The place beyond the pines trailer analysis

PLOT
Crime drama 'The Place Beyond the Pines' tells the epic tale of two generations battling to leave the events of yesterday behind.

When motorcycle daredevil Luke (Ryan Gosling) turns bank robber and uses his riding skills to commit spectacular heists, his criminal stunts put him on a crash course with tough cop Avery Cross (Bradley Cooper), whose pursuit is as relentless as that of the demons from Luke's past.

ANALYSIS


The film starts off with a continuous shot of the movements of the main character, this explains his back story and also helps explains the story that is yet to come, this slows the pace down something you do not stereotypically expect to see. The pace is also effected by transition shots in between the scenes due to the use of fade to black it slows down the pace but builds tension by making the viewer wonder what scene is going to be reviled next.

 There are also a large amount of chase scenes shown in the trailer and this is very stereotypical of an action film to some extent but the fighting and explosions element you generally see in big budget film is not shown, this creates a very real looking film as these events could happen whereas with big budget films like "Olympus has fallen" the amount of explosions makes the overall effect of the film seem somewhat fake in comparisons to The Place Beyond the Pines where it has gone out of its way to seem very realistic. The mood and the realism of this film is something that would be very easy for us to copy and transfer in to ours.

The captions that are used in this trailer are; “one moment defines your life" "one decision becomes your legacy" " one place" " is where it all collides". The repeated used of the word "one" creates a very effective flow between very different shots and makes them seem less random. This is something we could also use in our trailer as we plan on using very different shot types and scenes to highlight certain aspects of our film and the use of captions will link it all together. The main piece of dialogue that stands out is said by an unknown character " if you ride like lightning you’re going to crash like thunder" this phrase really sticks in your mind due to the use of nature referencing and the way he has connected a powerful peace of nature to our leads situation. The non-diegetic music playing lightly under the whole trailer is used very effectively to connect the different story lines, the way the music is so light is something hardly ever seen in action film trailers. I like the effect it has for the film but i feel for us the music is one aspect where we should stick to the stereotypes and have a fast paced sound track moving over and under the scenes.

The plot shown off in this trailer is also interesting as the motives of the dad guy is explored and you get the scene that he is doing it for the right reasons; to provide for his family, and so you feel empathy for this character. The way the trailer has focused in on the bad guy is something not normally seen in action films and i really like the effect it has on the audience but for our film would be too difficult to explore. The exact location is not revealed in the trailer but is shown to be rural/ suburban America this location is constant thought out the trailer something that we could explore in our own trailer.