2018. Chandler Tuttle. NR. 2009
In this 25 minute film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron, people live under the rule of a brutal government that keep everyone exactly equal by outlawing anything mildly extraordinary. That is, however, until a ballerina (Alina Faye) decides its time to show the world her beauty and talent through one great act of defiance that sends this seemingly perfect society into a chaotic tumult.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL9zg7-rzPc
This trailer is exemplary because it follows the majority of the original dystopian premises and is able to get a message across without giving too much formation away. The red font on a black background is used to communicate to the audience the values of the society and hint at what's going to happen. Most of the images in the trailer are used to show how the government handicaps people and maintains the citizens under their rule. Using both images and text, the director is already able to give the audience a pretty good idea of the main character's personalities and struggles. The setting is also showed pretty well, although no shots of the outside are shown, maybe for a reason.
I mostly chose this trailer as being one of epitomized standards, however, because it shares a lot in common with the ideas that my group had for our own dystopian trailer. The general premises are pretty much the same: that people are living in a society were beauty and talent are looked down upon while normality and dullness are held up as ideals. In addition to the general premise, we also want to use many of the same film techniques that were used in the movie including the background music, the fuzzy earpiece noises, and possibly the text as well. I'm sure our trailer will turn out looking differently than this one but I just found it interesting that there was already a movie with ideas that are so similar to the ones we have.
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