drama

Beasts of the southern wild

 

 

The no-diagetic music in the trailer is constant tough out the trailer but fades in and out at pivotal points in the film, an example being the storm where the diagetic sound of the rain, thunder and lightning takes control and overpower the music, the way the music flows form different scenes also connects to the dialogue at the start of the film "the whole universe depends on everything fitting together just right" this fitting the music to a key theme in the film also helps the audience feel that this story is a child take on natural disaster and her beliefs on life, also the music present in this trailer has a child like feel to it with its constant chimes and the over lay of the violin on the piano (35 secs), by reling on the sound to change the mood of the trailer helps convay to the audience that an otherwise dark situation e.g her father dyeing and a flood destroys her village the music shows that it is still a positive story.

The font used in this trailer is "Times" a very traditional and well known font and for me personaly is also the first thing i change when i go to type as i like most people feel like this font is to old and outdated when compairing it to its newer counterparts. The font is also very realy used in films as it is seen as boring and does not stand out something that alot of film are ament to do, because of this you would expect this font to have the same effect when talking about this film but it fact it has a very diffrent effact. the effect this has on the way the film is veiwed is that it helps it be taken seriously and gives it an image of being important and should not be ignored by The way this font is used to connote with power and authority. this use of font to display the way that others seen the film aswell also creates the same effect.

The pace of this trailer moves from fast to slow but with the upbeat music constant thought out the trailer maintains a happy feeling with the one exception of the longest scene in the 1min 58 seconds of footage with 10 seconds dedicated to the storm scene when this occurs all music is cut out and so as previously explained creates a darker effect. the sorter scenes such as the main character jumping from tier to tyre crates a light hearted atmosphere and also give a good over view of the movie without divulging any main plot twists in the film

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Shots in this film are very complex with a mixture of long sequence shots and short fast passed ones when the trailer wants to add tension and also it is effective in keeping the audience interested, one of my favourite shots in this film is the one shown in the poster (image 1). the way the main character runs towards a still camera is a very different shot, as normally when someone is running or moving in anyway the camera used a lot of different shots to keep the audience interested whereas with this the added light stimulation keep the audiences interest without the need for any other shot types and creates a very effective and interesting shot, so much so that is the centrepiece for the poster. Another interesting shot is the low mid shot used in image 2. the multidimensional aspects in this shot for me is the most effective in the whole sequence of shots for example in the foreground of this shot there is tree foliage giving the effect that the character is acting very naturally as if she isn’t being filmed whereas in the background there are tires and hay bales suggesting poverty and an un-natural playing environment for a chided. Using the rule of thirds to analyse this screen shot you can see that the viewer’s eye is naturally drawn to the juxtaposed image of man main objected in a very natural environment again highlighting the poverty of the area. When the girl moves in to the centre of the screen you notice what she is wearing; willies, vest and pants this adds to the viewer’s understanding of the poverty of the area.  My film will not have a political message of poverty and global worming I like the effectiveness of the foreground foliage and the effect it creates and would work well in my film trailer.