Film Trailer

br /> The trailer begins with writing sweeping in reading 'THIS SUMMER', fading into a close up of the protagonist, fastening his tie, this ensures the audience gain the idea that he is of an upper class background or possibly a well dressed professional, the seclusion of the characters face and lower torso are used to create an enigma surrounding the main character. This is followed by a close up of the protagonist reaching for his suit jacket, the close ups suggesting an awe of importance revolving around the characters appearance, and that what he wears is significant to the plot of the movie, or what the character must do in the movie. This is then proceeded by the camera panning up from the protagonists feet, up to his head, the camera being set at a low angle for the character to look down towards it, suggesting to audiences that this character is trying to assert dominance, an express how he is the most imperative character of the movie. As the character leaves the room (edited by a series of cuts) he proceeds to walking into the camera, although the audience may have previously thought that the protagonist would walk directly at the camera, and then it would fade to black, however as we aimed to create a comedy, we decided it would be best for the protagonist to walk directly into the camera, which adds comic appeal, but also in a way conveys the vanity of the main character. Throughout both of those scenes there was background music playing (non-diegetic), used to assist and establish certain opinions of the character, such as his suave appearance, and high opinion of himself. Other scenes such as the aggressive gear changes, suggest although the protagonist is well groomed and sophisticated, he is susceptible to aggressive tendencies and is not afraid of action, this is also supported by the concluding scenes of the film, whereby the main character punches a villain in the face the smiles to the camera, in turn conveying the idea of vanity and cockiness which is contrast to his somewhat clumsy and oaf'ish behaviour in previous scenes. One of those scenes being, in the office when the protagonist goes to stand up from his chair and accidently places his foot in the bin located beside him, it displays his lack of awareness and possible incompitence, which begs the question why he is an spy in the first place, adding to the comedic appeal of the trailer. The significant change in music types and tempo throughout the trailer are used to signify changes in location and mood, for example during the fight scenes, the tempo of the music increases and becomes more intense, which has been used to establish drama and action within the scene. The editing techniques I used when creating my trailer, were used as a way of interpreting what is about to come, for example the use of fades have been incorporated as a means of conveying the suspense within the film, whereas simple cuts have been used to sharply cut from one character to another and to establish the speed or tempo of the scene. At the trailers conclusion the use of the zoom to extreme close up was used as a method of displaying the attitudes of the characters, with some smiling, and others with sinister apperances the use of close ups can dramatically affect the audiences interpretation of the text, whether it be positive or negative.