CONSTRUCTION: SCRIPT YOUR INTERTITLES

I used the BBFC, British Board of Film Classification, as a research tool for intertitles. I also used it for inspiration for my own intertitles for my A level trailer. 

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 

 The intertitles in the trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies are used in between key moments of trailer and are used to build up suspense and build up to the climax of the trailer. For example in the Hobbits case, the intertitles contain dramatic words such as 'legend', 'defining' and 'prepare for'. These build up suspense within the trailer and they also drum up significant hype for the film itself. The Hobbit trailer already has huge production values, large scale battles, CGI and well known actors- these all in turn generate significant hype and suspense within the trailer and for the film. Therefore the need for climatic and dramatic intertitles are not necessarily needed but in the Hobbits case they are extremely effective.

Delivery Man

Intertitles are used in a very unorthodox way for Delivery Man, as they are used as an introduction to the trailer instead of being used throughout the trailer to build up suspense and hype. The intertitles in the introduction are still used to good effect as they are coupled with a voice over. This introduces the audience to the film in a very simple way in order to not confuse the audience before the trailer even starts. The use and effect of the intertitles are almost a complete contradiction to David Wozniak's position, the biological father of the 533 children, as the use and effect of the intertitles are very simple and straightforward and the position that David is put in is very odd and complicated: the intertitles intrigue because the children are described as precious, unique individuals and yet the final intertitle asserts that they 'have one thing in common'.

The Jungle Book

In the trailer for Jungle Book the use of intertitles follow the standard codes and conventions, for example they use phrases such as,' From the Director of'...' or 'From the studio that brought you...'. The use of these phrases increase the chances of the audience watching the actual film. This is because new films will use past successful films to build up hype for their film, in Jungle Books case they have used the extremely successful and recognisable Iron Man and Pirates of the Caribbean. The chances of audiences knowing these films and liking them are high and as a result Jungle Book should see high sales as a result.