Georgia Platt

Vendetta Trailer Genre: action Conventions of this genre: ·       Character – main protagonist is always the hero which controls the action, who is up against a villain, often a rich millionaire. ·       Costumes – usually wear battle or expensive clothing. Usually dark colours to make them appear more suspicious, whereas the protagonist will mostly wear light colours such as white to reinforce that they’re good and to help them standout. ·       Storyline – hero fighting evil. ·       Editing – a lot of editing involved with extensive sound affects to increase the impact e.g. explosions. Action movies containing a varied amount of short and long clips. ·       Sound affects/ music – intense music, explosions, gunshots, running, screaming and car engines. ·       Use of colour/lighting – lighting ...

The Player opening scene analysis  The audience is immediately presented with a frame shot of the indoor of a well structured building, as the camera begins to fade out from a medium shot, a stereotypical dumb blonde is situated in the middle of the shot, which is later backed up by her silly response to her co-worker who seems to have some authority over her, whom quickly shuts her down and progressively moves on to ordering her to fetch an important package. The shot then slowly moves through to a long shot. The harsh chaotic sounds and music at the very beginning moreover, acts as an alert for the audience signalling to them that the film has began, and to pay attention now because this part is important, and that there is no time to waste getting into the film. The frame shot works well in establishing all the key elements of the plot and the relationships that each character has. This quick overview of all the main characters enables the audience to con...