Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Drama Genre Example (The Shawshank Redemption)

This is the film trailer for the film; The Shawshank Redemption. This has helped me imensley with the planning of my film package.

Sound in this film trailer is particulary good. While the scene is in court there is a looming sound in the background and ends with the fade down to black. Before this the sound is building up when there are shots of the gun been loaded. When the scene changes to the prision the sound in the background changes again, this time to a dark dim sound. This shows how the prisoners have no hope, or gives the viewer that impression anyway.

Mis-en-scene in this trailer is used very effectivly. Everything that this film trailer has in it is directly connected and fits in. In the court room scene there is paper work and desks, this is typically what you would expect to see in a court room situation.

The editing in this film trailer is very typical of a film trailer. The main cuts used are straight cuts and fades to black to the next scene. The reason why cuts like this are used is to not get the audience confused.

The camerawork used is the same as what they want to use in the film. This main camerashot used are medium shots, the reason for this is because the director wants the audience to see the facial expressions of all the people in the shot.

1 comment:

  1. Consider pace of editing. Comment on how sound and editing work together. Camerawork analysis needs to be more detailed - you know how to do this.
    Need to analyse how target audience and genre is evident.

    you need to do an analysis of a drama film more closely linked to your style - such as a British film, not a big Hollywood one. Could perhaps look for a film by Mike Leigh.

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