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One Day Trailer Analysis
The titling reveals the time period of the film and
suggests that the entire film is set in this period. Thedate and
setting is the first title placed on screen and
alludes to the significance of dates which is an
important theme in the film as the narrative focuses on
the same date every year of the two protagonist's lives. The
introduction of a calendar- like format
raises the question whether the relationship will span the width
of time presented and poses the time
and setting of the characters meeting places as significant.
The second use of titling in the film trailer
exposes the film premise as based on an
international bestseller and so those that are fans
of books adapted into films may be attracted to
the film widening the target audience. However,
a niche audience such as the readers of the book
may be attracted to the film because since reading the book they
may have highly anticipated the
release of the film.
The first shot shown in the film trailer is an
establishing shot of a skyline. This is later
revealed to be Scotland establishing the city
setting of the film. Setting tends to play a role
in setting the genre of the film and a fast paced
city is a typical backdrop for a romantic genre.
The final shot of the trailer shows the two main
characters frolicking throughout the streets and then
ends as a freeze frame with a blue tint of the two inan intimate
moment which is symbolic of that One
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Day. The title One Day fades into the shot mimicking the
transitions within the narrative to
different points in the protagonists lives.
The use of the Medium Close up introduces both characters
showing the two characters as they areseated next to each other
without getting uncomfortably close to them. This mimics the
characters
reactions towards each other as it is evident that this is the
first time they consider each other
romantically , as the female protagonist revealsduring a
cathartic moment that When we were in
university, I had a crush on you. The romantic drama genre is
introduced through the romantic
implication that stems from this early stage within the
narrative.
The typical American male voiceover is utilised in the One Day
trailer and is an archetype of the
clichd romantic genre. The stereotypical voiceover relays the
information that their relationship will
span over 20 years as it is revealed On the day they met, Dexter
and Emma never imagined how
their lives would intersect over the next 20 years. The
voiceover sets the basic foundation of the
narrative and the audience are now aware of the time limit of
the romance.
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The turning point of the trailer is demarcated by the segue into
another soundtrack; at which point
the conflict in the two protagonists relationship is shown. The
female protagonists diegetic
exclamation I love you Dexter, I just dont like you anymore
marks the dramatic shift in music as
the non-diegetic sound changes to contemporary guitar music.
Previous to this shift in the narrative,
the non-diegetic music was classical opera music that is
symbolic of the British upper class society
that they are both members of.
