Ways to live forever A2 analysis of the trailer

1. Ways to live forever
(2013)
Directed by: Gustavo Ron
Genre: Family Drama

2. Camera
Lots of close ups and extreme close ups are used
to allow the audience to build a bond with the
main character, Sam, as he is ill and we don’t
know if he will survive.
There are also many interior mid/long
shots which makes the audience worry as
12 year old boys are usually outside
making, the audience wonder if he is too
sick
The genre of the film is family/drama and
this is clear as there are many clips of the
family in the trailer which would attract a
diverse audience

3. Mise-en-scene
Other settings we see:
A church
The beach
A typical urban pub
The variety of places make the
film more interesting and the
audience will wan to know
why Sam is going the those
places. Especially the church
as it is associated with death
We can see Sam is wearing
stereotypical clothing to
create verisimilitude. He
also is shown as ill but still
has hair to prove not
everyone with cancer has
no hair.

4. Sound

5. Editing
The trailer is a montage of
clips that are most likely in
the film. The cuts are mostly
straight as this is the
quickest way to get the
most into the short time.
The pace of the trailer is mostly slow
but gets slightly faster at the end
which follows the conventions of a
trailer.
The prevalence is on Sam for the majority
of the trailer to show the audience he is
important.
Sound bridge of the teacher
talking about nobody living
forever suggesting somebody
had died as it is over the clip of
Sam at the church with a coffin
in the frame.

6. Recurring motifs
• A book is regularly shown to possibly
represent the youth of the boy as it could be a
diary which is stereotypical of a child.
• It could also show that this book has a lot of
meaning and Sam says he is writing a book so
the audience wonder if he finishes it.

7. SFX
There are a few clips of
animations which bring his
wildest dreams to life for
example he wants to become a
scientist and as he’s talking about
how he could live forever we see
into his imagination this
expresses his youth.
We also see an
animation of the Eifel
tower the fact they are
animations make the
audience think they
wont happen in the film
making them believe it
will have a bad ending
where Sam’s condition
kills him