Comparison of a historical and modern trailer

Historic Trailer - 'Dr Strangelove or: How I learnt to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb':-



The trailer for the film above is an example of a trailer used for a historic film. It heavily features text on the screen for the viewers to read as opposed to the modern practice of a narrator, this was because at the time of the release of 'Dr Strangelove: and How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb', silent movies were still being released into the cinemas, along with the more 'contemporary' films which use audio. Another feature of historical trailers which was evident in the trailer posted above is the length of the trailer. The average length for a trailer now-a-days is 2 minutes, this trailer as well as others created in its time, were much longer, as their creators liked to use as much dailys as possible to expose the film's synopsis to the viewer. This practice is no longer in use as the creators of trailers prefer to leave a cliffhanger and let the viewer find the plot of the film out when the film is released at the release date.

Modern Trailer - 'Green Lantern':-