R&P World War Z Trailer Analysis

The main character in the film, "Gerry" played by Brad Pitt with appearances from Mireille Enos and Daniella Kertesz playing the other main characters in the film. The main character being played by Brad Pitt is one of the main appealing factors of the film as Brad Pitt is a respected actor who has appeared in many good films such as Fight Club and Ocean's Thirteen. This will help to attract an audiecne as Brad Pitts reputation as an action is indisputable

The plot is based around a contagious infection sweeping though the city of New York turning ordinary people into flesh eating zombies, it is the job of Gerry Lane to keep his family safe from the vicious zombies, and although it is not made clear in the trailer, i would assume that Gerry will have something to do with stopping the crisis. This is a typical plot of an action/horror film where something catastrophic happens and the hero has to save the world and their family. This follows Todorov's narative theory closely, there is a disruption of the equilibrium at the start of the film (the infection breaking out and zombies reeking havoc) and its the role of the main character to stop the crisis. The plot also vaigly conforms to Propp's theory. There is a clearly defined hero, Gerry, and there is the princess, The family of Gerry, and no doubt there will be a villan and a helper, although it is not shown in the trailer, but we can assume this will happen though out the film. The plot does not completely conform to Propp's theory, but it is close enough to say it resembles the theory.

The setting of the trailer changes throughout the trailer, it start off in the streets of New York in a massive traffic jam, which is not uncommon in New York, which helps to make the audience feel calm and doesn't send any alarm bells ringing. The setting then changes to a street full of people freaking out which immediately grabs the audiences attention and makes them want to continue to watch. The trailer then flashes though different post apocalyptic scenes of the city as well as some shots of military personnel and helicopters.This helps to raise the tempo of the trailer making it more engaging to the audience.

The costumes of the cast are the kind of thing that the normal civilian living in New York and other character have different designs depending on their role in the film, whether that be a military officer or a zombie, they all have conforming designs of costumes.

The sound track that is featured in the trailer is varied between non at the start, and a heavy distorted metal sounding guitar that starts in the middle of the trailer and continues to the end. This use of music helps to make the beginning of the trailer seem almost plain and boring and the music that starts half way though the trailer makes it seem really high paced and action packed.