The Animated Self - Other Teaser Trailers and Normal Trailers

Godzilla Teaser Trailer

Despite how bad their films tend to be (Though Independence Day was pretty alright), Dean Devlin has always done a pretty spectacular job in creating tension and anticipation in his teaser trailers, it definitely did its job in making us excited for the film, that sadly was in no way as good as we thought it would be. The Godzilla teaser was also clearly trying to differentiate itself from the Jurassic Park films in terms of presentation, pulling off that ballsy move of making good ol' Gojira step on the bones of a Tyrannosaurus Rex (Poor baby…). Cleverly done, 

Mr Hublot Trailer

While not actually a teaser trailer, its duration matches that of one (So… maybe it is one?), it is no surprise that the creators do not wish to show too much of their work before they are viewed at festivals. The contents seen mainly in this trailer are parts of the animation's gorgeously designed setting, and a preview of the main character's OCD-ness, a central point of the story itself. No narration of any sort is required, we are actually given a pretty nice preview of the animated short. 

Samurai Jack Season 1 Trailer

Samurai Jack mixes together a montage of still images (They seem to resemble some of the concept art I have seen) as well as existing clips from finished episodes. Samurai Jack's monologue has always been a pretty important aspect of the show, considering how cinematic the series has always been in its narration, and so it is no surprised that his voice is heard throughout, explaining the going ons of the series' main plot.

Transformers Teaser

Another massively anticipated film much like Godzilla, the teaser does what it does best… tease, which is pretty surprising considering who it was that directed this film (The man whom we always knew was big on explosions and overly dramatic sunsets and sunrises… though I kinda like those I guess). We only get a very brief glimpse at the very end of the giant alien robots whom we have been dying to see, but it is more than enough to fuel the fire of excitement within us long time fans.

Constellation Teaser Trailer

A pretty useful example to look into for us beginners, the teaser for this indie animation is presented in a very straight forward manner, giving us a preview of one very brief scene as well as let's us know whom is the creator behind it (As well as the music that is used) and of course the title of the animation. The story is simply with one simple line "A sad tale about love"... The teaser is overall very simple in its execution but gets its point across.

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The Animated Self - Horror Video Game Teaser Trailers

Siren/Forbidden Siren

This is a little over 30 seconds (But heck there are normally teasers that last for nearly a minute), this teaser shows a wide array of characters (And enemies), presented in that frantic and catastrophic manner to invoke confusion and fear, where no real hint is given of the plot itself, but does give us a taste of the terror we have yet to experience (There are very small hints of gameplay in there too, but it is pretty hard to tell them apart from the cutscenes) . What is interesting to note is that the title shown at the end is still listed as their working title, once again a reminder that a lot of changes tend to take place during the releases of these teaser trailers. 

Silent Hill 3

The voice over with the little girl wasn't actually something featured within the game, so this is another one of those examples of teasers where notable changes are later on made to the final product. While it is meant to be creepy, I'm glad that the game was a lot scarier than this little girl made it sound, haha. I still did find the arrangement of these clips nicely put together, especially for such a short duration, it actually goes along pretty well with what the dialogue, despite how cheesy it might be. 

Silent Hill 4 (Warning: A little 'screamer-ish' at the end?)

Silent Hill 4 continues the tradition of showing a compilation of really short but scary clips and images, this one however does focus on one enemy in particular, for those that had played the previous titles, seeing such a humanoid enemy (Well, a more humanoid than ever enemy) should pique their curiosities at the changes made for the 4th installment, and will most definitely excite them at what new scary changes they are going to make (Considering the presentation of this one). 

Not even the main character is actually shown clearly in this teaser (Save for one for very brief scene where he is getting attacked by her), the distorted noises used for her definitely makes this one of the scarier teasers around (Akira Yamaoka always was the master when it came to that), it is a really nicely done one where no dialogue is at all required.

Shadows of the Damned

This teaser focuses a lot more on what enemies will be seen in the game as well as the gameplay itself (Albeit very briefly), it has a pretty b-horror feel to it overall and is definitely a lot more action oriented as compared to the rest (Actually, this is dumb, I should be honest, this is a Suda51 game, and most of the time they tend to be hilarious and perhaps politically incorrect). It gives a pretty classic and brief introduction as to who the main character might be, with some really rocking' music playing (If only for just a moment) to set the tone and mood of the game.

Alice: Madness Returns

When it comes to horror game teasers, there are possibly two methods in presenting them, one is to show a montage of really short clips that normally evokes some sense of panic, or to simply focus on one enigmatic scene…

It definitely gives off a different effect, instead of causing frantic confusion with really short clips that only gives its audience a face view of things, I believe one single scene does allow the audience to better familiarize themselves with the important character/s (At most the protagonist, I am putting it down as important character/s as some teaser trailers do sometimes focus on the villain instead… or even a side character that's just there to set the scene). Alice: Madness Returns had been a long awaited sequel at the time, and so these 

Noticeably the following teasers do get a little longer as we start to better familiarize ourselves with the main character, and so a little more insight is given into the game as well, with new lines, new scenes, but just enough to excite us as the release date nears… Though this game actually uses originally done animation for its teaser trailers that are never featured in the game itself, the design of Alice is also incredibly different to the final one seen in the game.

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The Animated Self - A Small Intro into Teaser Trailers

A teaser campaign is an advertising campaign which typically consists of a series of small, cryptic, challenging advertisements that anticipate a larger, full-blown campaign for a product launch or otherwise important event. These advertisements are are "teasers" or "teaser ads". A teaser trailer for an upcoming film, television program, video game or similar is usually released long in advance of the product, so as to "tease" the audience.

Movie teasers are usually made for big-budget and popularly themed movies. Their purpose is less to tell the audience about a movie's content than simply to let them know that the movie is coming up in the near future, and to add hype of the upcoming release. Teaser trailers are often made while the film is still in production or being edited and as result they may feature scenes or alternate versions of scenes that are not in the finished film. Often they contain no dialogue and some have scenes made for use in the trailer only. Some teaser trailers show a quick montage of scenes from the film.

"Well way to ruin the whole movie! Teasers these days give away 

waaaay too much." ~ Some Youtube Guy