Teaser Trailers and Theatrical Trailers examples and comparisons

For this task I am getting three films with teaser trailers and conventional theatrical trailers. I am going to compare the differences between teaser trailers and conventional theatrical trailers. This task is to help me understand the differences so that when I produce my own teaser trailer, it is authentic as possible. Looking at different teasers and theatrical trailers help to understand how consistent the conventions are.

The Similarities between teaser trailers and theatrical trailers;

• They both show production company logos
• The tag lines both feature
• The music indicates genre
• A mixture of editing transitions include fades, dissolves and cuts
• An eye candy features in both trailers

The differences between teaser trailers and theatrical trailers;

• Teasers often have voice over rather than a dialogue from the film
• There are fewer images from the film in a teaser trailer
• There is less characterisation in a teaser as there is less development so fewer characters are introduced.
• In teasers there is only one  music track used. In theatrical trailers there are often a number of tracks used when the scenes change.
• In teasers cast is referred usually at the end
• Editing in a teaser is often much quicker and it generally consist of dissolves and fades rather than cuts
• Production company logos often appear later in a theatrical trailer
• Often a greater number of taglines spaced out across the trailer in a theatrical trailer
• More narrative information is included in a theatrical trailer whereas the same information would be with held in a teaser
• Reference to many more scenes in a theatrical trailer
• There are fewer scenes in teaser trailers
• Theatrical trailers contain more dialogue from the film
• Teaser trailers contain frequent impact and sounds that often in sink with paste or editing
• Sometimes release dates in teasers is vague EG coming soon, this summer etc. whereas a theatrical trailer often gives a specific date