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This exercise is a great way to get students thinking about how different
elements come together to create a specific theme or tone.

There are QRCodes and shortened URLs for students to work at their own
pace, or you can go through each one with them leaving the last one to view
together but complete on their own. There are two final questions students can
complete as an exit ticket or can be used as class discussion.

The answers I’ve given are samples only. Tone, mood, and everything else
involved in this lesson is subject to opinion and will likely vary depending on who
you ask. The videos are all found on YouTube.com and are appropriate for high
school students.
Name: __________________________________________________________ Date: ______________________

Movie Trailer Remix

Obj: Students will analyze two different trailers for the same movie in order to explain how mood, tone,
characterization, and motivation work together to create author’s purpose.

Movie #1:
Basic storyline in one sentence:

Original Trailer Remixed Trailer

Mood: Mood:
goo.gl/BlSKdX goo.gl/bPOn6X

Created by: Created by:

Tone: Tone:

Created by (use quotes, how things are Created by (use quotes, how things are
said): said):

Main character is best described as: Main character is best described as:

Actions/Dialogue to support Actions/Dialogue to support

characterization: characterization:
Name: __________________________________________________________ Date: ______________________

Movie #2:
Basic storyline in one sentence:

Original Trailer Remixed Trailer

Mood: Mood:
goo.gl/tfspjp tinyurl.com
/yxgbhaql

Created by: Created by:

Tone: Tone:

Created by (use quotes, how things are Created by (use quotes, how things are
said): said):

Main character is best described as: Main character is best described as:

Actions/Dialogue to support Actions/Dialogue to support

characterization: characterization:
Name: __________________________________________________________ Date: ______________________

Movie #3:
Basic storyline in one sentence:

Original Trailer Remixed Trailer

Mood: Mood:
goo.gl/Yh2bm9 goo.gl/wQbDmk

Created by: Created by:

Tone: Tone:

Created by (use quotes, how things are Created by (use quotes, how things are
said): said):

Main character is best described as: Main character is best described as:

Actions/Dialogue to support Actions/Dialogue to support

characterization: characterization:
Name: __________________________________________________________ Date: ______________________

1. Which element of the trailer has the greatest effect on the overall tone of the trailer? Why?

2. Which element of the trailer has the smallest effect on the overall tone of the trailer? Why?
Name: __________________________________________________________ Date: ______________________

Movie Trailer Remix

Obj: Students will analyze two different trailers for the same movie in order to explain how mood, tone,
characterization, and motivation work together to create author’s purpose.

Movie #1: “Finding Dory”

Basic storyline in one sentence: a small fish is separated from her family

Original Trailer Remixed Trailer

Mood: playful, warm Mood: dark, ominous
goo.gl/BlSKdX goo.gl/bPOn6X

Created by: water sounds, sun rays in the Created by: dark filters, muted colors,
water, colorful objects/life forms in the eerie music
water, upbeat music

Tone: optimistic, silly, cheerful Tone: mysterious, menacing, suspenseful

Created by (use quotes, how things are
said):
“Hand me the ratchet wrench; I can fix it”
“I’m remembering something – what was I
talking about?”
“I remembered something important. Was
it about a clam? A mollusk?”
Upbeat music, calm or excited dialogue
An unforgettable adventure she probably
won’t remember
Created by (use quotes, how things are
said):
Eerie music, quick cuts from one scene to
the next, dark filters to mute colors,
repeating specific phrases where
characters are confused, sad, frustrated,
or annoyed. Angry dialogue

Main character is best described as: Main character is best described as:
Forgetful, positive, determined, optimistic Confused and dangerous (like she’s the
one who hurt/killed her family but she can’t
remember) crazy
Actions/Dialogue to support Actions/Dialogue to support
characterization: characterization:
“What was I talking about?” “lost everyone” “nothing I can do” “I was
“My family! They’re out there somewhere I too late” “I don’t have a family” all muttered
have to find them!” or said with a scared tone.
Name: __________________________________________________________ Date: ______________________
Movie #2: “Twilight”
Basic storyline in one sentence: A teenage girl falls in love with a vampire
Original Trailer
Mood: ominous, gloomy
goo.gl/tfspjp
Created by: dark colors, plain
surroundings, overcast weather
Tone: mysterious, serious, malevolent
Created by (use quotes, how things are
said): “You gotta give me answers” “What if
I’m the bad guy?” “Are you afraid?” “This
isn’t real; it doesn’t exist”
A security guard is killed by some beast.
Shots of characters gazing at each other
but not smiling.
Main character is best described as:
Serious, confused, lost
Actions/Dialogue to support
characterization:
Someone is coming after Bella and won’t
stop until he kills her.
“If I die, can you save me?”
Internal conflict of what Edward is and
what it means for her.
Remixed Trailer
Mood: light, cheerful
tinyurl.com
/yxgbhaql
Created by: more nature scenes at slower
pace (doesn’t quickly cut away) most shots
are in daylight, with lighter filter
Tone: silly, funny, romantic
Created by (use quotes, how things are
said):
Voice-over tone is light with writing on the
screen. Includes Bella falling on sidewalk,
accidentally hitting another student in the
head with a ball.
Friend is very chipper: “Aren’t people from
Arizona supposed to be, like, really tan?”
Added sound effects: farting noise, and
springing sound
Main character is best described as:
Clumsy, awkward, easily embarrassed
Actions/Dialogue to support
characterization:
Shown smiling more throughout the trailer.
Shown falling, with broken leg, and hitting
someone with a ball.
Shown being teased at school and unsure
of what to say.
Name: __________________________________________________________ Date: ______________________
Movie #3: “Elf”
Basic storyline in one sentence: An elf finds out he is a human and looks for his
biological father
Original Trailer
Mood: light, bright, cheerful goo.gl/Yh2bm9
Created by: bright, colorful city is
decorated for the holidays. Upbeat holiday
music, colorful costumes on elves and
store workers.
Tone: funny
Created by (use quotes, how things are
said):
Showing large human struggling with small
elf school and house
“I like to whisper, too.”
“son of a nutcracker”
The “he’s an angry elf” scene
Voice-over: get ready for a tall tale of elfish
proportions
Main character is best described as:
Childlike, naïve
Actions/Dialogue to support
characterization:
Spinning around revolving door, wants to
hold hands, go ice skating, snowball fight
Hit by the cab when crossing the street.
Excited to see Santa
Remixed Trailer
Mood: mysterious, ominous, dark
goo.gl/wQbDmk
Created by: more scenes shot at night,
cutting quickly from one shot to another,
suspenseful music, no other elves or the
north pole are included. Fewer shots of
decorated city.
Tone:
Created by (use quotes, how things are
said):
Out-of-context nighttime scenes
Words: Taken as a child, tortured, twisted,
and broken
Shows jail scene and father yelling at
Buddy
Shows Buddy’s tickle as just an attack
then quickly cuts away
Main character is best described as:
Mentally disturbed, obsessive, someone
who is always scheming against others
Actions/Dialogue to support
characterization:
Buddy at the table at night, walking
through the woods at night, hiding behind
a wall watching someone. Shown in jail.
“I walked all day and night to find you”
Shouting “I love you, I love you, I love
you!”
Name: __________________________________________________________ Date: ______________________

1. Which element of the trailer has the greatest effect on the overall tone of the trailer? Why?

Answers will vary, but students should take into consideration the following elements that make up a
trailer:

What scenes are included/not included

Music used
Filters to change lighting and colors
Voiceover tone and what is said
Amount of scenes included and how long each scene lasts
How characters are portrayed

2. Which element of the trailer has the smallest effect on the overall tone of the trailer? Why?