Mis en Scene
The colours within the trailer for Drive are quite dark and
gloomy, however when there is parts in the trailer which are during day light
it has a subtle pale tone to the clips. Using clips shot at night which are
dark and gloomy set a scene for the film in general. The locations used in
general meet the codes and conventions of the film itself, with the setting
being in a city as well as having an aerial establishing shot of a city skyline
which imply that bad things happen at night. The locations themselves are
predominately set within the city but change and vary from shots at night to
shots in the daytime. The shots towards the start of the trailer tend to be the
ones at night which then lead to ones within daytime.
In terms of costume, Ryan Gosling the main character who
plays the Driver has a very plain yet effective costume. A shot where we see
him in the car shows us his leather style gloves which could be said to be a
common getaway driver accessory. The key part to Goslings costume would be his
jacket which we see throughout the trailer. Typically Gosling doesn’t look like
the type of man to do damage, however having the jacket combined with the
gloves rounds of his look. The jacket itself adds to the moodiness of the
trailer as well as being the part to Goslings character which people will
remember him by. Apart from wearing the iconic jacket throughout, he also tends
to wear other clothes which are basic and do not give too much away about him
such as he wears a plain denim jacket with jeans. Other characters such as the
women he helps and the child have very plain, dull and basic costume, which in
a sense fit in with their class and the state they are in.
Camera Work
The trailer itself starts off with an aerial shot of a city
scape, the shot itself gives information the audience instantly that the film
is set in a city location. After the establishing shot of the city scape it
then goes to Point Of View shot from the view of the Driver in the car where we
can see small parts of the car’s interior. The trailer then shows a montage of Mid
shots and Close ups on the Driver in the car and the criminals he helps get
away, which is also made clear through dialog from the Driver (Gosling). The
clips towards the end of the montage are fast paced and the viewer is instantly
viewing action. The shots after then are back to a slow pace and consist of
medium close ups and close ups on three people in a lift. This shot was done to
show new characters to the audience, again this is then backed up to show more
shots of the same people still sticking to mid shots and close ups as well as a
few long shots. One important shot within this part of the trailer would be the
long tracking shot of the police car which flips which reflects on what the
Driver is talking about. The other shots after mainly consist of Mid shots,
Close ups, long shots and POV which are common used shots within the genre. The
final shot within the trailer shows one of the characters directing speech
towards somebody which then cuts to an over the shoulder shot of the Driver in
the car at night where we can see his eyes in the mirror and driving away, this
works well as it is a good shot to conclude the end of the trailer.
Editing
In terms of editing for the trailer, the editing is a
typical editing style which you would expect from the genre. The trailer starts
off with the first five shots being edited quickly with no transitions but
simply jump cuts. However after these five shots there is a selection of slow
shots which fade to black when finishing which then leads to the next shot
fading in from black. Some of the shots in this selection are slowed down
slightly which then changes. The shots that follow are fast paced action shots
which are just edited together through jump cuts quickly which then leads to
the production company title. The shots which follow are jump cuts but are
synced with the music which works really well. Towards the middle of the
trailer it goes back to a similar style to the beginning in terms of having
fairly paced shots and some shots which are slightly slowed down as well as
consisting of fade to black transitions. From roughly 1:17 on wards the editing
consists of slow and fast paced shots. At 1:38 a film acknowledgment comes up
which shows the viewer that the film has won the best director at the Cannes
film festival. Also at 2:10 this is the start of where the actor’s names start
to appear which lasts up until 2:17. This then leads to the ending of the
trailer which then displays the name of the film (2:22) and also the director
and screen writers name as well as the acknowledgement for sound companies etc
as well as the films website.
Sound
The sound within the trailer involves typical codes used for
film trailers, which include the use of Diegetic (dialog) and Non Diegetic
(Music/Soundtrack,SFX& Voiceover). The trailer immediately starts off with
a soundtrack which then quickly leads to dialog/voiceover which we don’t see
from the actor but is played over different clips. After this we then hear two
key sound effects which one comes from the car and the other of a police siren.
Immediately after there is then a second soundtrack which plays which again is
followed by dialog as well as other sound effects like the sound of a crashing
car. Throughout the trailer there is a total of five different music choices
used. Possibly one of the most important parts of music in the trailer starts
at 1:38 which is a very emotional piece which is in contrast to some of the
clips being played. Quite a few of the clips being played are very action
packed, which therefore goes against the codes and conventions of the genre.
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