The opening shot of Sanctum shows a man who we presume to be the main protagonist swimming down in the depths of an underwater cave where they are surrounded by darkness, everything apart form their light is dark and mysterious, for me the first thing which comes to mind when i see this shot is the dark depths of the Atlantic and the wreck of the Titanic laying virtually untouched by humanity but yet deeply affected by the deep dark depths of the ocean. For other audience members this may bring up any underlying fears of water if they are afraid of drowning, the dark if the dark unsettles them or just claustrophobia from the walls of the caves closing in around them.
The second thing we see in the trailer is a shot telling us the executive producer which is James Cameron, he is a very well known director who has made two of the most successful films of all time in Avatar and Titanic and will continue to produce until he has gone past his age, this professionalism and sight for precision in his work is what really draws fans in especially seeing he spent 10 years making Avatar as he wanted to wait until the right technology was out to get the desired affect he was looking for.
There is lots of shots involved deep down in the caves where the shot just seems to make people down there seem lonely, almost like they are aliens in a normal environment, the quote used "that will take your breath away" is surprising because it brings the concept of your last breath into play where an oxygen tank is concerned or by drowning where water is concerned.
We then get a shot of the company logos involved in the production of this film including Universal studios, relativity media and wayfare, Universal is the one which sticks out the most as it has the most well known films from the three including many of the highest grossing films of all time in north America and the world.
They talk about the last unexplored territory in the world which must be a bit dramatic considering we have only explored 5% of the world's ocean. They say the typical horror movie cliche phrase "what could possibly go wrong", we know as an audience member that this means something will definitely go wrong especially where caves and water are concerned.
They talk about setting records or doing it for history but yet there still seems to be a family air around it as we see a young man and an older man who seem to have some sort of connection probably father and son because we can see that he is told to be easy on him in reference to the younger lad.
The narrator says about the Earth's inner sanctum, this being the cave and then says if you get lost no one knows your down here, this scenario may be essential to the film as this means that they wanted to keep the mission a secret to stop media or governmental interference in their project. We then hear a distant rumble coming fro further in the cave, our first instincts would be water as the start of the trailer shows water and that is proven right seconds later as it shows two people plummeting out a hole which is pouring out water.
It says the movie is inspired by true events which makes it even more of a spectacle as it would be like we're living the real life tale of those involved in this supposed accident caused by a tropical cyclone. They say about the cave flooding which is exactly what the audience expects when it comes to this film, being in a cave you would expect the thing for them to do would be to try and escape before it floods which of course is easier said then done.
We see bonds start to form between the characters as they go out of the comfort zones to do what's best for the team, the dad talks a lot of common sense and seems to be that calming influence on the rest of the group with his rational thinking of heading towards the lake/ocean through the passageway seems to be their only alternative. The next scene has them see "see you on the other side" which is in most movies when the main characters are separated.
We then see it say a release date for February of that year, followed by the caption the "greatest adventure comes from within" in between pictures of people struggling to escape from the depths of their own making, this being the cave which they set out to explore. We see how sacrifices must be made with a fight with fire as well as someone cutting the line to the colleague followed by the term never give up, said twice for better effect to make sure people understand just how tragic this real story was, the trailer is then ended when they say the title of the film again and then a reminder of the fact that the film is coming out soon.
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