This document summarizes and provides feedback on several movie trailers. It discusses the effective use of dialogue, sound, camera angles, music, captions, and tag lines in trailers for films like Kidualthood, Bullet Boy, and Poetic Justice. Specific shots and sequencing of events are proposed for a hypothetical trailer about a couple that breaks up after high school but reunite years later, with violence ensuing as one tries to reclaim the relationship. Overall themes of love, loss, and danger are highlighted.

1. Movie trailer By Deborah Haastrup Media

2. KidualthoodKidualthood trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wM73QyfZ3cThere is more dialogue at the beginning of the trailer than the end. A lot of diegetic sound throughout the trailer but stops at important phrases to allow us to get a feel of the characters through speech.The camera angles and movement are important as they relate to the film moments it captures the main things to give the scene impact. E..g. the camera showed Trevor (Aml Ameen) on the floor with a high level shot. Then jumps to Sam (Noel Clarke) and pans over him from a low angle shot. This has the effect of Trevor showing submission to Sam as he is more powerful, stronger and dominant than Trevor. which shows there is a relationship between the two. The first shot is the point of view shot which shows Trevor on the floor then the following shot shows Sam standing tall with the bellow eye level shot shows Lots of straight cuts to prevent revealing characters reaction fades to next scene The same music throughout

3. Whilst the characters speaking the other captions shown that relate. Words come with some captions. Heart beat sign along it. Their use of tag lines draw you into the story, it gives you a written synopsis. By doing it a couple of words at a time it makes the audience follow on till it makes sense. The tag lines maybe used as a device that controls the pace of the trailer . By interrupting the scene it allows you to take the previous scene in. for example in Bullet Boy the little boy is holding a gun but the way he’s holding it shows inexperience and as the scene fades into the tagline it leaves the audience in shock that a young boys innocence is fading. Bullet boy

4. Baby Boy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhFWPyzWrGA&feature=relatedStarts with a prayer, the volume of the prayer overtakes the diegetic sound whilst showing different moving images relevant to the prayer.There is narrative throughout the whole trailer. Although it changes, Jody was saying the prayer at the beginning for the 1st 20seconds. It introduces the type of character he is and lets us in on what’s to come in the movie.Then the narrator. He did pause when a character was speaking. The framed moving image with the caption shows the different ways to introduce a character. for example Jody looks intimidating this explains his character.

5. Poetic justicehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OslJ2zbUaFQthe music carries on no dialogue as the trailer carries on (1min 55secs) Creative with design of title

6. Battlefield Its about a couple who were best friends first just as soon as they made it official they had to depart but promised each other they’ll reconnect. 2 years later and she had to move on with a bright future going for her but he came back. Wanting everything to go back to the way it was he will do all it takes, even kill. But does she want to carry on her new life or follow her old one. Themes are; love, loss, gang violence, deceit and betrayal.

7. Music Trey Songz- Can’t Be Friends Mary J Blige - No Drama Look what the cat dragged in -http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&source=hp&q=forever+and+always+lyrics&oq=forever+a&aq=1&aqi=g10&aql=undefined&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=6983l9952l0l11l11l1l3l3l0l218l1046l0.6.1l7&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=9a73de21915c142f&biw=1680&bih=853

8. Location South bank with graffiti background- drug swap Bridge that shows London eye- conflicting scenePark with swings- beginning with kidsRoom with bed- sister advising to brotherKitchen – friend and girl questions

9. Things to includeMultiple scenes/scenery Related costume and props Variety of camera shots and movement used for effectDon’t put too much dialogue but enough Use music for effectCharacters narrating following scenes in trailerMake sure themes are explored through trailer The more generic it is the easier it will be in the exam. Words following the screen is good Leave the audience thinking wanting to go see the ‘film’

10. Shots 1-8Then same park holding hands but much older “don’t leave we can run away together” Show two paths. One at work and the other on the street corner selling drugs.Bump into each other on road turn to apologise freeze. Then change scene. Another guy holding hands saying “we’re gonna be together forever”Girl “Mummy mummy I wanna go on the swings” tugs on the mums/girls hands Guy on bed throwing ball up in the air sister comes in room “you know they say if you really loves someone let them go if its meant to be they’ll come back. Sister leaves the room brother/ guy “if not willingly then by force”. Guys running from police Both guys holding guns/knives at each other or guy on floor holding knife “I guess life really is short” Girl “Mummy mummy I wanna go on the swings” tugs on the mums/girls hands Guy on bed throwing ball up in the air sister comes in room “you know they say if you really loves someone let them go if its meant to be they’ll come back. Sister leaves the room brother/ guy “if not willingly then by force”. Guys running from police Both guys holding guns/knives at each other or guy on floor holding knife “I guess life really is short”

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