In-class Trailer Analysis - The Girl On The Train

The trailer starts showing parts of the film in chronological order with text in the beginning to show an event was one week ago.  The trailer first introduces the dilemma which is the apparent victim who is the blonde girl having self-issues and her dialogue is shortened to one-liners. This gradual introduction uses a slow, quiet song that eventually builds up. The main protagonist is introduced as described by the title of the film; she is on a train passing by the places the blonde girl was seen. The diegetic sounds of the train synchronises with the increasing volume of the same music since the beginning.

The the purpose of the trailer was to introduce the newly- known film as it mentioned as an inter-title that it is a novel-based storyline and that it came from the distribution companies of Universal and Dreamworks. The addition of these names allows the audience to remember well established companies giving a sense of verification to the film. However, there were no reviews nor ratings given to comment that it was a critically acclaimed film. There was also no mention of the actors' names and only the main actress would be recognised by the public. The other actors' anonymity allows the audience to only see their performances as real as the character as possible and not to be linked with other movies they've been in.

The music increases in tempo and volume; synchronising to a crescendo with the diegetic sounds of the train horn. A montage with the clips from tense scenes in the movie is edited to create confusion in the plot but to also intrigue the audiences. The last scene was the main character standing quite inebriated on a platform under dark lighting with the train passing by. This makes us question her character as a whole since that we can't predict her actions due to a dark presentation and in her state, we don't think she can too. The screen ends abruptly cutting off the sound and the title of the film fading in to give the viewers a lasting memory of it's name.