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This is England
The first trailer I am analysing is This is England which came out in April 2007 in the UK but is set in 1983 and is about a troubled boy growing up in England. It was Directed by Shane Meadows and was rated an 18. I think looking at this trailer will help me to produce my Trailer.
The Genre is Social Realism. As it includes offensive jokes and violence it has a certificate of 18. This is probably so younger people don't get influenced by the bad behaviour involved in it.
It starts off with film company names, then it shows an award its won. Then we meet the main character who is walking home from school and we see his mum who asks if he had a good day at school we then see Shaun throwing his jacket on the floor we then see shot reverse shot as his mum asks what's wrong. Then it fades to black and then we see Shaun sat on the sofa with his mum telling her about getting picked on because of his trousers. Then it shows us a clip of him getting picked on and Shaun runs at the lad and push him over.
We then get told that its set in England in 1983 and then it fast cuts through a montage of different clips including someone solving a rubix cube and Prince Charles and Dianna walking down the aisle. While this is happening there is some music being played over the top which Is quite up beat. We then see Shaun and his mum talking about his dad and Shaun looks sad.
We then see text on the screen saying 'Shaun went looking for a friend' and a clip follows showing Shaun looking for a friend and he's sat with a group of people and shakes one of their hands. Then we see more text saying 'He found a family' where we see him getting his hair cut and put on a different style of clothing to what he was originally wearing. We then see a little montage of clips where he is with his friends and then it goes to him and a girl alone and he asks her to be his girlfriend we then see them both walking and holding hands and then he's with more people and he tells them he's had the best day of his life. His mum then meets his new friends and says thanks as they helped with the bullying at school. She also tells them that 'the hair is not good' to which Shaun bursts out laughing. One of his friends then introduces him to another person and then we see text on the screen telling us who directed the film. The new person he was introduced to is then talking to Shaun telling him no one has ever taken a swing at him like that. Shaun is then seen in the shop asking for whiskey and larger to which the shop keeper picks him up and that's when the new person comes in and rescues Shaun by telling the shopkeeper to 'Get your hands off him now' while pointing a sword at him we then see Shaun with his hands full of stuff from the shop. There is then a montage of clips of his friends all showing bad behaviour such as fighting and vandalising walls with spray-paint. In the middle of this we see Shaun on the floor crying and then straight after someone stamping on someone. It then goes black before showing his mum asking him if he's ok, before going to a shot of him and his friends walking along with some more awards appearing on the screen and some emotional music playing over it. It also has a montage of random clips from the film with more awards and reviews over the top before a shot of Shaun with a sad looking face and the title and then the ending screen with lots of writing of companies and names and a website.
The audience is probably aimed at older teenagers and young adults as they might be able to relate to it
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The mise en scene starts off with a beach and then fades to the boy walking along next to a shop we then see him in his kitchen and his mum in the living room and then he joins her. We then see him in a playground with some lads who he then tackles one of them to the floor. He is then in a tunnel that has graffiti on the walls with some people who become his friends who then shave his hair in a room. We then see him in his town which is a bit scruffy looking with his friends messing around. He is then in a room with a girl who he asks to be his girlfriend and are then seen out on the streets holding hands. We also see him sat in a car which is very low key lit and then it moves on to a building which could possibly be a cafe and his mum turns up and meets his friends. He is then seen in a house with lots of people before going into a shop and asking for alcohol.
Shifty
This trailer is for a Social Realism film and starts off with a warning about containing strong language and violence. It then has a shot of the company name 'Metrodome'. Then we see a shot of someone opening a door and then a shot reverse shot between the guy who knocked on the door and the guy who opened it. We then see them hugging before cutting to a close up on some sausages frying in a pan before going to a mid shot of the guy cooking them. We then see shot reverse shot as the two guys talk. Then it goes to a shot of one of them kneeling down rummaging in a bag before going to an establishing shot of where its set and then to a shot of them both outside someone's flat where it has a close up of a cat on the door. It then uses fast cutting of shots of handing something to someone and a woman smoking, then a guy kicking a stuffed cat. Then we see the two men walking and talking about 'selling crack to miss marple' before getting chased by an undercover police car it shows them running and then both of them stopped out of breath and then they walk around again and deal some drugs we then see someone pour a bowl full of a white substance out onto a table and then another person sniffing something which we presume is the substance. Then we see two guys having an argument and then it cuts to someone passing something to another person while sat in a car before skipping to a girl lying down and a guy sat next to her on the phone saying 'it's getting out of hand'. We then see a quote come on the screen saying how its good before a clip ofa guy taking something apart and then shouting. Then we see another quote about the film before a clip of some guys shouting st one another and then another quote before we see someone putting stuff down the toilet to get rid of it then we see clips of weapons such as knives and guns and a title shot at the end.
The audience is probably Teenagers and Adults.
