Category Archives: Introductory and Reference Post

Meta comments about trailers and introductions to my approach and methodolody

THE FIRST TRAILERS: SERIES & SERIALS

You would think that from the birth of filmmaking and film projection, trailers would have emerged as an essential mode of marketing, advertising and promotion. Instead, it took 18 years from Edison’s triumph to the first rudimentary and barely recognizable … Continue reading

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Trailer Sites Worth Visiting

One of the reasons I started analyzing trailers was that other trailer-focused websites and blogs don’t.  Typically, they feature trailers as occasions to talk about the feature advertised, rather than for their own merit.  I’m not disputing the value and … Continue reading

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