The main inspirations I got from this trailer are the editing and the way the storyline is shown. I like how the film is shown to be a regular drama with short clips expaining the storyline with chilled music which matches the pace of the editing in the first minute of the trailer. Although the first half of the trailer arguably does not have any thriller type conventions the director hints that there will be a struggle between good and bad, showing this through setting and costume etc. Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel's characters are dressed in black, the dance studio has black walls, black floor and a lot of the dancers are dressed in black whilst Natalie Portman is dressed in white/pink and various light colours throught the trailer. This shows how the film differs from other balerina movies as its not the stereotypical happy bright enviroment for a balerina. I also like how the editing starts to quicken in the second half of the trailer with a lot of close ups used, also the music becomes very intense as we reach the climax of the trailer, then the last shot we see is a close up of Nina's face with red eyes this is when the trailer confirms that the film is of the thriller genre as the images are creepy and uncomfortable to watch.
with this poster I really like the image that is used, arguably its an unconventional picture as the genre is thriller/horror which we associate dark colours i.e. black, grey and blue, cold colours. still the girl looks scary and the picture has an eerie look to it. also the
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