Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a 1974 British spy novel by John Le Carre. The movie stars Gary Oldman who plays George Smiley. Smiley is a middle-aged, taciturn, persepatious intelligence expert in forced retirement. He is recalled to hunt down a Soviet mole in the "Circus", the highest echelon of the Secret Intelligence Service. The movie also stars Colin Firth and Tom Hardy.
This trailer does a great job of building up suspense and tension. It does this through the use of non- diegetic sounds like music and the build-up of pace throughout the teaser trailer. The music in the trailer really gives the audience a feeling of unease and mystery. In the beginning of the trailer the music stars of slow paced and uses continuous sounds of a violin and cello simultaneously giving a mysterious start to the trailer. Towards the end of the trailer the music grows and becomes very epic, loud and the pace of music rapidly increases. Similar to the pace of the music is the shots. As the music stars we begin seeing mid shots and close up shots of the main characters in the film. All characters are wearing high priced suits similar to that of the famous fictional character James Bond thus giving the audience the impression that these characters are all involved with the government on the secret service. This trailer creates a very serious atmosphere as none of the characters smile and we see shots of guns and dead bodies.
The target audience for the trailer would men between the ages of 20-50. This is mainly because the movie is set in 1974 but also contains violent and mature scenes so it would probably be inappropriate for young children. Furthermore the films story seems quite complex and May not appeal to younger children who could find the film boring. This is also a feel which you may have to pay a lot of attention to in order to understand the synopsis of what is going on. This may be another reason why it may be targeted towards older men.
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