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Anna Karenina - Film Trailer Analysis

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Analysis of the Anna Karenina trailer.

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TRAILER ANALYSIS

Genre – Period Romance

Film adaptation of the Tolstoy novel.

Set on a theatre stage – book was

sectioned in eight parts, similar to

acts in theatre.

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Costume

design

sketches

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An example of the sets used

in the film.

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Focus Features Logo Working Title Logo

• Promotes Film Companies, but may also interest the audience if they are fans of these specific

companies.

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Reinforces romance genre Film adaptation of the novel

Attract the target audience and

fans of Tolstoy. Also catches the

audience’s attention

Gives an overview of the film, as it

features multiple love stories/

romances

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Middle aged target audience

Me

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• Running time of two minutes and thirty-one

seconds, the average time for a film trailer.

153• 153 shots in total. The pace between cuts

ascends as the trailer reaches the climatic point.

• Climatic point – three shots in one second. Grasps the

audience’s attention, making them tense and keen to know

what happens.

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“I was eighteen when I got married, but it was not love…”

Desire to fall in love Introduces the main character.

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• Main story is about

Anna’s love affair

with Count Vronksy

“So

this

is

love!”

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“There can be no peace for us. Only

misery, my greatest happiness.”

“She’ll be ruined!”

“But she broke the rules!”

“You are depraved! A woman without

honor!”

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“We are bound together by God, and this can only be broken by a crime against God.”

• Religious argument

• Emphasises the seriousness, especially in this time period

• Complication/confrontation

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Non-Diegetic Sound

• Two soundtracks across the entire trailer. Second

soundtrack (Nero) features a piano and strings, volume

increases as the trailer becomes more tense

• Opening soundtrack is loud, and features brass

instruments – a strong opening to the trailer. Has the

audience’s attention from the start

• Classical genre, fits well with the period theme, class

of the characters

• The sound effect of the train is

used frequently throughout the

trailer – represents importance.

Fans of the novel will understand

the meaning.

Soundtrack

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Sub-Plots!

Career in government can

go no further! Due to

Anna’s love affair?

Romantic love!

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• Transition from happily in love to a deep depression

• Introduces new moods and expectations – from a love story to a tragedy.

Wide shot of

Anna and

Vronsky

dancing,

falling in love

Shallow focus

shot. Reveals

Anna’s

depression,

and alcohol

addiction

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The intertitles reveal the film plot…

…as well as the director, Joe Wright

Which may attract the audience that enjoyed Pride & Prejudice or Atonement

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Why a film trailer?

• Ability to promote the plot, cast, soundtrack.

• Provides an overview of the plot, where as posters do not usually give much of this

information away.

• Can show how much artistic detail has been put into the film. Visually pleasing!

• May intrigue the audience more than a poster would!

Keira Knightley – Unique selling point!

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