Task 2: Influences from Real Media

Now is Good Trailer 

We liked this trailer as we felt it was influential in terms of it's genre. The trailer begins fast pace with quick cuts and up-beat music. The quick cuts show the most exciting parts of the film without giving away the main storyline. They show the main character smiling and having a good time. The music then slows down and the main storyline begins to unravel. We thought this was effective because at first the trailer seems as though it is going to a happy romantic film and as the music slows down it's starts to show how dramatic and sad the storyline actually is. Therefore we feel that this trailer portrayed it's genre well in an effective way.

This trailer also shows text throughout. The trailer randomly shows different words to demonstrate how the main character feels about her life. The words are shown with different clips from the trailer for example 'moments' is shown with her having a good time with her boyfriend. We would like to use something like this in our trailer because we feel it really adds to the storyline and helps the audience understand the main character and what she is going through.

We also like the editing throughout the trailer. The trailer shows lots of different scenes letting us see the main characters most happy and traumatic times. For example at the end of the film slow-mo is used to show the main character kissing her boyfriend.  Also in the middle of the trailer when the music starts to slow down fading shots are used instead of quick cuts to demonstrate that she's getting weaker and fading away; the shots start to mirror her life. The trailer also shows the main character wiping away a blurry wall. We like this editing because its different and makes you think that she's wiping the blur away to start a new chapter in her life. The trailer also uses zoomed in shots when the main character is writing on her wall. We like these zoomed in shots because it emphises the charters passion of fulfilling what she wants to do before she dies. Overall we like how the editing of the shots change throughout the film to fit in with the storyline and the shots that are being shown.









Demolition Trailer 

We liked this tailer as we thought is was influential in terms of it's structure and the way it was put together. The trailer starts with him writing a letter and doing a voice-over of what he was writing. We liked how the voice-over was the main character as it was like he was explaining his life. We liked how the voice over was from the main characters point of view and like he was reading his letter. We also liked how the voice-over used the same tone of voice throughout as though he's not that interested in what is going on.
We like this idea and would like to use it in our trailer.

We also like how the editing in the trailer adds to his wife's death. For example from the moment that she gets killed to the moment when he finds out that she has died in the hospital, the sound effect of the heart beat works well alongside the fading shots. We think the fading shots are effective because it shows how the man is still  trying to process what has just happened and almost shows that everything's a blur. The sound effect of the heartbeat is also effective because it sort of represents how intense the scene is. It also represents the wife's heart beat because when the husband finds out that she has died the heart beat stops. We would like to use something similar in our trailer as the fading shots and the heartbeat sound builds up suspense. We also like how editing is used to do a slow-mo rewind of the car crash, when the man says 'lets go back to the beginning'. We thought this editing technique was really dramatic and adds to how scary and intense it was to be in the car at the time.

We liked this trailer in terms of its structure; we like the way the wife is remembered throughout the trailer. The wife is remembered using faded shots as if to show that she is fading away. Although she is still in his thoughts. For example one of the first shots we see of her fading away is when he is having a shower. Earlier on in the trailer we see the wife watching her husband having a shower through the reflection in the painting. Later on in the trailer we see the same shot but the wife is fading away. This is a really clever idea because it shows how she is not there anymore. We also see another shot of the wife fading away in the trailer. This is represented as a blurry close-up. We also liked this shot as it shows that from his point of view he is still trying to see her, even though she is not really there. Near the beginning of the trailer we get to see the husband and wives wedding scene. We like the scene as it is quite slow and demonstrates how much he loved her even if he
                                                      didn't show it enough.  

12 Years a Slave Trailer

We liked this trailer as we thought it was influential in terms of its micro aspects/visual aspects. In this trailer there is a clear difference between the slaves and the more upper class people. We noticed that most of the slaves were of a black race because of the time that the film was set in. There is also a very clear difference by the use of costumes. The slaves are dressed in ragged  dirty clothes whereas the upperclass people look as though their clothes are more expensive. The upper class women especially look like they are richer, they all have their hair done and are wearing big expensive dresses. In comparison the lower class woman are in thin dirty rags. The trailer also shows a comparison of how black people are treated in the north of America to the south. The main character lived in new york and was a free man; he dressed like a normal person and was treated equally. When the main character was kidnapped and sent to the south to be a slave, he was treated completely differently. He was not treated equally and was made to do hard labour with no choice. 

We like this trailer because a clear difference between class and status is shown through its camera shots. For example when the main character was in chains on the floor a high angle shot was used to show how his power has shifted. He is now looks weak and vulnerable and is of a lower class. The trailer also uses a birds-eye view shot to show the slaves all cramped up in a cart. This shot almost makes the slaves look dead, they seem really weak and are being treated like they are animals and not humans. The lighting is           dark which adds to how sad and depressing this image is. Also a low-angle shot is used to show how the wife is of a higher class. This shot shows that she has more power and authority over the slaves. She is looking down on them as they are of a different class and are lower than her. A close-up shot is also used to show how much abuse the main character receives. The man who is in charge of the slaves is shown shouting right in the main characters face. This shows how badly he is treated and also how the white people are in control and have more power.