Kick Analysis

Kicks Trailer Analysis

During the course of the trailer there are different types of shots which leave a certain type of effect. At the beginning there are close up shots of the characters – main protagonist which introduces the faces the audience will continuously view. Furthermore there are medium and long shots which allows us to see the actions of the protagonists. For example when the girls are dancing and running around, the creator wants to show excitement and happiness. High angles are when you look up to something which gives the object a superior position. However low angles give a bird’s eye view which allows the objects or people to seem inferior as they are at a lower position from the audience.  For example when the female strangles the male character the producers has shot this scene from a low angles which allows us to view the full scenery and facial expression-also builds the importance of the scene as the audience is more focused.

The first scene in the trailer is a tilt. The creator slowly introduces the characters face and the picture in her hand. The impact of this slow motion scene keeps the audience in suspense as they become impatient to view the second scene. These scenes are known as an enigma codes.

The first scene has highlights of the colour red. This signifies danger and love, which is the theme of the movie as we would assume from viewing the trailer. During the course of the trailer the producer has sudden pauses to introduce a certain theme involved in the movie with a scene to support his/her text. The aim of this is to give intentional reading to the audience as they believe in what’s shown.  The body language is violent at most times of the trailer; this is presented through the aggressive facial expressions and actions of the protagonists. The sounds are digenetic as the scene supports the sound affects of the trailer. However there is also non-digenetic as the radio takes over the protagonist talking.  This interruption diverts our mind as we are focusing on the news presenter rather than the individual talking in the scene.

The genre is represented through the actions and sound affects performed by the characters. The themes varies as you see the Nichol stab “lees” name, this suggests her obsession as well as violence, there are also connotation of danger as the audience sees the blood.  The director shows romance during the first scene, the girls hand on the picture. Automatically the audience is encouraged to think about the character in the picture and how he relates to the film.

The narrative is non-liner, which suggests that the director is jumping around to show the different aspects in the film. He introduces this well by including subtitles in between the trailer. The director chooses to begin the trailer with disequilibrium, which is one of Tzventan Tadorow’s theory, which creates tension amongst the audience as they view negativity.

Harprit Kaur 12E