Blindness – Trailer Analysis
Film Teaser/Trailer Questions Raised
Blindness Trailer What did the plane
symbolise?
For what reason did the man
suddenly stop driving?
How did the disease form in
the first place?
Why hasn’t the woman lost
her sight?
How will the woman help
the rest of the people?
Will the people find out that
she hasn’t lost her sight?
Category (true story, Comments (genre, own Shot list
comic fictional, novel, reaction)
film, documentary)
Novel The film seems to be HC A of city/roads/
dreamlike, as the LCA and MS of traffic lights and plane.
storyline it is based CU of traffic light going green
around seems LS of cars
extremely to occur in MS of a man in a car wiping eyes
real life. Personally, the CU of a man
film does not appeal to MS of a car from the front
me particularly, as the Aerial shot of roads
storyline seems a bit Quick fade to white
over the top. Text fades in
Zooms in
Fade to CU of eye
CU of optician
MS of optician and patient’s waists
MS of an optician in a chair
CU of eye
LS of a road (horizon)
LS of man walking (zoom in)
Cut to blurred background
Text fades in
Zooms in
Cut to LS of a man from behind
LCA and CU of man
Cut to CU of man in mirror, and a woman in the
background in soft focus.
CU of the woman, and the man in the
background in soft focus.
MS of the positioned in the right 1/3 of the
screen.
Cut to blurred back background
Text fades in, and zooms in
Cut to MS of the man sitting at the desk
LS of the corridor and the people seem to be
disorientated and confused.
HCA of woman (aerial)
LS of people in the lift
LS of people in the office
MS of man
CU of woman on the phone
Cut to blurred background
Text fades and zooms in
LS of the woman in the supermarket
Soft focus LS of the motorway, and the van
crashes.
HCA and LS of board room
MS of the woman positioned in the middle of the
screen (sharp angle)
Cut to white
Cut to CU of man, and images overlay
(transparent)
MS of both the man and the woman
MS of the woman’s waist
LS of man with suitcase
LS of both man and woman (off-centre)
LS of both man and woman positioned in the
right 1/3
CU of man and woman in soft focus behind
MS of a man in a van
CU of man in overalls
MS of man first 1/3, detective 2/3 and the
woman in the last 1/3
MS of the back of the van, and the van drives
away evolving into a LS
Cut to black
CU of man in van from behind
HCA of doors of opening
HCA and panning
CU of man in white
Fade to white
Characters fade in from white
MS of woman
CU of woman and background in soft focus.
Cut to blurred background
Text fades and zooms in
Cut and CU of man, background in soft focus and
positioned in the bottom right.
CU of woman and a male in soft focus walks past
in the background.
MS of man
MS of background in soft focus, man on right in
sharp focus.
Cut to blurred background, text fades and zooms
in
Cut to LS of man fighting, switches from behind
to front.
Cut to CU of man, background in soft focus, man
in bottom right.
MS of man
Cut to blurred background, and text fades and
zooms in.
OTS. Men on both left and right in sharp focus.
MS of woman
LS of room
CU of man in right 1/3 in sharp focus.
Fade to white
MS of man in room and camera pans
MS of riot – HCA of man in soft focus behind, and
woman below is in sharp focus
MS of man with gun
MS of woman in right 1/3
LS of room, gun is heard
Quick cut to CU of glass shattering
MS of hands in air, cut to black, voice heard
during black screen.
Camera focuses on statues seen in the left 1/3 of
the screen (MS), and light shines on them.
CU of woman in right 1/3, with background in
soft focus and fades to black.
HCA of woman, with man in soft focus.
OTS and fades to black.
CU of man fades in from black, positioned in the
centre of the screen.
CU of boy, and background in soft focus.
CU of woman
CU/ECU of woman’s lovers face
MS of man and woman, with man in soft focus,
and fade to black.
CU of woman lying down, fades in from black,
with voices heard during the transition.
HCA of large area, with woman in the bottom
right third.
CU of woman in left third.
Music suddenly sounds as the camera cuts to a
white background, and the text fades and zooms
in.
LS of man in distance
CU of woman in darkness holding water, and
then fades to LS of hall.
Cut to soft focus, shadows of people and MS
fade to white
MS of boy and woman
CU slightly LCA of woman, positioned in the right
1/3 of the screen, and fades to black.
CU of man and woman, woman in soft focus on
the right.
CU of woman on right, with background in soft
focus and walks forward turning the shot into
ECU.
MS of people in office
HCA of woman standing behind the mesh
MS of man with gun, positioned on left, loud
music, cut to blurred background.
Text fades in and zooms slightly.
MS of woman on left, empty corridor behind the
woman in soft focus.
MS of woman in rain, and fast cut.
CU of woman’s mouth, and fast cut.
MS of man shooting gun, and fast cut.
Cut to blurred background, text fades and zooms
in.
CU of woman
Blurred MS of cage, and person walks past.
CU of man and woman
LCA figure seen through gates.
CU of woman on phone
CU of man holding gun, with background in soft
focus.
LCA of woman on right
MS of woman and man in water, blurred.
MS of woman very quickly.
OTS of man and woman hugging
CU of man from behind with gun, with
background in soft focus.
HCA of man
CU of woman, with home in soft focus.
Cut to black, ‘Blindness’ fades out, and music
ends.
MS of woman behind, blurred.
Fades to white, and voices can be heard during
the fade out.
Quick cut to black, with website in centre, and
text fades out.
Text enters quickly, and fades out.