Film trailer revision

Analyse the genre conventions of this trailer and explore how they have changed over time

Film Trailer - Nobody

Genre conventions - Generic paradigms

Action/Thriller/crime:

  • Fighting
  • Guns
  • fast paced editing
  • Hero and villains 
  • Stunt work
  • car chases, explosions

A highly conventional action/crime hybrid with some unconventional elements 
Binary opposition of mundane clothing and gang
Setting on the bus - working class and poverty
Mid shot of actor emphasises star appeal
MES of guns clear convention 
Proairetic code - guns signify action and violence
Binary opposition: family vs crime
Powerful male main character who always wins the fight 
Lexis of 'fuck' indicates a older target audience
Steve Neale - repetition and difference
Older family man as protagonist 
Low key lighting
Night time setting
Conventional trailer is fast paced cuts
Intertextuality


Introduction

Definition: Genre Conventions refer to the typical elements found in a particular genre 
Argument: Nobody is a highly conventional action/crime film, that fulfils many generic paradigms 
Context: Film trailers exits to advertise the content of a film to the target audience before it gets released.


Genre conventions are used throughout this film trailer one in particular is the use of Mise-en-scene of the guns. The mid shot of the guns lined up on the desk is a proeritic code, signifying action and violence. 

Binary oppositions are used frequently for example the main character is represented as vulnerable but also powerful. He is not the stereotypical main character for a action film as he is an older family man with two children. His children are very normal and typical for there age so this shows another binary opposition between a normal middle class family life vs the crime lifestyle. 

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