Teaser Trailer Examples

Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Teaser Trailer - Unlike a typical teaser trailer this lasts for over 2 minutes. However, because the Harry Potter franchise is so successful, the producers can afford to brerak all the normal rules. This trailer was released 13 months before part 1, and 21 months before part 2.

The Dark Knight Teaser Trailer - This trailer follows the typical conventions of a teaser trailer, as it is only 54 seconds long, and shows no actual footage from the film, only audio.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Teaser Trailer - Unlike the other POTC teaser trailers, this contains no footage from the film, and was filmed only for the purpose of the trailer. Unlike many other teaser trailers, this is a mintue and a half long.

Up (Pixar) Teaser Trailer - As is the case with most Pixar trailers, this contains no actual footage from the film, instead the footage included has been created entirely for the teaser trailer. Like many teaser trailers, this is under a minute long.

Teaser Trailer Research

• Teaser trailers typically consist of a series of small, cryptic advertisments before the larger, full-blown campaign for the launch of the film.
• Unlike theatrical trailers, teaser trailers are usually very short in length (30 - 60 seconds) and contain little if any actual footage from the film. Sometimes a teaser trailer is merely a shortened version of a theatrical trailer.
• Teaser trailers are a modern form of advertising a film. They have only been widely used in the past few years.
• Teaser trailers are often made whilst the film is still in production or being edited. As a result theymay feature scenes or alternate versions of scenes that are not in the finished film. Eg. The Twilight teaser trailer contained scenes that didn't make it to the final film. 

Types of Film Trailers

Theatrical Trailer

• Maximum length of two and a half minutes.
• Usually cut from the first cut of the picture.
• Can be cut from all the shot footage if there is no first cut yet.

Teaser Trailer

• Usually not longer than a minute and a half.
• Cut from a few takes and scenes while the picture is still being shot.

TV Spot

• 15, 30 or 60 seconds in length.
• Usually don't have mush to do with the theatrical trailer.
• Producesd seperately from the theatrical campaign.
• Usually use different music from the theatrical trailer

DVD Trailer

• Usually the same as the regular theatrical trailer, but may contain alternate or rejected scenes.

Internet Trailer

• Produced exclusively for the internet.
• May contain music or footage that doesn't appear in the theatrical trailer.

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Chosen Brief

A promotion package for a new film, to include a teaser trailer, together with the following two options;

• a website for the film
• a poster for the film