Film Trailers

Audition without sound

The trailer starts slow paced which suggests that something bad will happen. Then the film becomes fast paced and more violent which shows that it is a thriller. There are also quotes from reviews that  mostly describe how scary it is, which suggests that it is horror. The writing and scenes fade out slowly at the beginning but speedup at the end to show that the film is a thriller. There is black and white pouring down the screen, like blood, suggesting something bad will happen. This tells us that it is a thriller.

We see torture happening in the film e.g. there is someone trapped in a bag, someone is being stabbed. There is also murder in the film which tells us that it is a horror thriller. The choice of colour also tells us that it is a horror as it uses dark colours which suggests that something bad will happen. It also uses the colour of red which signifies danger and seduction.

Swedish trailer of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' 

The trailer start slow paced, filming the back of someone in a hoody walking; this suggests that something is going to happen to this character. It then shows a girl working on a computer and the camera zooms in on details on the computer which suggests that she is working on something secretive and tells us that it could be a thriller.The film then becomes  fast paced showing that the film becomes more dramatic as time goes on.
It then shows the girl fighting someone, indicating it could be a violent thriller. We also see the girl following and taking pictures of a man which shows that there is stalking involved in the film. We also see a body that might be dead and pictures in an investigation
of it which suggests that a murder could have
happened this shows that the film has elements of
horror. The trailer also uses lots of dark colours
suggesting something dangerous happens in the film.

Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis

It was during the Cold War between the USA and Russia. It was close to becoming a nuclear war. It was the closest the World came to a nuclear war. Premier Nikita Khrushchev wanted to place nuclear missiles in Cuba as the USA had more powerful missiles that could strike the whole of the Soviet Union. Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if it was invaded. During the summer of 1962 the Soviet Union secretly built missiles. In October 1962 the USA discovered photos of the Soviet Union's missiles. Kennedy organised an meeting that lasted seven days with his top advisers. He announced that any missiles launched from Cuba
would be an attackon the USA and that the Soviets
had to remove all missiles. JFK and the Premier
made an agreement that the Soviets would dismantle
the missiles and return them back to the Soviet Union.
They also agreed that the Soviet light bombers
would be removed from Cuba and that the USA
would not invade.

Kyle Cooper

Kyle Cooper

Kyle Cooper is a designer of title sequences and also a movie director. He has directed 'Se7en', 'Spider-Man', and 'The Mummy'. He did the title sequences for 'Iron Man', 'Tron','Legacy' and 'The Walking Dead'. He was also one of the founders of the Imaginary Forces but he left in 2003 and he founded the company Prologue.

Background Information

Kyle Cooper studied graphic design under Paul Rand (graphic designer) at Yale University from where which he obtained an MFA. He also studied at the  University of Massachusetts where he was awarded a BFA. He has earned five Emmy Award nominations and he has one win for his work for the 81st Annual Academy Awards . He also holds the title of Honorary Royal Designer for Industry from the Royal Society of Arts in London. 

  

 Examples of his work

Most of his title sequences  have a similar style where the pictures are layered over each other.

'Se7en' Opening Sequence

In the opening sequence we see lots of dark colours and the colour red is used, suggesting something dark and dangerous is going to happen which suggests that the film will be a horror.  The music that is used is sinister suggesting that the film could be a psychological thriller. Kyle Cooper uses picture layering in the film which is his signature film design.