Deconstruction of Trailers of 'The Boy She Met Online' and 'Trust'

The Boy She Met Online

A teenage girl falls madly in love with someone claiming to be a college student, whom she meets on a social networking website, and keeps her internet romance a secret from her mother. 

Titles

Production Company - Imagination worldwide 0:00-0:04

grows from centre and wipes from right 

'Cami has an ordinary life...' 

swipes from centre

2 seconds

narrative and character

'with a loving mother...'

swipes from centre

2 seconds

narrative, family  

'and her best friend...'

font change to more typed style 

swipes from top left 

'But finding the perfect guy hasn't been easy...'

mix of both fonts used from previous  titles

swipes in

3 seconds

top line appears before bottom 

'until she went online...'

This is the last tittle which creates enigma as the audience are left to figure out what happened when she went online (explained by the rest of the trailer but the narrative in the trailer is restricted

'Alexandera Paul' 

actress name below face in scene

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Main Title: The Boy She Met Online

Font used in first titles

Fades in from centre and words slide across each other

Trust

A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her parents are shattered by their daughter's actions and struggle to support her as she comes to terms with what has happened to her once innocent life.

Titles

Production company - Millennium Entertainment 0:06-0:07

fast appear transition

no movement

'it's changed the way WE WORK'                                               appears 0:14  - 0:16                            grows slowly 

   'the way WE COMMUNICATE'

appears 0:23-0:25

grows slowly

repetition of previous titles

pronoun 'we' involves reader

'the way we connect WITH EACH OTHER' appears 0:40-0:42
grows slowly
repetition of 'we' again

'i think we should meet!'

text message appears on screen
0:43-0:46

'winner Chicago Film Festival Audience Choice Award Best Actress'
1:06-1:08
grows slowly
linking film to awards makes it more popular with  the audience due to its success

'official selection Toronto Film Festival'
1:08-1:10
grows slowly

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'academy award nominee _________'
1:22-1:24

well known and credited actor will be popular already and therefore attract an audience 

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Main Title: 'Trust'

5 seconds

types onto screen

chromatic aberration - online style

Voiceover

 

• All titles
• diegetic dialogue played over scenes from film