Movie trailer analysis-The Simpsons movie

The first shot is of the 20th century fox logo, a well known distributing company who as many people know created many films as well as TV programs. The trailer starts with a bit of narration giving hints about the release date of the film saying "this summer", this helps the audience to set a season to remember the exact date of release. We then get a few terms which contradict the other such as honour and dishonour, this is used to set the tone of the film as a type of confusing comedy.

We then get a shot of the main character set in a drawing phase to establish the character in very early development, the fact that he is coloured in yellow is significant because people can always relate the colour yellow in animation to the Simpsons, the actual drawing is one which everyone seeing the film will know straight away especially in an American household. We then get a shot of the newly animated main protagonist as he travels across some sort of Arctic tundra, The fact that he says his command twice is there to add emphasis on the seriousness of the commands, this makes him seem like he is on a mission, one which we don't know yet. We then get the date of the release once again, the third time they have hinted at it on the first 35 seconds of filming.

It says "a secret will be revealed" but yet leaves us hanging like that, this is used to reel the audience in as a rhetorical question keeps people looking for answers.It establishes the main characters well as it gives us a shot of unlikely pairings such as Bart  and Ned Flanders and Homer and manual labour. We have a very dramatic music set the tone in the background as they are told about a decision which could make or break their town.

We see a developing storyline happen later on in the trailer with clues being put together constantly to put the blame on Homer, this something however alludes the audience and therefore keeps them intrigued to find out. the editing is quite slow so the audience doesn't get to lost on the plot in the film.

The next 20 seconds of shots is edited really well to establish all of the characters which will be in this film, it has different shots on each character including close ups, medium, long, very long, high angle, low angle and many more. It says the movie event "18 years in the making" this makes the audience think if the film has taken 18 years to make or if the series have been on for 18 years.

Another bit of controversy is when Bart goes to Flanders over the Simpsons, the audience would be shocked to learn this revelation and would want to know what has finally driven him over the edge to abandon hos father all together..

We see lots of dramatic shots of containing action with a thumping type of rythem to emphasize the seriousness of the situation however we then get back to the comedic fashion of the film when we see Homer in the bedroom with Spiderpig.We then get a few more different shots of action followed by one of the most controversial thing about the Simpsons which is Homer strangling his son completely violating almost every law on child protection as he does it.

At the end we get another shot containing the title of the film so people will have a lasting image of the sort of film it will be, the doughnut with a bite out of it is a reference to Homer and his unfathomable appetite until it finally says in cinemas worldwide showing the popularity of the series in question and the release date once agian so they don't forget.