Analysis of the trailer for "Twilight".

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The cold ones. Pale faced, impossibly fast and strong. Who are these people? A young tom boy’s life is about to change forever and danger will lurk around every corner. Ferocious animal like creatures who are obsessed with the hunt will change her life forever.

What do we call these vicious creatures?

VAMPIRES!

The first ever vampire film ‘Nosferatu’ can be traced back to 1922 when an author called F.W. Munarau had a genius idea. He thought he could make a film out of the myths and legends of vampires. Throughout the years now, vampire films have become even more popular with films like Dracula and Underworld. On the other hand, people have also used vampires in comedies like Dracula Dead and Loving It and the new film Vampires Suck. Apart from the film Blade, this is the only vampire film which has vampires who don’t drink human blood. This film follows the natural vampire plot but it does have differences like the clothing, the features, and so on. Why make it different?

Nobody knows but this mystery is what makes the film so successful. These are all connected to one film. Which film is that?

Twilight!

The multi award winning film Twilight that was released on the 21st November 2008 shot up through the ranks when the British heart throb was known to be in the film. The film made $392,563,465 just in box office takings. When Rotten Tomatoes reviewed the film Twilight they only gave it a measly 5.5 out of 10. The name definitely speaks for themselves (Rotten). Also Entertainment Weekly gave them a “B” which is a good review but isn’t what they expected. Over the year they won a gigantic amount of awards. They won MTV’s best kiss award, MTV’s best movie, MTV’s female performance, MTV’s best fight, MTV’s breakthrough male act and they also won over 10 teen choice movie awards.

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Robert Patinson (Edward Cullen) won various awards for the hottest male and he also won the outstanding award for times “100 most influential people of 2009”.

Kirsten Stewart (Bella Swan) only won the teen’s choice movie actress for 2010.

The opening of the trailer shows where the film is set. It looks cold and lacks in sunlight with large open landscapes. This gives the effect that the people who live in this place aren’t used to seeing sunlight and are used to seeing mostly rain and darkness. It also adds a sense of mystery to the film. ...

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