Suicide Squad - Official Trailer 1

Frequently Mentioned Characters

Harley Quinn                           Deadshot                                  El Diablo

Sound

In the beginning of the trailer we are introduced with a section of the song Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?" this could help give the audience small knowledge of the plot because it seems absurd for the government/police to ask villains for help.
We next hear diagetic sound coming from the prison door and non-diagetic sound from one of the villains who is shouting out of the window in a threatening tone "Let me outta here, Donald Please, LET ME OUT OF HERE!" this helps show the audience that they're obviously in prison and usually villains are in prison.
The muffled screaming once the officer shuts the window of the cell door suggests that the character has no escape from where he is, no matter how loud he screams, he was still locked in.
The Bohemia Rhapsody song links really well with scenes from the movie, for instance "No escape from reality" we see an scene where Will Smith who plays Deadshot in the movie is looking outside a small window with rain pouring outside.
The emphasis of Deadshot being hit by a police man is shown as non-diegetic sound, this is used to exaggerate the force used whilst hitting Deadshot and this therefore makes it  sound more realistic and painful.

There are sections where the music stops, this is repetitively done in section that are funny for instance when Harley Quinn says "Hey boys" this adds comedic effects and this could help the audience distinguish the genre of the movie without being told it.
 "I should kill everyone and escape?" the piano melody is played in allegro and the melody is high pitched, this I feel exaggerates the lunacy of the characters.


Editing

There are various cuts used throughout this trailer there are 11 cuts used in only 27 seconds, these jump cuts are used in only small sections of the movie, this helps not give up too much detail of what happens in the movie so it makes us want to watch more.
As well as showing different aspects of the movie these jump cuts at also help the audience see the different characters and what their powers are and how they're villains even if they have no dialogue.
Longer shots in this trailer are usually only used in comedic scenes and important scenes, this helps give the audience an idea of what to expect to come up during the movie.


Mise-en-scene

An establishing shot is used of the prison, this helps give the audience an understanding of what the movie is about which in this case a group of villains.
The costume of characters also contributes in giving the audience an insight on what to expect, for instance the prison warden is dressed in all black with a bullet proof vest and a helmet and he is holding a gun this helps show how dangerous the prisoners are.

The villians are dressed to look either crazy or dangerous for instance Harley Quinn has purple and blue hair clipped on and the character El Diablo has his whole face tattooed, this makes him appear psychotic and dangerous.

The Mise-en-scene in this trailer shows that audience what era it is set in, they are various modern props/areas for instance the shop in scene where Harley Quinn steals a handbag looks modern and the style of clothes put of display show that it was set during this era.

Similarities & Differences Between Trailers: By Karolina

In the beginning of the teaser trailer for Mad Max, we see the production company's Warner Brothers and Roadshow Films, which are generally popular company's that the audience can relate to especially when they have made successful films. The ending of the trailers finished off with the movie name, the soon come, as well as the credits to the people who contributed to make the film. As it is a teaser they did not include the movie date as it was not yet established, therefore in the main trailer the release date is established.The setting, costume and lighting all link to the genre of the movie which is apocalyptic dystopian action film.  The visual effects on the company logo have been edited to relate to the theme of the film, being set in a futuristic, dystopian and desert environment. In addition there are also red blood being smudge across the logo which connotes anger, destruction and death, this could linked to the idea of the theme being very hectic. 

The main trailer has more voiceovers as well as dialogue from specific characters, compared to the teaser. The dialogue in the main trailer gives the audience more ideas on what the movie is about. Both teaser trailer and the main trailer use similar non diegetic sound during a chaotic scenes which collide with one another. Music hits a crescendo, where more actions are shown in the trailers.

Compared to trailers, teaser trailers have less camera works, instead they use a lot of close up angles of the main characters to show off their facial expressions, also to identify them. Actors names are shown while cut-shots of scenes that have been in, by showing their names big and bold this will catch out the audiences attention because they could be familiar with their names or have seen them being involved in other film.  However, in the main trailer they are not introduced, but are only vivid as the scenes cross cut between the characters.

Similarities & Differences Between Trailers, Posters & Front Covers:

Overall, the main similarities amongst the trailers, posters and front covers is the fact that they all feature the main male character and female character of the film 'Mad Max.' This shows their importance to the film as a whole and how the promoters of the film have intelligently used the two characters to market the film the most. By using these two main characters to market the film, the target audience are instantly able to recognise the film and previous fans of the main male character "Tom Hardy" who plays "Mad Max" will be more likely to want to watch the film, seeing an actor they like. The differences between the trailers, posters and front covers would be the positions/movements of the characters. In the film posters, they are both close to the ground, either on their feet or in a car. Whereas in the front covers, they are both standing up tall and confident, showing their power and status as main characters of the film. In the trailers, we see a mixture of different postions and movements of the main characters as they are placed in different action packed settings that sometimes require them driving in a vehicle, running away from enemies or walking alongside each other. 

My Key Learning:
By carrying out this full market campagin analysis with KMJE Productions (My Trailer Group) I was able to see the different ways media is used to promote a movie, through trailers, posters and magazines. These are the three ways that I will be using when promoting my own film and it is very interesting to get an insight and understanding of how a completed film marketing campaign has been conducted already. I may possibly choose to adopt some of the features that were carried out in this campaign, such as using the main characters of the film consistently throughout the market campaign. Enabling my target audience to always associate my actress/actor with the film whenever they see their face marketed.  

The Vendetta: Final Pitch

With Sir's feedback and questioning, I was able to go over my trailer final pitch treatment sheet and add any extra information that I saw fit. The questions that sir asked in his feedback of my film trailer were real eye openers and inciteful. Questions such as:

1. What type of gang are they? Deviant?
2. How will you introduce them into the trailer?
3. What is their point of connection, school? Where do they live?
4. Why a race crime? Will this be a scene in the trailer?
5. What level of eduction will they be in?

