Analysis of Teaser Trailer

THE
LAST
AIRBENDER

ROMAINE FORD -_-

 The trailer begins with a title screen,
with writing over a dark background,
where the writing has an glowing
effect which has been created using
CGI. There are also moving white
areas on the title screen that seem to
be ‘air’ which was what made the title
screen entrance, with the non-
diegetic sound of air/wind.
There is then a cut to a boy in a circle candles, where
the camera tracking and panning around the outer
circle of the candles. The non-diegetic soundtrack has
started with the opening of a Flute being played, while
the narrator is speaking about him, as his actions are
moving synchronized with the narrators words, where
he uses the air to out some of the
candles, when the narrator says
“He’s the last of his kind”

AIR
The camera then tracks over
the candles and moves in
towards him, as he begins to
train within the circle of
candles. The narrator continues
to talk about him he continues
to prove himself, as the narrator
calls his kind powerful as he
begins to swing his weapon, the
non-diegetic
sound effects
become louder
making it clear that
he is powerful.
Where as the same
time he begins to
swing his weapon
the soundtrack gets
more tense with the
sounds of drums
being beating.
As he goes back into a stance the
sounds of the drums have faded
out and the flute is still playing,
which portrays that when he is
still he is calm, as a flute is known
as a ‘wind’ instrument.

He begins to continue training,

and as he does so the drums are
now being heard once more
within the soundtrack and the
narrator continues to talk about
him, he continuously acting in
sync, as him then being called
the chosen one he puts out
more candles with a gush of
air/wind.
 Collar blowing

He then stops his training and ‘rams’ his weapon in the ground which then rushes up a heap of wind
and puts outs all the candles; the medium close up shot shows how much wind there was as it was
blowing his collar up. And there is then a sudden stop of the drums within the soundtrack as he
stands still and breathes, the flute continues playing throughout the soundtrack.

The medium close up shot

still positioned as he then
reveals himself.
There is then a cut to another title scene is shown with the same effects
as the opening title screen letting the viewers when the film is being
released.
Which has made the tempo of the soundtrack speed up.
 Where the trailer has cut to another medium close up parallel in front of the boy as he
seem to be creating wind with his hands which has been edited, and the camera hens to
track back away from the boy, which portrays him pushing you back out into the air, as the
camera continues to track backwards. You can then begin to see that the boy is clearly
isolated living around mountains, with no sight of any other temples when the camera
tracks into a establishing shot.
Once in the air the camera then
starts to pan down the edge of
the cliff of the house where the
boy is, this again shows more
isolation, as the more the camera
pans down, you can see that there
is an ocean there and boats which
look very small because of the
height of which the camera is at;
overlooking clouds.
The camera then pans right and back
up overlooking the ocean, where
there are boats launching fireballs
towards the temple and some people
have started to climb the cliff, which
is also acts with what the narrator
says about people wanting to
‘destroy him’. Meanwhile the
soundtrack has continued to play up
tempo adding more tension to the
Trailer.
There is the a cut to the movie title screen
where one of the fireballs that was
launched was recorded to go into shot
outer shot where it went on to hit the title
of the movie ‘The Last Airbender’ which
portrays people wanting to burn him.

It seems that he has then again

controlled the air and pushed air onto
the title screen to put out the fire.
 You are then left with the title of the film with the soundtrack not
giving as much tension 3 seconds before not giving much of an tense
felling.
There is then a cut to the four
final title screens, which are
shown with the final seconds
of the soundtrack being
faded out.