Thursday, 1 October 2015

Trailer analysis: Drama, Romance

The Longest Ride



The music starts with a establishing shot of the location in which the film is set.
The first few shots consist of quick paced transitions between the main male protagonist competing in a bull riding competition and the main female protagonist sat in the audience with her friends.
The two main characters first interact at 13 seconds. The production company and logo is shown at 20 seconds in. After this the pace of the transitions between shots slows. As the footage continues 'Waiting Game' by Banks is played as the soundtrack and is also accompanied by a voiceover from the male protagonist. This voiceover is speech from the actual film.
At 38 seconds a caption appears that explains the film is from the producers of 'The Fault In Our Stars'. This is important as audience members who have watched and enjoyed 'The Fault In Our Stars' in the past are likely to watch the film. After this caption the voiceover switches to the female protagonist, meanwhile clips are being played that suggest a progression in the couples romantic relationship. The next caption at 47 seconds informs the audience that the film is from the best selling author Nicolas Sparks.
I like how at 56 seconds the same clip of the car headlights has been edited so that the fade to black transitions are within the clip, its effective as it shows the passing of time.
At 1.02 the music stops and diegetic sounds of the rain build up to a climax which leads into a new soundtrack (Work Song by Hozier).


The tone of the film now changes as clips are now dated, this film contains two love story's one is modern day and the other is set in the 1940s. So when the second love story is introduced it completely changes the feel of the film. Its important these flashbacks were incorporated into the trailer as otherwise the trailer would have a completely different feel from the film, and this could confuse audience members.
Many of the transitions used now are fade to white as well as black. This could have been done to distinguish between the two story's.











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