Media Forms and representations

1. How does the trailer use media language to catch the attention of the audience? 

The whole trailer is Non-digetic as it has music soundtrack, this catches the audiences attention as the song is a slow song which is parallel to in which the story is being foretold. Thus there is sound bridges, as there is one sound track throughout the various of scenes we are seeing, this could connote that everything is possibly linked together. So by instantly looking at that, I can see how there is a Linear-pattern as it has a beginning, middle and end. As, we see happiness and sorrow this is connoted beautifully as when we see the whales look beautiful then we see the couple happy. But we know sorrow is coming as we see tragedy happens to the whales, this thus foreshadows the unhappiness of the couple. But we know it's a linear-pattern as before the trailer ends, the couple seem happy. So this is the kind of attitude it leaves the audiences, feel-good.

There is shot/reverse shot as we see a wide ranges of medium shots, close up, long shots ect. At the beginning of the trailer, what I think grabs the audiences attention is the blocking of the character. But what the character is doing, we slowly see a whale appear and we see the body language of  the character which connotes that they have that instant relationship with the whale. Therefore, this foreshadows that something like this will happen later on, relationships will deepen but because of this there will be some hurtful consequence. We then see a close up of a happy woman, this is a powerful shot as straight after we see a slow motion of the whales. Which thus indicates that we are in the woman's point of view, and feel the same sense of emotions as we see the whales too, as we are being encouraged to gaze at. At one point we fertishize on the woman's legs, and then shows a close up of the man. This could be polysemic or could possibly mean their love and affection for each other. The use of camera angles, is very affectively and have done it in a way that instantly grabs the audience's attention which I think he did very well in. At the end there was a steadicam sequence which was effective, as they were happy and following them in front connotes that the outcome was a successful one. 

Throughout the trailer there is key light this catches the audiences attention as its the most brightest and influential as we can see everything clearly, and this is affective as it connotes happiness. However, when there is a tragic or sad moment, it slowly turns to low key lighting which had some shadows to connote the moment we were in and so we could have that emotion to, and it engages with us as the audience. These are affective as it builds the emotion for us as the audience, and keeps us aware by what's going on not by word but by lighting and media terms. So we instantly grab the different kind of emotion whilst watching this. I think this was a montage editing as it involved sequence being placed to each other that conveyed a message to the audience. Moreover, there was a fade out too and when we were seeing different slow motion movements it would fade out to black. Which shows the different tragic elements which are taking place, this catches the audience's attention by doing this. And it caught the audiences attention as it provided an overall impression to the audience, by the different use of media language. The trailer was therefore able to engage and connote different aspects which did catch the attention. 

2. How is gender represented in the trailer?

The target audience for this film would be adults male and females. This is because there is polysemic and the meanings are cleverly portrayed. For an example there is mostly shot/reverse shot between the whales and the characters. Which connote to the audience how couples relationships are likened to that. Moreover, the target audience would most probably be in a relationship and can thus liken themselves to the film. So their would be certain tragedies which would be hurtful but connotes beautifully through media terms thus having a bigger impact to the audience.Also the film is revolved around a young couple, probably in their late 20's and they are represented, in different outcomes which could have a influence on the target audience. But it also shows how in there young age life is tough for the couple, as there are a lot of things separating them. And the woman's illness has made things difficult. Coming from different worlds also makes matters more difficult, but it seems he'll do anything for her. We can see this as he was lying there and she was looking at him, thus came in shot/reverse shot to the male character as he fought harder and stronger for her. 

The genre is drama romantic film, which also includes mystery and suspense. As we don't know what tragic thing is going to occur which leaves the suspense for the audience to solve.The society depicts couples at a young age differently, mostly drinking having fun and living off from their parents. But as we can see from this trailer, the couples  facial expression and body language depicts a different aspect to us, as we see how they have secular jobs and are working hard. But having twists, and the consequence leaves that mind frame set for us for what's going to happen which makes it a moving trailer. Making it having enigma codes which is created leaving the audience to wonder what's going to happen. There is a big emotional vibe, and a feeling of growth between the couple which would represent their gender for being loving and kind-hearted. And really connoting and representing the importance of their relationship, and that they would do anything to save it. Therefore this is all represented cleverly with good use of editing and representing their age in a different way, viewing life from a different point of view. Which would grab the audiences attention and leave them having a feel-good feeling after watching this film especially the couples.