This document summarizes and compares three movie trailers: Pain and Gain, Taken, and Sin City. For Pain and Gain, it describes the main characters as bodybuilders and the plot involving their criminal plans. Taken is about a retired CIA agent's attempt to rescue his daughter after she is kidnapped. Sin City explores the dark town of Basin City through three interconnected stories, shown entirely in black and white. The document also notes the music and target audiences of each trailer.

1. Characters, settings, and narrative
Pain and gain
Characters: The main characters in this certain comedy /action movie are Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne
Johnson, and Anthony Mackie (ETC). As well the main characters played out as a normal trio of
bodybuilders which is based on a true story.
Setting: This crime/comedy movie is mainly based on a real life story that took place in Miami
during the late 1990s and a trio a Miami bodybuilder who wants to live the American dream. He
would like to have the money that other people have, earn it.
Narrative: The narrative of the pain and gain trailer shows me how the trio of builders who have
more muscle then brain go through out there lives with very difficult illegal changeless . To add to
that I can see the different time of personality of the bodybuilders trio and the hilarious quotes they
add to the movie. As well, by the trailer I can noticed that the movie is a comedy crime because the
trailer start with crime and ends with funny clips within the movie trailer .
Music :the music they add to this certain movie trailer are mainly based on hard /bodybuilders
music which can get them really hyped up for the idiot situation they get them self in .
Taken 1
Characters : The main characters on this certain crime /action movie trailer are Liam
Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen(ETC).As well the main characters played out as a normal
family which has one daughter and something terrific happens to her.
Settings: This crime /action movie is a retired agent who left the Central Intelligence Agency to be
near his daughter in California. On the other hand the daughter lives with her mother with a very
wealthy stepfather and which he gives his stepdaughter permission to go Paris, goes down hill from
there.
Narrative : The narrative of the taken trailer shows me that it is based on a retired CIA agent
travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been
kidnapped while on a trip to Paris. As well , by the taken trailer I can noticed that the movie is
mainly crime and thriller because in the movie some French drug line, which is swap for sexually
intercourse, takes the main character daughter .
Music : The music they have add to this certain trailer is a very dramatic music and a thriller type of
music to created tensions .This shows the target audience of the certain movie is a crime /action
movie or trailer.
Sin city
Characters: The main characters of this certain noir/crime movie or trailer are Mickey Rourke, Clive
Owen, and Bruce Willis. As well, the main characters played out as different type of people who has
different type of views they have on their certain city

2. Setting: The setting of this certain movie or trailer is about a film that explores the dark and
miserable town, Basin City and how the movie or trailer is played out in all black out white through
out trailer.
Narrative : The narrative of this certain noir/crime movie or trailer shows me that film that explores
the dark and miserable town, Basin City, and tells the story of three different people, all caught up
in violent corruption. As well, by this trailer, I can notice that the movie is noir film and a crime film
because it is showing the movie in black and white and there is a numerous amount of fights. Also
outlaws team up to kill the powerfulness man in the state, which they can get his money or still his
money.
Music: The music they have add to this certain trailer is a very dramatic music and a noir type of
music to created tensions .This shows the target audience of the certain movie is a noir /crime
movie or trailer.