Coursework Title Write a detailed analysis of the trailer for the film Romeo and Juliet View the tra

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Coursework TitleWrite a detailed analysis of
the trailer for the film Romeo and JulietView
the trailer herehttp//www.videodetective.com/ti
tledetails.aspx?fmt20publishedid6707
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Beginning the essay.

• Use the information on your sheets for the
  following 3 areas as the beginning of your essay.
  Do not use sub titles!
• Marketing a film
• Planning a promotional campaign for a film
• What does a trailer do?

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Moving on

• Write a paragraph explaining that you are going
  to be analysing the trailer for Romeo and
  Juliet.
• Give some information about the film in this
  paragraph who directed it (Baz Luhrmann),when
  it was released (1996), who starred in it
  (Leonardo DiCaprio and Clare Danes), what it is
  about (very briefly!)

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Next.

• Explain that there are lots of different camera
  angles and positions used in the trailer.
• Remember you have a sheet explaining about these.
• Write an explanation about the way that this is
  done in 3-5 frames (you should already have notes
  for this in your book if you havent, I have
  included 4 frames you could write about on the
  next 4 slides.)
• C grade students say why as well as what.

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Moving on again.

• As well as frames from the film itself we see
• some text during the trailer on still images.
• What words do we see? Is there anything you can
  say about the font? I have copied the frames onto
  the next slides in this ppt to help you.
• Why do you think these stills are in the trailer?
  
• Why are they on the screen for a longer time than
  the other frames?
• Why is the title of the film shown more than once?

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Why is his name in the trailer? Think about
Unique Selling Points
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Now analyse the use of Sound in the Trailer

• The next part of your essay needs to analyse
  what, how and why certain sound elements are used
  in the trailer.
• Use the notes you have already made and the
  information on the following slides to help you.
• Remember that C grade students say why as well
  as what.

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The Importance of Sound

• The extra dimension that sound adds to a film has
  been acknowledged since the early days of cinema,
  when live music in the form of a piano, organ or
  even a full orchestra accompanied the images on
  the silent cinema screen.
• Sound on film today is of course much more
  sophisticated with a digital synchronised
  soundtrack combining the elements of dialogue,
  music and sound effects (SFX).

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Diegetic and Non-Diegetic Sound

• The world of the film as we see it in the trailer
  is known as the diegetic world.
• We can see only a section of this world the
  events which the filmmaker has chosen to include
  in each frame.
• However, as a modern-day, cinema-going audience
  we accept that there are things taking place
  around the edges of what we see on screen. For
  instance, if a character has gone to make a cup
  of tea, we accept that they have gone to the
  kitchen which is part of the film house in
  which they live. However, they are still part of
  the film world we are watching although they are
  out of vision.

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• Diegetic sound is sound which is part of the film
  world we are watching. This includes
• dialogue (Well Juliet, I will lie with thee
  tonight.)
• sound effects which come from a source within the
  film world (police siren, breaking glass,
  gunshot.)
• Diegetic sound can occur either on screen or off
  screen in other words we can either see the
  person or object that is making the sound (on
  screen) or we dont (off screen).
• Non-diegetic sound is sound which we do not
  recognise as part of the film world. This
  includes
• The electric guitar intro.
• Desree singing Kissing You.
• The uptempo instrumental used in the middle
  section

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Analysing the trailer conclusion

• Write a paragraph that sums up your opinions
  about the trailer for Romeo and Juliet.
• Think back to what you wrote about the purpose of
  a film trailer in paragraph 3.
• Is this, in your opinion, a successful film
  trailer? WHY?

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Attention To Detail!

• In order to achieve a grade D your essay must be
  paragraphed and show that you have an awareness
  of subject specific vocabulary that means using
  the right words.
• In order to achieve a grade C your essay must do
  both of the above and have very few errors in
  spelling, punctuation and grammar.