Film Trailer Analysis

Fire in Babylon

Genre: Cricket/Racism

Target Audience: Cricket lovers, particularly males because of the racial violence shown

Voice Over: Clips from news readers and real people who were affected in the racial hate

Lighting: Is all natural to add to the realism of the film for the audience, however some black and white clips and distorted clips are shown, to make it clear that these are recorded clips from back in the day.

Soundtrack/music: Artists like Bob Marley and Big Youth, who represent the afro carribean culture, all fits in with the theme of the film.

Camera Shots: Mid shots, close ups and establishing shots to give us a brief idea of the films culture and locations. Camera like snapshots used.

Editing: Slow motion used to build suspense for the audience. Pace of editing gradually got faster as the climax built up, which for the audience creates tension as we are clueless to the ending. Fades in and out where used to create a invisible switch over from clip to clip, it also made a smooth change over to the written facts and reviews that were shown to hook you into watching it (these written bits of text use the rastafarian colours red, green and yellow to match with the race in the film. Written/Spoken text is made in a larger and bolder font to grab audiences attention and hook them into storyline.

Emotive Language: 'The true story of the greatest sporting team in the world' 'It is history that you'll never forget' Review- "Uplifting.. Triumphant!" emotive words used to express how exciting and compelling the story is and the fact it is based on a true story adds to the hype of it all.

Mise-en-scene: Cricket whites, bold colours to show the afro carribean culture to be exciting and daring, red, green and yellow used to symbolise their colours.

Plot/Narrative devices: Real television footage and quotes/expressions people involved have said.

Age of Heroes

Genre: World war 2 style, indicated by their uniforms, nazi badges, british flag, gunshots, explosions, bombs etc.
Target Audience: Males age 15-45
Music/Soundtrack: Triumphant, pacey music, parrallel to action being shown so keeps the action snappy and in your face.
Sound Effects: Explosions, bangs, gunshots, glass shattering, army marching- shows genre to be an action/thriller because it is pacey and quick with transition from clip to clip
Voice over: Speeches and quotes from the script said by the commandor or top officers.
Lighting: Natural
Camera shots: Mid shots, close up, crane shot, establishing shots to clearly show us the genre and so you can understand the main structure of the film and want to see it more.
Enigma codes/action codes: Build of suspense with  the gun shots and explosions as we dont know who is dying or injured, so we are left uncertain and on a cliffhanger, commandors language also creates a build of tension as at first he is giving fighting talk, and gradually becomes weary of his troops.
Editing: Pacey editing, to make it snappy and realistic, also it's an action film so the audience have to feel as though they are lost in the journey too. Fades in and out are used to give a brief montage of the film without giving too much information away.
Emotive language: Like 'Fire in Babylon' it is based on a true story which immediately plays with our emotions and feelings for the film and the characters suddenly play a big part in our heads. It also makes you more eager to watch it as you know it actually happened to real people and is not just made up. Heroic words and phrases are used 'elite smash and grab team'
Mise-en-scene: War/army releated uniforms, fire arm, bombs, flags, commandor shouting, army marching, grotty-dirty base camps.