Westworld Trailer Analysis

The Westworld trailer, in my opinion, is one of the most interesting trailers I’ve seen recently. It plays a lot with your emotions and brings the feeling of excitement and mystery to the table. It tells you very little about the plot of the show like most trailers do, so that you will find an interest and see the show for yourself. All of this trailer though leads to messing with your emotions, it wants you to feel something towards the characters and pull you in to show within the two-minute trailer. The trailer overall is going for a pathos approach and leaves you with lots of questions unanswered so you’ll seek out the answer when you watch the show. The trailer starts off with some dramatic music to set the mood and add to the emotional …show more content…
She says she 's dreaming and she is shown in a very dark, almost scary place, probably somewhere she doesn’t want to be. The man talking to the women tells her she’s in his dream. The way it is made it makes it look as if the man could be somewhat evil, maybe he has her trapped. It then cuts to a clip that shows a table with a hologram of what looks to be a piece of land you would find in old western movies. The man claims that he has designed every part of this place making the viewer believe that he might have trapped her in this world he created. The viewer at this point probably feels bad for the women because she seems to be fairly confused about the situation. The man says what he has created is an entire world so it makes me think he might have more people or robots trapped in this world. One of the characters from before show up again talking to this woman and he tells her she was built to gratify the people needs who come and visit her world. She is seen as a toy for the real people who visit her and she is confirmed to be some sort of being created by humans. It kind of leaves the viewer questioning if what these people are doing is completely humane or if they are running some terrible business that isn’t