by: Rob DeCamp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HZndLdQOPk
For my movie trailer, I chose to critique F. Gary Grey’s The Italian Job 2003. Known as an
action, crime and thriller the movie is a classic action packed film with a
superstar cast.
The film features: Donald Sutherland (also known for the Hunger Games series and The Eagle), Mark Walberg (also known for
Lone Survivor, Shooter and The Fighter) and Charlize Theron (also known
for Hancock and Snow White and the Huntsman). These actors help build up the films
ethos. Seeing that they are well known and well established this would
influence the audience to want to go and see the film.
The trailer does a good job of showing pathos to the
audience. For one, many women find Mark Walberg to be attractive and have kind
of a sex appeal. This could make the audience want to go and see the film. It also
has very short exerts of humor from the film. The audience sees that the
characters get along very well and have obviously been friends for a long time
and they have fun with each other. The trailer also does a good job of
informing the audience about the story. The trailer starts off by telling the
audience where the actors are and what they are doing. Seeing that the title of
the movie is The Italian Job, the trailer opens up by informing the
audience of a huge heist happening in Venice, Italy. The plan was executed
perfectly and they characters escaped with all the gold. Little did they know
however, that one of characters, Steve, played by Edward Norton, would turn on
them and steal all of their gold. When the head of the whole operation John
Bridger, played by Donald Sutherland, tries to reason with Steve, he shoots and
kills him. This really draws the audience in by displaying the emotion of
betrayal.
The trailer goes on to show that the rest of the actors have
come up with a plan to get their revenge on Steve. They recruit Bridger’s
daughter, Stella, played by Charlize Theron. The trailer features many car chases,
explosions, helicopters and lots of technology that went into devising the plan
to get their revenge on Steve. This contributes to the logos of the film
because the film is in the action/thriller genre, which is well executed in the
trailer. I personally have always been drawn to movies with explosions and big
car chases and this trailer shows that very well.
The trailer overall does a great job of not showing too much
but the perfect amount of what the movie is all about. It does a good job of
depicting the story line and showing what the plot is. It hits on the emotions
of the movie and the betrayal that the characters feel when one of their most trusted
friends turns on them due to greed. It also does a fantastic job of showing the
audience what kind of movie they are going to see.
Overall, I think this trailer is awesome and well done and truly
informs the audience of what movie they are going to see and convinces them to
go and see it.
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