Dystopian Trailer Critique

Serenity . Josh Whedon . PG-13 . 2005
In the future, a captain (Nathan Fillion) and his crew harbor wanted citizens on their ship. They must keep the citizens safe, and also fight off the ruthless alliance.
Serenity Trailer

The trailer shows what kind of dystopian society the characters live in,  the true colors of the protagonist, and the premise of the movie. The movie is set in the future. In a time of spaceships and a world in which a bureaucracy has control, a group of rebels sets out to defy the alliance. This alliance is ruthless and gutless, an example the trailer uses to show this is byy having the assassain hired by the alliance say, "if you don't give me the girl, then more will die" . The protagionist is the narrator in the trailer. He has a deep hatred for the alliance. He says, "I aim to misbehave." The movie is based off a T.V. show so the protagionist's hatred for the alliance doesn't need to be explained, but by watching the trailer the audience can understand that something is wrong with the alliance. The premise of the movie is set forth in the trailer. The characters live under a harsh government that is welling to do anything to get what it wants. The director develops the premise through shots that contain dialogue from both alliance members and the rebels. The main goal for the rebels in the movie is to protect a girl who has strange abilities, while the alliance wants to capture her. The trailer shows this premise, as well as, the dystopian society the characters live in, and their resistance to it.

This trailer provides new ideas that can be used in our trailers. To give brief insight into the characters and their problems, text appears and then is followed by a short scene that shows the characters or problems. Another thing that the trailer provides is a lot of short action scenes with music. I don't know if I would want to use as many as the trailer used in my own trailer, but I could have a couple action scenes with dramatic music. The final thing was could be used in my trailer is clips that contain lots of dialogue. The dialogue gives the audience an idea of what the characters think. Also the dialogue can show humore or drama. In the trailer the last scene is incredibly funny and makes its viewers want to watch the movie to see if there are any other funny parts.