This is England Deconstruction

Conventions of Form and Deconstruction

Theatrical Trailer: 

- 2-4 minutes long
- Giving away the whole plot; often including the 'best' part
- Showing a range of different scenes and settings
- Looks at a lot of the characters involved
- Increases in pace

Teaser Trailer:

-1-2 minutes 
- Showing snippets of the film without giving the plot away
- Introduces the protagonist

This is England Deconstruction

 

Mise en Scene:

• Gritty and rough looking estate
• Doc Martins, Ben Sherman shirts
• Moves from high key lighting at the beginning to low key and very dim lighting towards the end- running parallel with music and how the tone of the narrative changes and darkens.
• Underpass with graffiti shows the theme of out of control youths.
• Battered cars on trailer site marks the beginning of the downwards spiral in the trailer.
• English flag presents the nationalist theme tackled in the film.
• Recognisable and relatable settings e.g. Café, underpass, corner shop.

Sound:

• Begins with slow, melancholy music which picks up later on in trailer when protagonist meets group of friends.
• Music takes on a darker and more rock like tone when the 'bad' skinhead appears in the trailer.
• Diegetic sound of speech forms main basis of the trailer.
• Diegetic sound of the protagonist laughing runs parallel with on screen shots of the friends having fun.

Editing:

• Montage of 80s events including, rubiks cube, clubs, Charles and Diana.
• Increase in pace of straight cut edits as trailer goes on builds excitement and tension.
• Reviews and awards won by film included giving the audience a reason as to why they should go and see it.
• Slow motion of them walking through streets and jumping.

Camera Angles: 

• Establishing long shot of beach.
• Lots of mid shots and two shots to conform to the social realist genre.
• Low angle shot so they foot appears to be stomping on the camera- very effective in violent scenes.
• Close up of the protagonist's face at the end breaks the fourth wall- allowing audience to connect with issues raised in narrative and the character.