• Title of Film: The Vendetta x "Mess With Our Family, Mess With Yours."
• Outline Of Ideas: The plot synopsis of our film is there are four girls who live similar lifestyles, but have different personalities. They all tend to come across as quite deviant, follow their own rules, don't like being bossed around. {What type of gang are they?}They are a deviant, loud gang I would say. Not ones to cause trouble unless trouble comes their way. They may come across as ordinary school girls but the fact that they're in a gang shows how they are different and conspicious. {What is their point of connection, school? Where do they live?} One is serious, second girl is aggressive, third girl is girly, fourth girl is funny/clumsy. The leader of the girl gang is the serious one.
•  {How will you introduce them into the trailer?} The girls will be introduced through their personality traits. We want the leader to firstly be the one to appear on the screen, in a hoodie and with the camera tracking her as she walks to their secret location meeting spot. When she arrives, a light will suddenly switch on and one of the girls will ask her what took her so long. Then the trailer will freeze on her face, a black and white filter will be used and this will lead into her being introduced separately, giving an insight into her life inside/outside of school. The same will happen for all the other girls and the last girl to be introduced in this way will be the main girl leader, whose introduction will lead into the murder of her younger brother.
• The sibling of one of the girls gets shot by an off duty police officer. The police officer gets away with the killing as no one is able to find out that he carried it out. The girl was a witness to the shooting/murder but no one believes her. The police rule her brother's murder as a gang associated murder. In addition to this, the police officer was actually harassing the girl one night, henceforth why her brother came to save her but unfortunately he gets killed by the police officer. The girl vows to get revenge on the police officer with her girl gang. {Why a race crime? Will this be a scene in the trailer?} The #BlackLivesMatter movement has been seen all across Twitter, stemmed particuarly from an African-American movement that stands up against the mistreatment of African American people in the hands of police officers. Police brutality is definitely a huge problem not just in America but world wide. We wanted to highlight some of the issues of police brutality in modern day Britain. We plan to have the race crime in the trailer as the brother of the girl leader will be murdered by a police officer of black enthinicty. We wanted to subvert away from the stereotypical black versus white crimes in gangster films.

What conventions of the genre will be included in your trailer?

The trailer will include a leader, that is in charge of the girl gang, including helping coming up with plans and ideas with the revenge of the police officer. {What level of education will they be in?}The four females will all be sixth formers who attend sixth form five days a week. The conventions of a group of gangsters will be included in the trailer, they will be females and students who are in the education system. Also the conventions of the girl gang being faced with some sort of conflict (in this case the police officer murdering a family member of one of the girls) The locations of the trailer will be in various places all over East London. East London is an urban area so it fits quite well with the gangster crime convention. 

Where will your trailer be set? What other aspects of mies-en-scene do you need to consider?

The trailer will be set in various locations all over East London. We will be using houses, areas in our sixth form, shorditch, brick lane and stratford. The aspects of mies-en-scene we need to consider is clothing as since the girls are gangsters living in an urban area, we wouldn't really expect them to be dressed glamorously. They could wear jumpers, jeans, trainers, tracksuits. Another aspect of mies-en-scene that we must consider are props. The girls should have basketballs, steel bars and typical weapons that would expected of a girl gang in East London. I feel that the girls having guns would be a little unrealistic. They could somehow get hold of one illegal gun but I don't think they should all have guns and start walking around with them.

The Pitch First Draft: The Vendetta

• Group Members: Elizabeth, Karolina, Martha and Josephine
• Chosen Genre: Gangster Crime
• Title of Film: The Vendetta x "Mess With Our Family, Mess With Yours."
• Outline Of Ideas: The plot synopsis of four film is there are four girls who live similar lifestyles, but have different personalities. They all tend to come across as quite deviant, follow their own rules, don't like being bossed around. One is serious, second girl is aggressive, third girl is girly, fourth girl is clumsy. The leader of the girl gang is the serious one. The sibling of one of the girls gets shot by an off duty police officer. The police officer gets away with the killing as no one is able to find out that he carried it out. The girl was a witness to the shooting/murder but no one believes her. The police rule her brother's murder as a gang associated murder. In addition to this, the police officer was actually harassing the girl one night, henceforth why her brother came to save her but unfortunately he gets killed by the police officer. The girl vows to get revenge on the police officer with her girl gang. 

What conventions of the genre will be included in your trailer?

The trailer will include a leader, that is in charge of the girl gang, including helping coming up with plans and ideas with the revenge of the police officer. The conventions of a group of gangsters will be included in the trailer, they will be females and students who are in the education system. Also the conventions of the girl gang being faced with some sort of conflict (in this case the police officer murdering a family member of one of the girls) The locations of the trailer will be in various places all over East London. East London is an urban area so it fits quite well with the gangster crime convention. 

Where will your trailer be set? What other aspects of mies-en-scene do you need to consider?

The trailer will be set in various locations all over East London. We will be using houses, areas in our sixth form, shorditch, brick lane and stratford. The aspects of mies-en-scene we need to consider is clothing as since the girls are gangsters living in an urban area, we wouldn't really expect them to be dressed glamorously. They could wear jumpers, jeans, trainers, tracksuits. Another aspect of mies-en-scene that we must consider are props. The girls should have basketballs, steel bars and typical weapons that would expected of a girl gang in East London. I feel that the girls having guns would be a little unrealistic. They could somehow get hold of one illegal gun but I don't think they should all have guns and start walking around with them.