Trailer Analysis.

 The movie trailer I chose to analyse is called ‘Passengers’ (2016). This film will soon release in December and it stars Chris Pratt (The Lego Movie [2014] and Jurassic World [2015]) and Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games [2012] and Silver Linings Playbook [2014]). ‘Passengers’ is a mix of genres but its main genre is that it is a sci-fi action romance. The reason it is sci-fi is because it shows a range of futuristic technology as well as having the film set in a spaceship/outer space. The film shows action for it has moments of explosions, guns and weaponry and finally the reason I see romance, is because there was a short glimpse of a kiss between the main actors as well as intimate staring and promises. The title of the film, ‘Passengers’ denotes people on board a vehicle or vessel which is a part of the plot. Passengers is often connoted with people on aeroplanes, cars, ships or boats. Within the film the main stars denote to people who eventually fall in love with one another. Passengers also includes robots which connotes to future, helpers etc. In the beginning of the trailer some may perceive the trailer as a sci-fi romance as the only characters you see are Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt going on a date, and that they are surrounded by robots. However as the movie progresses, it starts to turn in to an action movie because it seems that the couple are at odds with their survival as the ship is seemingly close to destruction. The movie trailer definitely follows the Two-Step flow theory for it has a multiple amount of meanings which can only be expressed in discussion with another person. The movie has an interesting plot line which if shared, could instigate a thought or a belief. In addition, Passengers follows Katz and Bulmer’s 1974 Uses and Gratification theory in which this is a film where people watch, to develop their personality as well as enjoying the movie. Passengers is a film with many meanings but its main meaning is that it follows two people, alone in space, who eventually cannot deny an attraction to one another. Unfortunately they must come to face a danger that threatens their survival.