Film camera

History of film trailers

  • First film trailer- Shown for a musical

    The first film trailer was shown for a musical
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    History of film trailers

  • Motion trailer picture- The first official studio releases of trailers

    Motion trailer picture- The first official studio releases of trailers
  • National screen service

    It was provided a service to the studios creating trailers. They dominated trailer making for four decades until the late 1950's
  • The Three Stooges

    The Three Stooges
    The Three Stooges created a short film called 'Spooks'
  • End of the NSS domination

    End of the NSS domination
    The domination of the NSS slowed down towards the early 1950's due to directors changing the way trailers were put together
  • The breakdown of film trailers

    From the late 1950's to early 1960's film trailers started to break down
  • Ruining the films through trailers

    Ruining the films through trailers
    Trailers soon became a mash up of important scenes from the movies. Which started to ruin the films
  • Fusing of trailers

    Trailers began to fuse together score, action and narration. Music and movies were being edited together to improve trailers.
  • Aiming trailers at the individual

    The mass market wasn't what trailers wanted to hit anymore, they tried to make the mass market feel like they were in some sort of secret by making each indivifeel like they were included and nobody else knew what was going on
  • Modern trailers 2000-Current

    Now-a-days modern trailers use the same techniques that trailers used in the past. The technique has been effective for many years, film directors have chosen to use the roots from original movie trailers.