The Butterfly Effect (2004) Trailer Analysis

I have analysed the first 60 seconds of the trailer for The Butterfly Effect (2004). This is one of the most well known psychological thrillers around, so the research I have done for this trailer will contribute to the trailer I shall soon create in the same genre.

0:01: Title: "Some people want to forget the past"
0:04: Letters change and rearrange: "Some people want to change it"
0:07: New line cinema
0:10: Ashton Kutcher talking to girl
0:11: Flash effect, orange
0:11: Young boy in pain/confusion, effect of doubling
0:13: Back to AK and girl
0:14: Fade to young boy and girl
0:15: Fade to teenaged boy and girl
0:16: Fade to boy and girl leaning in to kiss
0:17: Boy and girl kissing
0:18: Coming out from a hug
0:18: Girl smiling
0:19: AK and girl in bed "do you think that we'll be together forever" (changes to black and white at 0:20)
0:22: Fade to black
0:23: Girl looking back, sad
0:24: Explosion
0:24: Girl screaming
0:24: AK yelling in hospital bed
0:25: Panning shot of ambulance
0:26: Panning shot of graveyard
0:27: AK standing by grave
0:28: Dropping letter into grave
0:28: Standing up
0:29: Note says "I'll come back for you."
0:31: POV AK through window reading journals
0:32: AK on bed reading journals
0:34: Reading journal on different chair
0:35: Journal closeup
0:36: AK looking around
0:36: Big goth man talking to AK holding journal
0:37: AK opening eyes
0:38: AK's bedroom, wiggles with effect
0:39: Effect to AK looking as if in pain
0:40: Flash, AK starts screaming
0:40: Pan to him by window
0:41: Doctor talking to lady
0:42: Demonstrating on skull x ray
0:42: Topless angry AK
0:44: Woman walking backwards
0:45: Topless AK walking backwards
0:45: Flash to group stood by car
0:45: Cut to AK reading journal
0:46: POV of journal, looks up at room
0:48: Little girl on screen
0:49: Panning shot around AK
0:50: More clips of children on screen
0:51: Spinning fast around AK
0:52: Girl runs backwards on screen to little boy
0:52: Slowed down spinning AK
0:57: Cut to black, milisecond flash of AK screaming in pain
0:58: Black
1:00: Fade to AK getting out of bed

In the first 60 seconds alone, there are 54 cuts including the two initial captions. This means that there are 0.9 cuts per second. This makes the trailer fast paced, and therefore highly exciting for the audience.