After analysing 3 trailer of different genres, I am now doing a semiotic analysis of two film trailers which is the same as my group's film trailer (which is a hybrid genre of mystery, murder, crime and thriller). Below is my first semiotic analysis of The Belko Experiment's film trailer. The film itself fits in with the same genre my group will be doing. This is great as it gives me a more thorough insight of the genre's codes and conventions.
After presenting the film pitch, we gathered 3 people's reactions to the pitch. All have various reactions to our pitch that will, therefore, help us improve in our trailer and future presentations.
Having brainstorming ideas for the trailer as well as pitching it follows the start of the pre-production process. The first step is the moodboard. This shows a visual representation of what the genre, stroyline, shots, etc of the trailer will look like. Below is the moodboard.
Below is my group's film presentation we showed to our class. We included what genre we chose, target audience, unique selling point, film budget, our narrative and the characters. I will be posting a separate post on some audience's feedback on our pitch.
After some research, I have analysed the trailers I have previously studied which are Gone Girl, Juno, and Shifty. Alongside identifying the key codes and conventions as well as demonstrating that I understood how they were utilised.
Hello! Below is an outline of my group's presentation which we are going to present to the class.
Since we have our presentation all ready, we just have to film ourselves presenting it to the class and, afterwards, we will record a few people's opinion/feedback on our pitch. Nina 01.10.17
Shifty is the third film trailer I have looked at which is from a British independent company. Below is the trailer.
The distribution company wanted Shifty to be able to relate to younger audience who are badly influenced as well as showing how you can get through it with friendship.
Shifty shows Chris his stash of drugs in his house and both are known for always being together even in drug deals and when getting caught by the cops shown in the screenshots.
The theme of friendship has been shown throughout the trailer and one of the best example is at 1:05 and 1:25.
At 1:05, Chris tells Shifty, "smartest kid in class look at you now" implying that he is ruining his life through his bad choices in life.
As well as at 1:25 when Chris tells Shifty that "we should go". Overall, we could say that the trailer not only showed their friendship but accentuated it more by having Chris help Shifty out of this situation.
Juno
Juno is the second film trailer I analysed which is from an American independent company. Below is the official trailer for Juno.
Overall, Juno has an underlying theme of pro-life, portraying teen pregnancy in a postive way which has been portrayed in almost all scene in the trailer. The following are screenshots from the trailer.
When Juno announces she is pregnant, her parents gave the opposite of what an audience would expect. Instead, the dad asks curiously, "Who's the father?" to which Juno replied is her friend and both of her parents gave a comedic response to it.
Here is a screenshot of her independently going to get the pregnancy test on her own.
As well as being able to travel on her own in the next three screenshots.
On the left is the picture of the couple who are willing to accept Juno's baby.
Some teen mums are afraid to show off their pregnancy, however, Juno on the other hand shows it off to the screen.
