A fantastic post analysing the Tomorrow: When The War Began teaser trailer frame-by-frame was made the other day, on the Tomorrow-Movies Forum, by Nadia (AKA “lovecaitlin”).

Okay this is not the most original or brilliant idea I’ve ever had but I thought it would be cool to analyse the teaser trailer frame by frame, considering that we have to wait at least a couple of months to get the full-length one.

There were a couple of scenes I couldn’t pick, maybe because they aren’t in the book. So… let’s start!

1) Ellie going to Corrie’s. Very easy one to pick.

2) Ellie’s house? I’m not 100% sure, but it is pretty different to Corrie’s place and it doesn’t look like Homer’s house. I couldn’t pick those two people near the paddocks. Maybe they’re Ellie’s parents?

3) Corrie and Ellie planning the trip. Another easy scene to guess.

4) I think it’s safe to say it is Tailor’s stitch and Ellie’s Landie!

5) On the top. Wombegonoo?

6) Homer manages to find the clearing. I can see a very tired Kevin behind those trees!

7) Kevin takes a photo of Corrie. This scene has been added to the movie but I would have to say it is a lovely addition. Plus… how beautiful is Hell?!?

8) Ellie and friends playing in the creek. What gorgeous scenery!

9) The tackling scene. This scene has been added too, but I can see the similiarities to the creek scene in the book, when Fi brushes her ‘perfect’ teeth. Of course it would have made Fi look more sweet but I thought this scene was very, very funny. Another nice add IMHO.

10) Robyn and Ellie laughing hard and Robyn using her asthma inhaler. In the books it was Fi’s sister who was asthmatic, but we don’t see Robyn that much in the first book, so I think it could have been added to develop her character more or to make the scene funnier.

11) Campfire scenes. Just as pictured. Very cute scenes between Ellie & Lee and Kevin & Corrie. I can see very good chemistry between the whole cast.

12) Ellie notices the aircrafts flying overhead. Very, very faithful to the book and amazingly portrayed. The colouring is perfect in this scene. The only thing I couldn’t understand is why they took those rifles with them for the trip. At the beginning (when Homer is in the creek after finding the clearing) I noticed that Ellie had a rifle. Oh well, I guess Hell may be very dangerous . How cute is Kevin’s arm on Corrie? ^_^

13) Homer looking for his parents. Is it just me or he does actually say “Mama, papa!”? Because it’s how we say mum and dad in Italian .

14) Ellie looking for her parents too. Nice house, I love the door.

15) Everyone looking worried as there’s no dial tone. Nice idea to show the picture on Ellie’s mobile. You can see both Ellie and Corrie wearing their school uniform ^_^

16) As a member of the Facebook group pointed out, they must be at Homer’s in this scene. You can see the Greek orthodox religious icon on the wall, plus Homer is the only one missing in this scene. I suppose he was looking for his mother’s needlepoint like in the book.

17) Ellie, Corrie and Kevin sneaking a look at the Showground. It stays very true to the book except for the explosion I think, but it added a bit more action, so I don’t mind it.

18) No need to say which scene this is .

19) Couldn’t figure out which scene it is. Help me please! I can’t see either Chris nor Fi. Could be an added scene.

20) This part is driving me mad. At first I thought it was still the Showground scene but thinking more about it… I can see very different coloring, plus there’s a kind of blue light on Ellie’s face. It looks like some soldiers walked past Ellie while they were using their torches. In the next scene you can see they use their torches and they’ve got a blue lights. I suppose it could be the lawn mower scene. What do you reckon?

21) This is another scene that is driving me mad. It can’t be the rescue scene because the truck is very different to the one we saw in the Ellie, Robyn and Lee scene, still plus it doesn’t have the shovel. I guess it could be a random scene…?

22) Ellie and Lee smiling (ok not really) at each other. Judging from Ellie’s wound I would say it’s just after the rescue scene and Lee is probably thanking her. Must be the kissing scene. I can’t figure out where they are, though.

23) Finally an easy scene to pick. Fi breaking a window at Curr’s.

24) Homer winking at Fi. I remember this scene to be exactly like that in the book, when Ellie says it wasn’t the ‘Oh Ellie and Lee’ wink. I think they’ve changed the context in the movie, though.

25) Homer hiding and handling a rifle, and Corrie hiding.

26) I remember Homer saying that they had to start thinking of themselves like guerrillas but I think it’s a different scene, can’t figure out which one.

27) Ellie hiding in the sunroom. Very faithful to the book.

28) Homer firing. I can’t remember him firing, correct me if I’m wrong, but it’s a great scene. Cinematography is amazing in this one.

29) Kevin, Homer, Ellie, Corrie and Fi running. Seeing that Robyn and Lee are missing in this scene I’m 90% sure that they’re running in the shed before Corrie’s house is destroyed.

30) The explosion, of course.

31) Pretty sure this is after blowing up the bridge. There are only six of them.

32) An added scene but what great acting by Caitlin. I think it is before blowing up the bridge, maybe when Homer was starting to plan how to destroy it and Ellie reckons they must fight (?)