Friday, 23 January 2009

Bullet Boy - Trailer

Bullet Boy - Codes & Conventions


Lighting:

The lighting of the trailer is low key lighting which is used throughout the trailer which connotes the use of the genre of the film being crime and violence. Although, there is also high key lighting used in the trailer which is rarely shown but is shown when the male character is seen with the female character which seems to be his girlfriend. The use of the lighting conotes the genre to the audience and makes them aware about the type of film this will be.

Props:

Throughout the trailer, there are many props used such as guns, torches, handcuffes etc. This connotes that the film will be based around crime as there are many scenes in the trailer which show the males in the characters being arrested or put at gun point. This allows the audience to be familiar with the genre and also have an idea about the narrative of the film.

Narrative/Characters:

The narrative is clearly shown throughout the trailer which consists of males involved in crime and violence. The trailer clearly shows that the narrative involves young males getting themselves involved in crime by the use of guns which results to them being in trouble with the police. However, throughout the trailer there seems to be a multiple narrative. This is shown as you see the crime side of the film by the males being involved with guns and then there is also another narrative which is based on the main protagonist in a relationship with a female. The narrative also indicates to the audience the target audience of the film as most of the characters shown are males and the female which is shown is used as an sexual object which is common in gangster films.

Setting:

Lastly, the setting of the film is flats which is shown at the beginning of the film. The advantage of showing the setting at the beginning of the film is that it allows the audience to be familiar with where the main setting of the film will be. The setting of the flats connotes violence and crime which is clearly seen throughout the trailer. Also, the setting seems to be a depriced area which connotes that this film will involve males getting in to trouble by the use of crime.




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1 comment:

Deekay Jones said...

your analysis is great but I was just wandering how long did it take you to construct your answer.

26 May 2009 at 08:30

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