2. The opening shot of the trailer for “Brick” communicates to us both the
themes of the film, as well as the place that the main character exists in the
world of the story. He is framed, small, against a large black night only lit by
the dim light of the telephone box, in the bottom corner of the screen
shrivelled. Immediately we associative this as being an image from later on
the film, maybe at the end of the 2nd act when the character is at his lowest
point. The use of a phone box when this film was released, 2005, seems
antiquated and connects it to the world of film noir.
3. The first shot we get of the main character in full view, from a low key angle
in a medium shot, this suggests to the audience that the character is in charge of
the situation, which along with the highly dramatic music denotes that the character is
investigating something because of the cultural code of the detective genre.
4. This zooming camera shot going from a long shot of a man sat against a wall
solving a Rubik's Cube, to an extreme close up of the man’s fingers solving
the Rubik's Cube. This tells the audience what the percussion sound was that
they have been hearing throughout the films, inviting the audience into the
narrative. The character solving the Rubik’s Cube quickly connotes intelligence.
5. A common way of intriguing the audience to put up accolades the films has
won at either award shows or festivals. In this case the Sundance Film Festival
which the target audience for this film will be aware of, has a reputation for the
Being the birthing ground of many major Indie Directors.
6. This close-up of a hand as a car rushes passed the main character sends to the
audience how much danger the main character is in. The quality of the car fits
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