In the opening shot of the trailer, continuing till 25
seconds into the trailer, there is a quite choir of high pitched voices to set
a mysterious tone to the opening of the trailer as well as the characters on screen
and what is about to unfold in the scene. At 25 seconds into the trailer, a
woman can be heard above the choir, foreshadowing that this film will be
focused around women, backed up by the next 3 shots which all have women in the
centre of frame. At 32 seconds into the trailer, the director adds a very quiet
beat into the background choir, to symbolise that Wonder Woman, who is in the
centre of the shot, will stand out and be at the forefront of this film. At 37
seconds in, a tuba is added to the background music, maybe to symbolise the
train making that noise that can be seen in the shot or to build up tension to
the reveal of the antagonist of the film at 44 seconds in. As Diana reaches for
her sword at 47 seconds into the trailer, we also hear a build-up of loud and
sharp drum beats, to signify that the sword is powerful and dangerous. Drums
are also used in time with the credits appearing to make them seem important by
the director. The choir and music is stopped all together after the credits at
54 seconds, the director muffling the music to reveal what looks like another
antagonist in the film as they stop all the serenity and calmness of the choir.
Muffling the music here is also used to focus on the dialogue between Wonder
Woman and Steve Trevor. Drums are added back to the trailer when the camera
focuses on Steve Trevor, the drums meant to symbolise Steve’s confusion they
begin to slow down as he becomes more confused about what Diana is saying. In
the shot directly after this, there is a very sharp and whining electronic
sound used to show the urgency and panic Diana may have as she gallops through
a forest. Drum beats are added back into the music at 1:15 after every cut and
strike in the battle to fit into the fight between the Amazonians and the
soldiers, to show the weight behind every strike and the power under the
horse’s hoofs. These drum beats continue through the next shots to keep
building up tension while being coupled with the quick cuts of the trailer to,
which also build tension towards the climax of Diana going over the trenches
into no man’s land. Just before the climax of the music at 1:54, we see a plane
flying in at 1:50 and the addition of quicker beats to go symbolise the plane’s
gun firing towards and how powerful it is. This is also seen in the next shot
where those same quick beats are used for a mounted gun in the trenches,
showing how loud they are. All music then suddenly comes to a stop after the
climax of the trailer to then focus on the main characters interacting with
each other, showing the audience that this is an important scene and so the
music does not distract us from it. The music then immediately ramps up again
to a very quick compilation of Wonder Woman fighting, the music serving as a
soundtrack to her fight scenes to show how good of a fighter she is. The music
then turns a whining sound of an electric violin as the Wonder Woman logo
appear, the same song that is used in all marketing for wonder woman when the
logo appears to connect the trailers together and to make them instantly
recognisable. The music is once again muffled for the last time within the
trailer at 2:31 to focus on the interactions of Diana and the introduction of
Etta Candy, the comic relief of the film. Within their exchange, the music is
suddenly stopped, to reflect how Etta has suddenly instantly pleased with Diana
and for a joke to stand out from the music. The drum beats then start again to
close the trailer to leave the audience with a catchy beat in their heads,
making them want to watch the trailer once and again and show it around to
other people.
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