Star Trek teaser trailer analysis

The trailer begins with the production titles accompanied by a rather ominous low pitch sound that is hard to identify. There is the sound of a man attempting to light a welder although this is not apparent until the first shot which shows a welder lighting up and the sparks flying onto the face of a man who is unknown wearing glasses. There is then another shot of a different man removing his glasses he looks tired and sweaty this suggest he has been working hard all day. The screen then fades to black and the sound of a man most likely in a mission control centre saying ‘thirty seconds and counting’ this is linked to the launch of a spaceship into space and the countdown before the launch. This noise is heard during a black screen there is then a succession of shots, which show different people performing construction a large structure.

During an intermission between these shots the text ‘the Future begins ’ is shown this is the same in most teaser trailers, which have text intermittent between shots. It is not apparent as to what the structure is. This is accompanied with the sound of welding and other construction noises and famous quotes which are related to space missions that have happened in the past for example ‘the eagle has landed’ which is famous from the first moon landing. And also ‘one small step for man one giant leap for mankind’. It then cuts to a shot of the bottom of the ship and you can see construction happening all over the ship showing it is still under construction.

There is then a crane shot showing the bow of the ship through some scaffolding on the bow of the ship is the name ‘enterprise’ which is the name of the starship in the first star trek shows and films and so from this point it is apparent what the film is. As this is happening there is also the famous soundtrack form the original show which will be know by any original star trek fans. As this music begins you also hear Leonard Nimoy say the infamous words ’space the final frontier’. The music then crescendos and the screen fades to black . Then the famous symbol from the original star trek appears on the screen. The icon is an everlasting symbol of star trek and is so recognizable that the production did not feel the need to put the title of the film in the trailer.It then fades back to black and the words ‘under construction’ appear on the screen this is a play on the theme of the trailer which shows the starship enterprise under construction. It then shows a date and title. The trailer then ends the trailer only has roughly 15 shots In it which is like most teaser trailers.