Shutter Island

 

Director: 

Martin Scorsese
Drama set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding nearby. 

- At the start of the trailer you are introduced to the main character and also different type of characters such as the antagonist and protagonist.

- Shot of a sign saying 'restricted area' suggest to the audience that the environment is controlled

- Scenes from boats also suggest that the environment is out of reach or help, due to the name of the film also gives this away.

- Main character is dressed in clothing that looks like an investigator, this gives you the impression of this as he is wearing glasses, Puggaree type of hat and also a long coat, his body language and facial expressions also suggest this as he always looks at people suspicious and has his hands in his pockets most of the time.

- Police officers greet them at the island, again suggest that it’s a controlled environment and that everyone obeys the law

- Weapons are handed over, this may connote to the audience that death may be a factor within the film

- Non dietetic sound of a scream may connote to the audience that people are dying or are in need of help

 

- Weapon is seen under a foot, within this scene you also have a voice over 'murdered people in some cases' and then a scream after which may suggest that people are being tortured or in need of help

- Throughout the trailer the voice over seems to be between clips that are edited together even though you may not see anything on screen, text is also used as a voice over as well

 

- Tattoo on a characters back who is in a prison cell has a tattoo of Jesus, this may signify hope

- Main character talks to another character dressed in dark clothing which connotes a mysterious character

- Close up of a book which is written in capitals 'RUN' this gives us more mystery and gives a more of an insight of the plot which makes the audience want to continue watching

- Close up shot of a man’s face with stitches adds a bit of gore which is a convention of a horror genre

- The trailer gives you an insight of the themes within the genre such as psychological as scenes of people locked up suggest that the people are mentally ill

- Quick cuts within the editing of the trailer are parallel to the music

- They portray the mystery of the trailer as they show clips throughout the film, the mystery creates a link back to the genre

- Throughout the trailer the music gets louder and the clips or shots start to get faster

- Music throughout the trailer is calm which then gets more of a high pitch and picks up a rapid pace which is high tension music, this is a convention of a psychological genre

- The use of flashbacks is used at the end of the trailer

- Flashbacks within the trailer at 1.59 - 2.03 signifies the sense of time and is used to confuse the audience, this is a convention of thriller as it gives the audience an insight of why the characters are behaving of which connotes to the audience that they are not mentally stable

- At the end of the trailer you have the editing going at a fast pace with different clips getting faster which you can see at 1.52-2.00, this signifies the shock and fear as this is used within scenes that are 'thrilling'

- Low level of lighting used throughout the trailer

- Characters within prison cells gives you an insight of the elements of horror and psychological genre put together as the characters within the environment such as the island itself is in a confined space and uses low level of lighting within some scenes which suggests phobia's such as claustrophobia, this is something that the audience may not realize at first 

Links 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130884/