Textual Analysis
Just Go With It Trailer Analysis 
Happy Madison Productions is an American film company found by Adam Sandler in 1999. Therefore straight away we know the film must be comedy because most films by Happy Madison Productions are comedy.
Roughly has 100-120 shots
The Notebook
The first shot is New line Cinema who is a American flim studio. The genre that is often associated with them is romance, fantasy, adventure but also comedy as they merged with the Warner Bros.
This is the first shot in the trailer which sets the a calm and loving atmosphere reinforcing the genre as the music has a soft piano tone. The shot may indicate where the film is set but the setting might also show a sense of purity.
A voice over starts 11 seconds into the trailer.
“Noal was a country boy” The voice over fits in with the shots as you can see Noal is in the country side, therefore he is narrating the story for the audience.
Hitch
The trailer starts off with Colombia pictures and then changes into a title sequence similar to the trailer Just go with It. However the title sequence says 'Some Guys' it is written in Dark blue, with a light blue highlight and a white background. These colours suggest happiness or fun, unlike in horror films you probably will see red and black symbolises death,horror etc.The title does not just appear it starts on the left and stretches over to the write with a soft 'whoosh' sound.
The title sequence then cuts to the first clip of the trailer where a girl throws her drink on a guy, nods and walks away. This scene fades to black with another text sequence thats says 'Just Don't Understand..' The title sequence is highlighted and stretches over aswell. The next clip shows the guy putting his hands up as if he has done nothing wrong, then he says ' I just asked if it was diet!' this clip links with the next title sequence 'Women' - The title sequence help explain the clips. It also states that the narrative which is mens relationship with women as all together the title sequence say 'Some Guys Just Don't Understand Women'
The next clip is Will Smith looking into the camera saying 'Thats were i come in' - its like he is talking to the audience directly in the trailer and telling them he understands women and can help guys.The next shot is will going up to the guy and telling him why she threw the drink at him and what she should do. He also says 'If there is any problems give me a call' and gives his card out. This reassures the audience that will knows about women and he is there to help guys.The next 3 shots shows the setting which is New York City, borough is Manhattan, where some romantic films are set.
“Noal was a country boy” The voice over fits in with the shots as you can see Noal is in the country side, therefore he is narrating the story for the audience.
Hitch
The trailer starts off with Colombia pictures and then changes into a title sequence similar to the trailer Just go with It. However the title sequence says 'Some Guys' it is written in Dark blue, with a light blue highlight and a white background. These colours suggest happiness or fun, unlike in horror films you probably will see red and black symbolises death,horror etc.The title does not just appear it starts on the left and stretches over to the write with a soft 'whoosh' sound.
The title sequence then cuts to the first clip of the trailer where a girl throws her drink on a guy, nods and walks away. This scene fades to black with another text sequence thats says 'Just Don't Understand..' The title sequence is highlighted and stretches over aswell. The next clip shows the guy putting his hands up as if he has done nothing wrong, then he says ' I just asked if it was diet!' this clip links with the next title sequence 'Women' - The title sequence help explain the clips. It also states that the narrative which is mens relationship with women as all together the title sequence say 'Some Guys Just Don't Understand Women'
The next clip is Will Smith looking into the camera saying 'Thats were i come in' - its like he is talking to the audience directly in the trailer and telling them he understands women and can help guys.The next shot is will going up to the guy and telling him why she threw the drink at him and what she should do. He also says 'If there is any problems give me a call' and gives his card out. This reassures the audience that will knows about women and he is there to help guys.The next 3 shots shows the setting which is New York City, borough is Manhattan, where some romantic films are set.
Mr deeds
Mr deeds is more of a comedy film but it still consist of romance. What i liked about the trailer is that it made me smile after and made me laugh which is what a trailer is suppose to do.
Friends With Benefits
For my research I carried out a questionnaire, and I found most boys do not like romantic comedies because it is quite 'girly', however they seemed to enjoy one romantic comedy which was Friends With Benefits.
As well as trailers, music videos also has inspired us with different romantic couple shots. The types of music videos we looked at were romantic songs.
From Trey Songz video Simply Amazing.
This type of shot can help us in our trailer because it can suggest that the couple are in love and they will always be there for one another. This shot shows that the guy is looking after his girlfriend and as its only them two on the beach it seems like or can be interpreted that they are a strong couple against everyone. 
The shot of the couple kissing shows how in love they are
The shot with them riding the bikes together shows how much fun they have together and how they race each like a 'cute' couple.
The shot with them under the covers really inspired us because the girl looks under the duvet first and Trey songz comes after showing that they will always be there for each other. This be a good shot in our trailer showing how romantic the couple is.
Heart Attack video Trey Songz
This final shot is towards the end of the song is when the couple is in hospital together, we thought this could relate to our trailer because they are still together no matter what's happened. Also the girl is blurred yet they are still together in love.
What I found?
The best romantic comedies are the ones that make you laugh and smile, and not too emotional. Also the song changes half way in trailers from a slow pace song to a fast one as the narrative starts of serious but later funny.
Sharonjit
When Will Smith talks directly to the camera in 'Hitch' what relationship does he establish with the audience?
ReplyDeleteHow are you going to use the music video to help you? The music or some of the shots used?