As the trailer fades to black we are shown a foggy mysterious looking location with a boat floating towards us. The darkness connotes death, scare and fright. The camera pans into a close up of our main character portrayed by Leonardo Dicaprio to show his emotions. So far he's been given prevalence implying the writer/directer wants us to communicate with him the most. We are then taken into a forest type environment with damp, wet conditions. We see many other people walking through the forest by a montage of shots.
Shot reverse shot is used to show two characters in conversation. It's effective as it entitles the audience to understand their communications and interpretations. The non diegetic sound it used throughout as a voice over giving viewers information and ideas about the film. We then see a close up shot of the character about to shoot, however, as the soundtrack becomes higher in pitch and more suspicious the camera pans focusing on something in the background. There is a medium shot of a aggressive bear coming towards the camera, we see through it's body language that it is travelling fast and violently. The screen fades to black for a few seconds leaving the viewers questioning what will happen. It then flashes to the same scene, the bear has attacked the character and through a mix of close ups and medium shot's we see the bear aggressively trying to kill the character. The diegetic sound of a gun shot leads you to believe he's killed the bear, however, the fade to black makes you feel uneasy about the situation.
The trailer uses 'Inspired by true events' to make the audience feel connected to the trailer and want to go see it. Being based around a true story makes the film appear more serious and legitimate. I feel this is a way of keeping the audience engaged and excited.
From the dip to black, we have a extreme close up shot of the character lying on the floor. You can see blood all over his face and cuts/bruises. He appears to look alive due to his eyes being open. The extreme close up helps demonstrate his emotions and feelings. As the screen fades to black again, it looks as if we are taken back in time when our character is with his son and the happier times. It then goes back to the current situation of being attacked by the bear. We are shown through a montage of shots him being helped by people, through a unknown dialogue "He must be cared for" we know that he will not be left and will most likely;y get better.
As the screen fades to black we see a long shot of someone stabbing someone or something. Personally this has left me a little confused due to not knowing what is being killed and by whom. Other viewers may think they are finishing of the bear? Although, I am a little undecided. We then see someone trying suffocate out protagonist which could be who was in the previous shot. "Go away!" this introduces someone trying to help our main character and not let him suffer, The character who came to help is shown trying to get the gun and attack the other character through match on action. We then see him get smashed up against a tree leaving the audience unsure about the rest of his duration in the film. There is a close up shot of the protagonist looking uneasy and stressed about the whole situation.
Through a montage of shots and fade to black's we see someone trying to drag the protagonist away and what looks like bury them alive. Through the shots we can see a lot of frustration and determination in the character to get away. Through a low angle shot we see a superior looking character ask "He was buried right?" implying the action was planned. This then becomes the narrative as we see the protagonist dragging himself out of the pit he was left to die in. We see him looking sad and worried through close up shots, his dialogue "All I had was my boy..." makes us sympathies with the protagonist and want him to fight back. There is a close up of him with what looks like his son shaking due to his emotions.
The protagonist is presented looking rough and broken, due to the events in which we have already seen. The setting is presented as cold and painful as you can see his breath in the air and the snowy conditions. We are then shown the protagonist with pure determination as he's travelling through these conditions to fight back. His voice becomes the narrative as his dialogue describes "How far I have come to find them" implying he has traveled extremely far to find the people who killed his son and tried to kill him.
At this point the trailer introduces the names 'Leonardo Dicaprio' and 'Tom Hardy' this is effective when selling the trailer as people want to see films with famous actors in and ones in which people like and enjoy.
We are shown the rest of the trailer thorough a montage of shots including cross cuts, shot reverse shot, match on action and different sound effects. There are scenes including violence, fighting, setting descriptions and different conversations. There are close up shots used a lot when showing the protagonist as his emotions are important for our understanding as well as him having prevalence. There are many different weapons used including, guns, axe, arrows and swords.
As the trailer comes to an end, there is an extreme close up shot with the protagonist leaving you sympathizing with him and engaging with his prevalence. There is then a fast pace tracking shot of a horse running and falling off a cliff. The rider is likely to be the protagonist as we were just left thinking about him. The high angle shot makes the character look powerless and in danger. The soundtrack at this point is very fast pace leading you to think something serious will occur, as the horse falls the soundtrack draws to a close leaving viewers conscious about the ending and wanting to see what happens.
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