Perspective 2nd Draft: Deconstruction

By Nathan Brown

All professional trailers begin with this screen, it often gives the rating of the film/trailer the audience are about to watch. I decided to include it in my trailer so it would also seem professional from the outset

The first scene in my 2nd draft is of a heart rate monitor, this immediately tells the audience that something is wrong but it doesn't tell them who. This makes the audience want to watch on to see if they can find out who. The audio accompanied with this clip is a car crash non-diegetic sound that when finished the heart rate monitor goes deep

(long beep)

As the beep from the heart rate monitor is playing there is a black screen to denote nothingness and loss of what once was. It also makes the audience question the outcome of the hospital visit as the diegetic beep signals that

someone is either in a critical state or dead.

The next set of scenes tells my audience that the narrative/storyline is open and not linear (straight forward). Following on from the car crash connotations we see a set of mixed scenes with a rewind

effect to show that the actual story starts before the disequilibrium(accident). The shots are a mix of close ups and mid range shots of Nicole bullying, with friends and dealing with inner problems.

This mid range shot of Nicole and her friends walking and laughing together connotes that she is popular by being in front and taller than her two friends. The shot is also angled lower than head height

so the camera is almost looking up at Nicole like she is better than the audience. The rewind effect shows that it was in the past and adds mystery to why this is being shown.

This scene is a complete juxtaposition to the previous one as it shows Nicole from a high angle instead of the low one making the audience feel above her and as if they should pity or feel bad for her. Her own feelings and body language are also a juxtaposition as she is now in a tight ball and on the floor instead of standing tall and mighty.

This shot was important in creating conflict in the audience's mind. First we saw Nicole as a popular friendly girl, then sad and alone but now as a bully all in quick succession. The audience won't know what to make of her after seeing three different representations one after the other. It also helps establish the genre of Coming Of Age as teenagers experience a multitude of phases whilst growing up. Deborah Knight says "Genre guarantees satisfaction" so if the

audience can dominantly decode the message here then they should be satisfied.

This is the first proper shot that the audience sees the main character's face. This helps build suspense even after the heart rate monitor scenes by her facial expression and tight grip on the steering wheel. The darkness in the back of the car is to display the emptiness with no

friends or family members that most popular girls would be expected to have in the back of their car.

This is the same low angled mid range shot from earlier on in the teaser trailer. I've repeated the clip to cement the effect on the audience and because the earlier one was quick and could've gone unnoticed. Genre is all about repetition. As this scene plays the

narrator say "She had the friends..."

This scene was done to match along with the narration that says "She had the money..." As it clearly displays three separate close up shots of accessories that are stereotyped to wealthy people. The key lighting is natural through a window and highlights the accessories well. This

will again make the audience envy or relate to her which will make them want to go and see it in theaters.

As the shots are sliding away just as they slid in we a quick close up shot of Nicole with her head in her hands which connotes to the audience that behind all this wealth and friends she's alone and broken.

This low angled close up shot again connotes wealth and again makes the audience jealous as not everyone Nicole's age had a fancy and expensive car like this. It also

further enforces the popular daddy's girl stereotype that I've been trying to build for Nicole. The shot pans down as the car reverses. The low angle makes the audience feel

especially small compared to Nicole and her fancy car.

This shot is a tracking shot of Nicole walking through school whilst she encounters some old friends, identified by the ginger girl being in the earlier shots of Nicole being popular and cool. This is a relatable situation for my target audience as everyone has experienced falling outs and

making enemies at school. The narrator says at this scene "Her kingdom is built on weak supports.." Which is a direct comment on how her friends come and go or aren't really her

friends.

It then fades back to this dark shot of Nicole in her car driving alone. The narrator then uses the buzzword and

title of the film "Perspective" by saying "It's time for Nicole to see things from a different perspective"