Monday, April 23, 2012

Movie Trailer Story

The first 30 seconds of the movie trailer for Forrest Gump has a distinct story that allows the viewer to see where the movie is heading. The opening scene of a man sitting on a bench begins the idea that he is about to tell his life story. The scene then jumps to a boy laying in bed and it introduces his mother to the movie. As the story progresses he is shown to not be very smart in his education but then meets a young girl on a bus who seems to play a major role in the film. The are shown doing everything together. The scenes keep on jumping back and forth between the man sitting on the bench and him telling scenes from his life. As the 30 seconds end, the man is being chased down a road, showing that he is very fast but also that he has been bullied.