This trailer inspired and gave me ideas about the shots/mise-en-scene/sound and the narrative I'm going to be using to produce my trailer:
- Structure of this film :
- Two brothers being close, because they both have the same interest and passion in playing baseball.
- "That's what dad said. - said the younger brother.
- "But I'm not Dad."
- This dialogue between the brothers almost shows and connotes that the older brother (Charlie) will ditch him at any point within the film, due to the fact that as soon as he said - "But I'm not Dad" the car hit the back of their car, which is portrayed within a close-up of the left car mirror that showed a car suddenly and unexpectedly approaching from behind. This seems to signify what happens later, because Charlie promised not to ever ditch him. Later within the film when his younger brother (Sam) has passed away he is still able to communicate with Sam through Sam's spirit. However, this does not last for too long, because Charlie has found someone that he met on a sailing boat and yet forgets his little brother. This breaks his promise to Sam, since he said: "I'm not going to ditch you," but yet he does and Charlie looses interest in baseball.
- At the beginning of this trailer the non-diegetic sound is very gentle. I can hear various instruments such as guitar and bells that create a calm but yet a lively atmosphere.
- This is until the two brothers get into a car accident that changes the mood and atmosphere as other various media texts indicate this. For instance: after the accident when Charlie screams: "Sam" there's a non-diegetic sound that has been used of a door slam, indicating that Sam has left, in another words - died. Also a mid shot has been used of Charlie to show that he's also injured, but realizes his brother is dead, thus this also shows his facial expression that he's not dealing with the news very well.
- Furthermore, a fade in has been used to smoothly show the scene at the cemetery. Non-diegetic music (low piano notes) had been chosen to indicate the feelings of those that have come together to pay respect for Sam. This shows that it's important to be able to communicate this through mise-en-scene and sound as it sets a particular mood and atmosphere. I believe this moment was chosen to be the climax, due to the fact that it turned everything around.
2. Younger brother dies.
- When Sam dies, Charlie spends a lot of his time being with Sam, but as soon as he meets Tess (sailor girl) he misses his game with Sam.
3. Charlie falls in love.
- Progression : he meets her, sailors with her.
4. Charlie forgets Sam :
- Starts to miss his games with Sam over her, she's missing - Sam takes off as a shooting star and tells Charlie where Tess is. The end of the film shows that Sam dealt with the fact that his brother was in love and because Sam loved him he helped Charlie to find out where Tess was. This shows a typical Romance film, because majority end 'Happily Ever After' which is conventional in every Romance/Drama film.
Due to these four main areas of the film it gave me an overall idea of what I
want my genre to be and the narrative I have chosen. I've decided to have
a similar narrative, but have characters with a different background. This
planning and research of me dividing the narrative in four pieces, showed
me that there has to be a beginning point to start of with and to show a
general background of the protagonists, as this would allow the market
audience to sympathize with the characters, because they are aware of
their memories together and then be able to deal without that person.
Archetype:
Sam is jealous over Tess's and Charlies friendship, because that's the friendship he use to have with Charlie, before he was killed in the car accident. However, this is very typical of a younger brother, because younger children seek for a lot of attention of any family members. Also Sam made Charlie promise him that he's not going to ditch him, because he's scared to loose a role model.
Also, Sam seems to look up to Charlie, wanting to become like him when he grows up. This is shown 0:15 sec. within the trailer as Sam has his head up - shown by a mid shot, when everybody is cheering for Charlie - " Charlie, charlie!!"
In addition, this also makes Sam look less powerful, because he's looking up to Charlie. Also within this mid-shot on the right hand side u can see a bit of Charlie's leg, indicating that he's taller then Sam, again making Sam seem less superior.
want my genre to be and the narrative I have chosen. I've decided to have
a similar narrative, but have characters with a different background. This
planning and research of me dividing the narrative in four pieces, showed
me that there has to be a beginning point to start of with and to show a
general background of the protagonists, as this would allow the market
audience to sympathize with the characters, because they are aware of
their memories together and then be able to deal without that person.
Archetype:
Sam is jealous over Tess's and Charlies friendship, because that's the friendship he use to have with Charlie, before he was killed in the car accident. However, this is very typical of a younger brother, because younger children seek for a lot of attention of any family members. Also Sam made Charlie promise him that he's not going to ditch him, because he's scared to loose a role model.
Also, Sam seems to look up to Charlie, wanting to become like him when he grows up. This is shown 0:15 sec. within the trailer as Sam has his head up - shown by a mid shot, when everybody is cheering for Charlie - " Charlie, charlie!!"
In addition, this also makes Sam look less powerful, because he's looking up to Charlie. Also within this mid-shot on the right hand side u can see a bit of Charlie's leg, indicating that he's taller then Sam, again making Sam seem less superior.
- Younger brothers always wanting to be as strong, handsome as their brothers or even fathers.
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