Textual Analysis of film trailers - 2

Textual Analysis

Taken 2

1.       Music and sound plays a big role in this trailer because the music is quite diverse, added non-diegetic sound is also present and consists of loud beats which add to the suspense of the films story which is about somebody’s wife being kidnapped.

2.       The Genre for this film would be an action thriller because the trailer shows a lot of fighting and violence. The trailer plays sound effects such as beats which add to the suspense and emphasize the thriller genre.

3.       This film by analysing the trailer is targeted at males because as a stereotype males are associated with violence, fighting and guns which are what is mostly shown in the trailer.

4.       The trailer mainly makes you excited because of the fast paced camera shots and the non-diegetic sound and music which also persuades the viewer to want to watch more or what to know what comes next. The usage of a wide variety of camera shots and movement including the establishing panning shot of the city of Istanbul.

5.       Two males and two females are shown in the trailer; the males are both represented very strong and intimidating in comparison to the females who play as the victims of the movie and are what is commonly known the ‘damsel in distresses’.

6.       The style of the advert is serious  in order to emphasize the gravity of the situation the main protagonist finds himself confronted with an enemy who is head of a very dangerous crime organisation has the responsibility of taking back hisloved ones.

Cloud Atlas

1.       This trailer contains mainly speech and voice-overs are also included, the trailer also contains music and sound, several pieces of music are used as well the films sound effects.

2.       This film appears to be an adventure film because the trailer is over 5 minutes long and includes a very diverse range of locations many times.

3.       I would say the target audience for this would be very broad, both genders male and female because by analysing the trailer it seems to tell the story of both males and females which would relate to both genders.

4.       This film brings out a variety of emotions and feelings because the music and speech combined with the music and the powerful locations and colours, lighting etc. makes it look exotic.

5.       In the trailer seems to depict a variety of social classes with many backgrounds, ethnicities and ages. They’re represented differently to one another.

6.       The tone of this film trailer looks serious because it features a variety of scenes and in those scenes all of the characters have the body language and grave expression which shows they are serious.