In 2011, we
got Rise of the Planet of the Apes,
the prequel to Planet of the Apes,
the 1968 classic. Rise of the Planet of
the Apes surprised many people, as it was expected to be a generic,
mediocre, forced prequel to a beloved film. It also did not look good from the
trailers. But for trailers for this movie, this is a hit. This trailer is
awesome.
When I saw
that the running time of the trailer was over a minute, I thought, “Well, that
is a bit long for a teaser trailer”, but the time flew by because of how great
the trailer was. At first we see that the world has started to come to an end
(for humans) and that the disease it what is killing them. It is the
apocalypse, so people are grouping up and surviving. The opening monologue has
a very dark tone and we just see people grouping up with just the right shots
and score to make it intense and dark. For a director to be able to pull that
off so well, it gets me excited. We then see some shots of people firing guns,
and we are put to the mindset that the apes may attack, too. So far, we have
been introduced to an excellent story through a great score, great writing, and
fantastic shots.
We then see
a guy walking through the woods by himself and see that he is looking for
something, and then shouts that he needs Caesar. Another excellent plot point
is introduced through a very suspenseful scene. The trailer so far has an
excellent story introduced flawlessly through the shots chosen by the director,
the editing, and the fantastic score. Then, we see it. We see a
slowly-zooming-out shot of what is believed to be Caesar. At first we just see
his eyes and a mark on his forehead. As it zooms out, we get intensity. The
bass gets louder. Everything else gets quieter. Then, we just see a shot of
Caesar and several apes behind him. Caesar then throws his arm up, the apes
start running, and the shot cuts.
At the
perfect time, just showing us enough to get us excited for the next trailer,
this teaser trailer for Dawn of the
Planet of the Apes does its job nearly flawlessly. This is an awesome and
fantastic start to the set of trailers for Dawn
of the Planet of the Apes. It is one of my most anticipated movies of the
year 2014 after witnessing this trailer, even though I was looking forward to
it beforehand. The release date for this film is July 11, 2014. If you have not
seen the trailer, then I strongly urge you to check it out.
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