Benjamin Wilkins - A2 Media Studies |
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The Inbetweeners Movies (2011) |
This trailer focuses on using the most iconic comedy moments throughout the film to demonstrate its genre which is clearly comedy. It uses animated titles to split the scenes and narrate and tease the audience with possible story lines or twists so that they are intrigued. The colours used throughout the trailer are bright and unusually vibrant which suggests its an uplifting film. The film was also scheduled to be released during the summer so the mood in this trailer corresponds with the mood of summer. The iconic moments in the film are highlighted and hinted in this trailer to entice the audience to watch the full movie. Also when the iconic quote is said , it is highlighted through the use of sound as all of the non digetic background music is brought to a halt , followed by a quick exaggerated sound effect , with the quote being exaggerated in volume for emphasis , then the background music continues. This is a popular convention of comedy action films as the memorable humourous parts are a crucial selling point for comedy genre films. |
This trailer , similar to the previous film , inbetweeners movie , is also clearly a comedy genre film as it expresses humorous puns and catchphrases which create a comical atmosphere for the audience to enjoy the movie. The trailer shows that the movie will switch mood to an intense action genre which involves the use of guns, knives, explosives and other different weapons which adds an emense action and thrilling element to the film. Alongside the weapons and explosions in the trailer, it also shows the costumes, gadgets and props used by the 'superheros' which helps to aid the action element of the movie. This trailer has a big use of non digetic sound and exaggerated sound effects which adds to the thrill of the overall viewing experience and teases the audience to want to watch more of the film, and this will therefore make this film more popular. This is a parody trailer for the movie "Kick-Ass". It was made by myself and two other friends just for fun two years ago. This is a good video to use as we could use this video as a blueprint, to guide our group when we're making our actual film trailer. This trailer consists of comical and action elements which is similar to what is in the Kick-Ass trailer and this is what our group could do if we decided to do a comical/action genre film trailer. Comical elements such as humourous lines were used in this parody trailer, additionally, a soundtrack was included to assist the comical conventions. |
Kick-Ass (2010)Suck-Ass (2010) Kick-Ass Parody |
Horrible Bosses (2012) |
The trailer to Horrible Bosses uses sound and music in an intelligent way; it sticks to the conventions of typical comedic films. One of the key things in the trailer was the control of volume; the trailer starts with a non-diegetic, upbeat version of Bad to the bone- George Thorgood, the added fast paced high-hat creates a sense of light suspense and helps move the scene along. The music quietens down to allow the actors speech to come through allowing the audience to hear the joke! This is quiet common throughout the trailer, the use of reducing the non-diegetic music to allow the joke to come through, then after the music is re-introduced loud and hard hitting; this makes the joke even more amusing, making it more likely for the audience to remember and then go on to actually watch the full movie. The trailer also uses special sound effects on top of the non-diegetic track, a “quick exaggerated voom” which helps switch scenes. I have noticed this among other trailers of the same genre so I hope to use this as well as the volume control strategy in our own product. |
In the opening of the trailer, a calm beat helps introduce the beginning of the trailer. It suggested suspense and an unexpected scene was about to appear, perhaps something funny due to the film being a comedy genred film. Following the calm beat, background music was played behind the footage (Mia Pee, Mia Par, Mia Poo, Mia Pappa), this soundtrack seems to be good-humoured and lively, and therefore suits the genre comedy. It also links well with the footage, comical scene used as the main image and a comical soundtrack to aid the amusement. Additionally, the scene when all 4 men are in the car, another soundtrack is played in the backing, (Live Your Life by T.I and Rihanna). This is used cleaverly, the lyircs 'Live Your Life' corrospond with the footage of them adventuring the world and travelling to another country, living their lives like theres no tomorrow. The soundtracks aid the comical conventions for the comedy genred film, and clearly highlights that the trailer for Hangover is a comedy. Furthermore, another convention of comedy films is Slapstick, this is when characters comically recieve pain or face danger. This covention is included in the Hangover Trailer, when the man wakes up to a tiger in his room, charges out the bedroom and comically falls over. The trailer also uses a baby as a prop to create a comical atmosphere, it is used as a dominant prop which is symbolic in the trailer. |
The Hangover Movie (2009) |
Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010) |