Movie trailers

Most new movie trailers use fast cutting edits for a number of reasons. The main reason may be to create excitement and engage the audience, so that they will be enticed to watch the full movie when it is released. The fast cuts in the trailer could be used to illustrate the aspects of the storyline within the given time period, this often a short time as it would be used in advertisement breaks. Also the use of fast cutting prevents too much of  a scene to be revealed, so it keeps the audience on edge.

The film genres that would typically use this editing technique are mainly action and thriller films. Below is an example of movie trailer which uses the technique.

This a trailer for The Bourne Legacy movie which was released back in 2012. It is high action thriller films with plenty of stunts therefore the appropriate editing style for this trailer would be to use fast cuts. However in this trailer there is mix of slow and fast scenes which is utilised to create a dynamic short film. Although this is create high octane trailer the cuts used are significantly slower than what my film would have to be. However it has allowed me to think about some shot ideas and angles which will help convey the fast pace.