Source Code (2011)

Source Code is a film about a man named Colter Stevens who was a Helicopter pilot in the US Army who awakes on a train, his only last memory being of him working in Afghanistan. He discovers he has taken the identity of another man and within the next 8 minutes the plane explodes. He awakes again from the explosion to find himself in a small room and speaks to a woman by the name of Goodwin. Colter Stevens is told he is to repeatedly relive those 8 minutes upon a train which exploded earlier that day to discover the whereabouts of the bomb and who planted it. But Colter Stevens is determined to find out whats happened to him.

The trailer takes various different scenes from the film to show us the basic story line to the film and does this using fast editing so all of it is crammed in. At first the shots are fast to be in parallel with the action and to build up to the explanation as to what is happening. We get the basic jist of what the film is about but not enough to tell us everything so we are enticed to go see it.

The film begins upon the train and we are as clueless as the main character is as to what is happening, we have yet to given any information about whats happening and why this man appears to be somebody he doesn't believe himself to be. The editing and shots are long at first to match the feeling of disorientation and trying to become aware of whats happening and become shorter to portray the characters panic as he cannot figure out what has happened to him.
The audience watches the film as though they are Captain Colter Stevens, observing what is happening around him and focusing and unfocusing out of certain things. There are also several points in which there are close ups on his face so we can see his confusion. The change between close ups of Colter Stevens face to witnessing whats happening on the train gives the impression we are seeing everything from his eyes.