Alien (1979)
Alien is one of my favorite movies of all time, the sense of mystery shown in the trailer pulls you in straight away.
The low rumble sound and emptiness of space immediately gives a sense of loneliness.
The establishing shot of the planet and the egg shows us what the danger is right away, whilst also slowly revealing the movie title.
As quick cuts are made alternating from a pan of the planets surface to close ups of the egg the alarm sound gets ever more prominent, the egg hatches revealing a bright light indicating a sense of mystery.
The hatching of the egg leads to shots of the ships discovery which shows that the hatching of the egg is an important event in the movie.
The shots switch back and forth alternating between Ripley running and the ships discovery, linking the discovery of the ship as the reason why Ripley is running.
The quick cuts and rising volume of the alarm build up to the climax of the trailer with a tsunami of noise and violent images in total chaos, its an overwhelming attack on the senses which is abruptly stopped by a cut to the Nostromo, silently drifting through space.
The final shot shows us how far from anyones help they are, backed up by the famous line.
"In space no one can hear you scream"
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