Tinker Tailor Solider Spy

Is a highly well thought of Thriller of the mind from Working Title. The trailer seen above shows very little of the film itself, but it does portray a very strong image of what the film is about. Some trailers, like that of the 2010 film 'Monsters', do not show the film for what it truly is. This leads to many people sitting in the cinema waiting for the Smurfs to bring Dobby back to life.

In this trailer however, several very strong techniques are used. Firstly, the intense and jumpy music has been fitted to each segment of the trailer so that it flows effectively. I must admit to watching the trailer through several times just to intake nostalgia after watching the film in the cinema. This was mainly down to the fact that the trailer was so effective on the audience. Secondly I realised that text had been subtly used throughout the video at several points to add dramatic effect. This works well because it brings up many questions that the audience eventually ask themselves, whilst watching the film. The third interesting effect I noticed was the gaps between each snippet of film. The longest time within the trailer that the scene does not change was for 3 seconds. This added a very jumpy effect to the film which fitted well with the music, the change between scenes does not only keep the audiences attention, but it also entices them into watching the film to find out more. To conclude, this trailer is not only incredibly effective on the audience it also manages to do what very few trailers ever manage to do, which is to portray the idea that the film is a thriller in under 2 minutes.