Action Trailer Analysis
Need For Speed
Establishing shot across the city, with a cloud of fog
suggesting imperfection within the film. Over the shoulder shot of a male with
a leather jacket on with the collar popped up, connoting rebellious behaviour.
The super cars we see either side of him connote wealth, audiences also
associate fast cars with danger. Simplistic non diegetic music is playing very
slowly and gentle, doesn’t suit the theme of the film. Scene then fades to
black with the next shot being a close up of who we assume is the main character
behind the wheel of a car, he seems focused, audience can hear a diabetic
engine revving pointing towards a potential race that’s about to unfold. There
is also a voice over who the audience believe to be the person in the car, “they
took everything from me” suggests he has nothing to lose.
Extreme close up of wheels spinning away, the low angle shot
as the cars whizz past to give the audience a sense of how fast the cars are
actually going. Dramatic music starts to play suggesting an ordeal is about to
happen. Birdseye view of the cars racing over a bridge and dodging other cars
suggests that what they are doing is illegal as it is putting other at risk.
Audiences then relies that what is being done is definitely illegal as a
tracking shot of a Mustang being followed by a police car.
Another fade to black shot is used, followed by a long shot
of a potential love interest, so far the trailer doesn’t follow all the action genre
conventions for example the music is very dramatic instead of high tempo music.
Audience is given an insight to the inner thoughts and feelings of the main character
through the voice over. A short clip of police man holding up his gun pointing
towards the main character surrendering in front of a herd of police cars,
followed by a medium shot of him in prison, showing that not everyone gets away
with crimes in action movies, he committed a crime, got caught and he has paid
the price, although he is in white clothing compared to the still imprisoned
orange inmates, white connote innocence and cleanliness suggesting he is a new
and better person.
A quick close up of a man grazed and traumatised face is
shown inside a car, the trailer doesn’t give much information away about this
which leaves us wondering who he is and what has happened, another bird eyes
view shot is used above the city as well as above a flying plane connoting
wealth. Extreme close up of the main character face inside a car is shown followed
by a point of view shot showing the car has just crashed, we emphasis with the
female in the car, slow motion of the car flipping allows the audience to
absorb the full intensity and heart ache of the scene, there is broken glass which
is a common convention of an action genre. During the slow motion crash there is
a medium shot showing the two reacting to the collision, he is concentrated on
her and seems to be instinctively looking out for her suggesting his character
is caring and considerate and in love with this girl.
A point of view shot followed by a close up shot of him in
his car alone is presented, the audiences are unsure whether the girl survived
the crash, and the green lighting connotes regret and guilt. Another tracking
shot of a fast car speeding away from police further enforces the idea that
crime is normal for our main character. An extreme long shot is used to show
the intensity of the crime due to how many police car enforcements are there. A
quick montage of events, containing fast passed editing is then shown, we see
the main character holding the girl walking down and empty road, followed by a funeral
and a fight scene. A quick release date appears to inform the audience when
they can see it but it doesn’t last too long as they want to hold the audience’s
attention on the events which are happening within the trailer.
Another chase scene is happening although this time the U.S
Army is getting involved, therefore audience can see that his crimes are so
much for the police department and that they needed to call stronger services.
Another close of main character Arron Pauls face is shown, speeding off in his
car, this time he is wearing blacked out glasses, this may suggest pain, that
he doesn’t want people to see the hurt in his eyes. Another point of view shot
from the inside of the car looking out onto the road, this shot gives the audience
a sense of real life thrill, as if it is them who are starring in the film.
Another montage of events occur, there is a lot of car racing and crashes and
explosion all converting to stereotypes of the action genre. The shot then stop
along with the music giving the audience a moment to soak up what has just been
displayed to them, to end the trailer off the title of the movie is shown for a
few seconds in order to make it the last thing the audiences remembers.
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