innocent people. By not saying who these people are, further engages the audience as it means that they will want to find out who these people are. An extreme close up is shown of a finger on the trigger of the gun which suggests that she is defending herself. The music then fades out into more tension building music, which the production credits are shown with. The scene changes to inside a home with a TV on. A male is shown on the TV as he is giving a news report, which suggests that he is giving information out about what the audience has previously seen. The girl is then shown through a long shot, sitting with 3 other characters. These look like her family members. They are all sat down watching the news report. A medium shot is then used to show another male, in army uniform, suggesting that he is going to fight something. As the news report is still going on the family is then shown walking out of their house looking up. A low angle shot is used to show the family standing on the pavement and, what seems like, a UFO in the sky. This is possibly what the news report is talking about and what the film is about. This fits the action genre as it gives clues as to what the film could be about. A voice over is used, this time of the young girl. She talks about how the people where she is from calls the UFO 'the others'. An establishing shot is then used to show the town which she is from. The dad is then shown getting ready to leave. He has a big red bag on his back, suggesting he is taking his family to a safer place or that he is running away to find somewhere safer. A close up is then shown of the young girl. This is used to show the panic and fear through her expressions. As the film is called "The 5th Wave" the trailer includes the waves. A black screen is then shown with writing introducing the first wave, This is darkness. A voice over is then used again by the young girl to inform the audience about how these people took their power. A establishing shot is used to show the earth but with the lights turning out. The girl, her brother and her mum are shown standing at a window as in the reflection, the audience can see a plane exploding. This conforms to an action film as its what is expected. The screen then turns to black again with the second wave being shown as 'destruction'. The girls voice is back talking about how they took the cities, which links back to the start as the petrol station is destroyed. A birds eye view shot is shown of inside a building so that the audience can see the amount of people that are rushing into safety. The camera then shows another female through a close up. She is looking up as the camera shows what she is seeing. A wave comes crashing into the glass building which causes it to collapse. The screen then goes black again as the third wave is introduced. This time its infection. The girls voice over is back as she describes this wave. Another birds eye view shot is used to show rows of body bags, suggesting that the people have caused deaths with a virus. The girl is shown walking through a crowd of people with a mask over her mouth and nose so that she is protected from the disease. Another black screen is shown for the fourth wave which is invasion. The girls voice over is back. As she is talking, two people are shown through a long shot walking away, suggesting that they are going to the town in which the film is set. An extreme close up is shown of an eye looking around, possibly in fear because it seems as though that person is hiding. The girl is shown in the middle of a motorway where all the cars have got nobody in. The fifth wave isn't shown in the trailer because the characters do not know what this is. This would engage the audience because they will want to know what it is and if they beat it. The girl is then shown shooting her gun, either because she is scared or she is in danger. The audience is then introduced to another character who is an older boy, suggesting that he isnt her brother. Planes are shown taking off, suggesting that they have gone to fight something somewhere else, or that they are taking people to safer places that do not have these people in. The girls younger brother is shown through a medium shot as he is in the back of a bus. He is banging on the window suggesting that he doesn't want to go. His sister, the girl, is shown to be running after the bus. An over the shoulder shot is then used to show the conversation between the older male and the girl. They are trying to get her brother back. This will also engage the audience as they will want to know if the brother is safely returned to the girl. Other shots, along with faced paced editing, shows helicopters flying around, suggesting that they are looking for these people. A birds eye view shot is used to show all of the natural disasters that have been happening due to these people. As the music starts to get faster, the clips show people running which compliments each other. The last shot is of london bridge falling down by a huge wave hitting it. This gives the audience a clue as to where the film is set. More fast paced editing is used to capture the attention of the audience, this time including shots of running, weaponry and fighting which conforms to the action genre.