In the lesson today we are learning how we will do a semiotic analysis of a film trailer ourselves. We have never done it on a film trailer before so it will be interesting how different it is. To analyse the trailer we will need to look at the media language in the trailer, the institutions, and the genre.
As an example we are watching the divinchi code trailer, and i was looking out for all these factors in it. The institutions were Columbus, imagine entertainment, which are hollywood companies. This will mean it has a big budget to film and should be good. The target audience i thought was males, as most the people were men in the trailer and its also viewed to be watched by an older group of people. I feel like the main audience would be mature and high class people as the film looks intellectual and will require you to think.
The bad guy in the film is a killer monk. He is an albino which mean he looks slightly strange, which fits in with the stereotypical bad guy having something about him. The film starts with being set in a art gallery in france, which also goes along with the high class audience.
The genre for this isnt just one its a hybrid, its a romance, action and thriller. It shown in lots of clips in various parts of the trailer which gives the audience a taste of what the film is like. the music starts slow then higher pitch with people whispering, which gives the effect theres secrets. The trailer then picks up then turns exiting and thrilling, with a well spoken voice as the voice over. It ends with a saying 'Seek the truth' which leaves the audience wanting more.
In the trailer, the man is shown as a stereotypical butch man who wants to be the protector and save the girl. The idiology in this film is that God actually does not exist and if he does, hes not good and not the person he thinks he is.
I found looking at this trailer very useful as it gave me a chance to see what to look for when analysing a trailer, so i know how to do it by myself, not just with the class.
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