Blog Archive

Monday, 18 January 2016

Deconstruction of 'London to Brighton' Trailer - Research for editing

I am going to deconstruct the trailer for 'London to Brighton' to see what is used within the trailer, for research for our own teaser trailer. Because this film is a social realist trailer like our own trailer, it is useful to find conventions within the 'London to Brighton' trailer to for us to use in our own trailer. 


  • 0:03-0:05 is an establishing shot of London to show where the narrative begins
  • 0:05-0:10 is a mid shot of the young female character, Joanne, on her own on the streets of London, which turns into a long shot to show people walking past her with her asking for change, which shows her vulnerability. 
  • The sound also overlaps these shots from the next shot at 0:11-0:14, showing Joanne and an older woman, Kelly, smoking and seeing how old Joanne is. 
  • 0:14-0:16 a review from the Times "Blistering raw, utterly compelling drama" which confirms to the audience that this is a good film and the review has come from a reliable source. 
  • 0:16-0:27 shots of Joanne and Derrick, Derrick asking Joanne if she wants money, she has to go and see someone for him. Showing that he is turning her into a prostitute. She is wearing a hoodie that covers herself up, showing that she isn't sexualising herself and showing her innocence but has a cigarette behind her ear which subverts the idea of her being innocent. 
  • 0:27-0:29 Another film review, from Film Review, "Brutally raw thriller, with sharp serrated edges". 
  • 0:29-0:31 Showing Joanne being driven in a car to meet the 'client', with her having makeup on, which sexualises her. 
  • 0:31-0:34 Mid shots showing all of the shops being shut down, showing that London is run down and the lack of social mobility there is in London. 
  • 0:45-0:47 The 'client' an older man, takes Joanne's hand and walks off with her in his extravagant house.
  • Speech from later on in the film is overlapped with footage from the beginning of the film, used to tell the narrative without needing titles.
  • 0:57-0:59 Another film review from, Big Issue, "The best british film of the century".
  • 1:00-1:09 The first scenes of the film are shown with Joanne crying and Kelly has a black eye, with Kelly trying to rub the make up off Joanne.
  • 1:21-1:23 Another film review from The Scotsman "Reminds you just how good British cinema can be"
  • 1:23-1:29 Shows the ending scenes of the film with Kelly crying and Stuart holding a shotgun.
  • 1:29-1:32 Another film review from The Guardian "Audacious, exciting film making. A dazzling debut"
  • Then the trailer ends at the title.
Conclusion:
From this, I have come to understand that film reviews are very important within social realist films, as researched before, they are generally given a smaller budget and so had a lot less advertising and hire unknown actors. Film reviews from credible sources tell the audience that this is a good film and one that they should see. It also has told me that the shots in the trailer, do not have to be placed in chronological order of them appearing in the film, the narrative is still clear in doing so. 


No comments:

Post a Comment