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TRAILER ANALYSISTRAILER ANALYSIS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0nVeZITlIs

CHARACTER TYPESPROTAGONIST: Turkish - antihero HELPER: Tommy - antihero

HELPER: Mickey – gypsy stereotype, turns hero

ANTAGONIST: Brick Top – British gang leader

ANTAGONIST: Cousin Avi – American gang leader

STRUCTURESTRUCTURE

1. Introduces the audience to the narrative of diamond heist and the underlying boxing plot, this is done through the narration of a key character, Turkish.

2. Titles saying ‘where is the stone’ and ‘your going down’ accompany the dialogue. These introduce us to the disruption in the films equilibrium.

3. The actors are introduced as their characters in a postmodern style- pastiche cowboy western titles are used.

4. Main film title shown.

CAMERA WORK AND MISE-EN-SCENECAMERA WORK AND MISE-EN-SCENECAMER WORK

•There are lots of zoom outs and flashes of the diamond to show the importance of it to the narrative

•Low angle shot of Bullet Tooth Tony to show the power and strength of his character. We will use the camera to achieve shots that make our scenes intense and interesting, as we do not have expert acting or editing.

MISE-EN-SCENE

•Costume is used to help establish the characters and their stereotypes. Cousin Avi, an American jeweller, is in a much more stereotypically American suit in comparison to the dressed down suits the British characters are wearing.

•Guns are shown in the very first scene, immediately telling the audience the narrative genre.

•Sets of boxing training room and arena look run down and illegal helping establish narrative

EDITINGEDITING

• Transitions between each scene are very fast, this imitates the fast paced music playing over the trailer.

• Some of the shots on screen turn, and slide onto and of the screen again giving the trailer a more postmodern feel.

• Time mapping is used to accentuate actions.

• Still frames turn from normal image to stylised graphics, with overlaying cowboy western fonts. I think we will use this idea of still frames to introduce our actors/characters.

SOUNDSOUND

• Voice over from character Turkish explaining setting the narrative plot. The audience can establish from this the comic sub-genre to the film. We might use a voice over from one of our characters. (see also Inside Man)

• Dialogue from characters- at times carefully cut so scenes fit together. Dialogue also sets narrative and establishes characters.

• Fast paced music which helps keep the trailer exciting, imitating the quick flashes of scenes and editing processes.

• Sound effects of ‘fast forwarding’ accompany the editing

SOUNDSOUND

• Voice over from character Turkish explaining setting the narrative plot. The audience can establish from this the comic sub-genre to the film. We might use a voice over from one of our characters. (see also Inside Man)

• Dialogue from characters- at times carefully cut so scenes fit together. Dialogue also sets narrative and establishes characters.

• Fast paced music which helps keep the trailer exciting, imitating the quick flashes of scenes and editing processes.

• Sound effects of ‘fast forwarding’ accompany the editing