Sunday, November 2, 2008

Snatch Trailer


This movie trailer is similar to one than we want to make, a gangster genre with comedic elements. The first shot in the trailer is one that sums up the movie as it has the fast paced music with the drawing of guns but also the character is dressed up in a comedic outfit. The camera shot is sped up and zoomed in to the guns, the following scenes of the trailer show us the characters and give a background and outline of the story which also shows the conventions usually associated with this genre like gambling and guns. They use a technique which focuses onto the diamond which is the main feature of the plot line, whilst they also show the secondary plot of the fixed bare fist fighting. The trailer is appealing to the targeted audience as it features action and comedy. It is structured with comedic scenes in the trailer which contrast with the action scenes .e.g when the American talks about London "Fish, chips, cup o tea, Mary Poppins" and then the scene with the fighting is straight after. Mostly throughout the trailer they use mid range shots and close ups, with some shots sped up to emphasise the action. The music is fast paced throughout and cuts out at some moments when a character is speaking this is something that we could incorporate into our production. There is a segment of the trailer where they introduce the actors who play the characters, they freeze the shot and colour out the background and focus on the face and the actor's name, I think this is a good technique as it gives the film a light hearted cartoon like portrayal in the characters. The trailer is light hearted and hard hitting at the same time. The sound adds to the hard hitting atmosphere of a typical gangster genre film but with the editing and representations of the characters adds a large comedic element which makes the trailer two genres (comedy and gangster) which has more genre appeal.
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