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 Charlie’s Angles Trailer

The trailer is immediately upbeat; this challenges usually conventions of trailers starting of slow and presents the audience with immediate action. This active presentation is backed up with pre- produced drum sound, which initially makes the audience jump of their seat! We can clearly identify the genre and know that this film is action, thriller or crime drama.

There are eight clearly constructed cuts and this clearly shows the relationship of the ‘Angles’ at different times and different days. The effect of the cuts is to reveal their bond and express the space of time, so the viewer’s predict that these girls are close friends. From here, we know the relationship of the females as a group but we are yet to find out their individual identity.  

At 0.24 seconds the camera is placed on the floor and a shot of the females feet is shown stomping on the ground with pressure, this is effective as there is sand to re-emphasise ‘girl power’. The shot gives her status as we start from her lower half and tilt up towards her face at a low angle direction. As noted before, we can see she has power and is seen as a superior person.  It is quite obvious that the shot displayed at 0.27 seconds is at a bird’s eye view shot, the camera man may be on a plane and panning the scene with a tripod. Realistically, I cannot possible produce a type of shot; however, I can compromise by standing on a cliff or a wall and film a birds eye shot, similar to my AS project.

The camera is still and stationary. The vehicle approaches the camera, which makes the audience feel that they are present in the action, they feel the danger and the shot displays a three dimensional effect, obviously constructed through after effect.