What's the difference between a movie trailer and teaser?

[aLOWdAkING]

Thanks.

[Keats13]

About 2 minutes

[Dynasty]

A teaser is much shorter, probably less than thirty seconds. A trailer should last at least a minute.

A teaser is what airs on TV- 30sec to a minute spot. A trailer is what airs in the theater, usually a 2-3 minute spot. Called a trailer becuase back in the day they would come after a movie aired, not before it.

[istewart]

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A teaser is what airs on TV- 30sec to a minute spot. A trailer is what airs in the theater, usually a 2-3 minute spot. Called a trailer becuase back in the day they would come after a movie aired, not before it.

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You are going to have a good career in OOT.

[Russ McGinley]

Also most teasers don't show any actual shots of the movie (or very short quick ones) and are basically there to tell you the movie release date.

[surfinillini]

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Also most teasers don't show any actual shots of the movie (and are basically there to tell you the movie release date.

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EXACTLY, good call russ.

Check out the TRAILER vs. the TEASER on Apple.com for the Da Vinci code coming out next year.

The Teaser is just a camera focusing in really close onto the Mona Lisa with a voice over narrative.

The Trailer has actual movie screen shots, narrative, etc...

[Vlorg]

I believe by technical standards it's only the timeframe that they are released. Teasers are released up to 12 months before the film opens (usually 6-8). Anything less than 4 months is considered a trailer.

Teasers are almost always 30 seconds with little to no information about the film itself. Sometimes there is no footage at all from the film ( or footage shot just for the teaser ). This is often because the teaser is made before the film itself has even begun shooting.

As an aside I do not know of any case specifically but I would imagine that teasers were made and shown in theaters for a film that ended up going straight to video. Sometimes the name does get changed. I remember seeing a teaser for Dick and Jane Save the World....changed to Mom and Dad Save the World by the time the trailers came about. I'm sure there are plenty more.

Vlorg

[pryor15]

trailers are typically 3 min, but teasers are 30 seconds

It's easy

Teaser: Melinda, the chick that works at Burger King. She keeps saying a "Whopper is better than a "quarter Pounder" But when I ask her out she shoots me down and has me escorted out by Lonnie the Weekend Manager. Damn, I HATE Lonnie.

Trailer: Where Melinda lives. It's over on Elm Street.

LLL