1. Notorious Film Trailer<br />1. At the end of the trailer, this is so the title of the film is clearly conveyed and no ambiguity may occur. It is also because, if it is at the end it keeps the viewer watching, thus the audience can grasp the storyline and realise it is a biography of Biggie Smalls of the film. It adds a sense of suspense and anticipation.<br />2. The names of the stars are not mentioned as it is not a cast and director driven film, as there are no big stars involved, the USP is who the film is about, a legendary rapper Biggie Smalls.<br />3. It shows Biggie involved with crime for example selling drugs, running with a gun and performing on stage, showing different aspects of the film, not just his music career.<br />4. The music features Biggie’s most well known tracks including “Hypnotise”, this is clearly because it gives an insight into who the film is about and his career is directly related to rap music, and the other song is “Notorious” obviously used to represent the title of the film and who the film is about.<br />5. The voice over is Biggie talking about his struggles with enemies and prison. This is because it adds a sense of reality and makes the film more relevant to him, which is the film’s USP.<br />6. Biggie’s voice was used as it instantly introduces who is film is about and the voice is instantly recognisable which creates an emotional pull, and makes the film relative to him, and shows it is a biography about his life.<br />7. The shots are sped up to show different aspects of the film, not just him involved with his music career but more personal aspects like the relationship with his child and his involvement with crime, showing a more broad film not one dimensional.<br />8. The speed alters dramatically as the start shows biggie speaking with slow images appearing on screen, whereas at the end it goes into a quick montage of shots, from him running from police to him performing on stage, showing a broad range of aspect of what the film contains.<br />9. The information in the last scene is the website ‘www.notorious09.com’ this is so the audience gets a direct link to find out more information about the film.<br />10. The trailer is more effective as it shows all the different aspects of the film, not just the gangster aspect of crime, but the moral issues of marriage, and it shows a broader view of the film not just one shot. The poster is quite mundane as it just shows a picture of biggie; it gives no indication of the film. <br />11. a) you would expect to see this film before other biography films and crime related films, as it give a direct insight and relation into the genre.<br /> b) would expect to see this film before crime programmes like The Wire and ‘The Sopranos’ as it give a direct insight and relation into the genre.<br /> <br />