The trailer for Shutter Island which is 2.30 minutes long, keeps the audience off their seats, and intrigued to watch more. The trailer uses clips from the movie all the way through, providing the audience with sharp edits and tense, non-diagetic music. Throughout the trailer there are graphic captions showing the directors name, Martin Scorsese and the main actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
The trailer starts with the shot of the production company which is paramount. However the paramount picture logo has been edited black and white, this follows the conventions of a horror film, and so the film immediately appears eerie.
The shots used in the trailer are mainly close-ups showing emotion, however the location shots are long. Through the trailer we also see birds eye view shots, showing the isolated island and showing the gates abruptly being closed.
The fade-ins and outs are mainly used in the first section of the trailer, as the tense music gets louder the cuts appear sharper and more intensifying, as the last cut fades out and there is a sudden/frightening shot of a hand appearing from the rocks, this leaves the trailer with no spoilers to the end of the film.
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