The trailer begins with the inside of a record player. These emphasise the role of music within the film and hints that music is significant to the character. The audience quickly see the equilibrium phase, which shows the main character as a driver of a get-away car. There are close-ups of the boy, whom the audience can assume is the main character, as well as the girl, whom the audience can also see plays a vital role in the film. The action music that plays during the driving scenes suggest the action and dangerous nature of the film. The music mixed with the police sirens at the beginning foreshadows the nature of the film.
The audience learn quite a lot about the boy, for example, about his accident as a child and inferences about his life now. Although there are shots of other characters throughout, they aren't shown as important in comparison as the boy is given prevalence in the trailer. Towards the end of the trailer, "Baby" is repeated by different characters. This gives him further prevalence within the trailer, and further hints at him being the main character.
The equilibrium is disrupted when he says "one more job and I'm done". This entices the audience as they are unsure of exactly who the people he works for are. During the disruption phase, there are a lot of cuts to different action scenes, creating a fast pace for the trailer. The recognition phase begins when he realises that his life and the lives of his loved ones are in danger. In the repair phase, at an attempt to fix this, he decides to "go West" with his girlfriend. There are even more fast paced action scenes that further connote the danger that he is in.
The audience are left asking many questions about the film after watching the trailer. For example, the audience are left wondering if he actually makes it West and gets away from the bad people, but also wondering if he loses his girlfriend or if they stay together and alive. These enigmas make the audience want to go and see the film as they will want answers to them and will want to know what happens in the end.
Ansel Elgort is the main character in the film, and is shown to be a unique selling point, as he is a popular and well-known actor. He is given prevalence throughout as well as having his name on its own in the credits part of the trailer. This makes the audience want to see the film as they might like him as an actor and want to see his latest film.
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