The trailer for this social-realist drama 'Ill Manors' contains many of the elements that would be expected from social realist films, and film trailers in general. The trailer opens with a 'cold opening' including quieter music with white text on a black background featuring the films tagline, this is to create an identity for the film, and silence is used to contrast to the rest of the fast paced trailer.
The trailer features quotes from reviews throughout, as social realism is usually a critically acclaimed genre, therefore it's fans may be interested in reviews. If the audience see that critics are enjoying the film, they may want to see what all the hype is about.
The trailer features themes that are prevalent in other social realist films such as drug abuse (Trainspotting, Shifty), racism (This is England), and violence (kidulthood). The drug abuse in the trailer is shown explicitly, which will interest the films target audience of young adults, as this film can obviously not be shown to children.
This will interest fans of those films, especially fans of shifty which features Riz Ahmed and ill manors director Ben Drew. Ben Drew is also known through his stage name 'Plan B', the soundtrack to this film was recorded by him and is a hip-hop album. British hip-hop is known as a more serious genre, focusing on social themes that are prevalent in social realist films, Plan B has created songs about legal troubles, drug abuse, sex and other more mature themes, therefore he is creating a target audience that involves fans of his music.
The quick and chaotic editing techniques used within this trailer give the audience the impression that the film will be extremely fast paced, and gives mild introductions to several different characters. Many of the features in the trailer show the setting of modern-day London, social realism often uses actual places as opposed to studio sets, this is the case with 'Ill Manors'.
The trailer features themes that are prevalent in other social realist films such as drug abuse (Trainspotting, Shifty), racism (This is England), and violence (kidulthood). The drug abuse in the trailer is shown explicitly, which will interest the films target audience of young adults, as this film can obviously not be shown to children.
This will interest fans of those films, especially fans of shifty which features Riz Ahmed and ill manors director Ben Drew. Ben Drew is also known through his stage name 'Plan B', the soundtrack to this film was recorded by him and is a hip-hop album. British hip-hop is known as a more serious genre, focusing on social themes that are prevalent in social realist films, Plan B has created songs about legal troubles, drug abuse, sex and other more mature themes, therefore he is creating a target audience that involves fans of his music.
The quick and chaotic editing techniques used within this trailer give the audience the impression that the film will be extremely fast paced, and gives mild introductions to several different characters. Many of the features in the trailer show the setting of modern-day London, social realism often uses actual places as opposed to studio sets, this is the case with 'Ill Manors'.
'Ill Manors' social commentary is presented through it's contrast through the national pride of Britiain at the time, 'Ill Manors' came around the same time as the Olympics, and that marketed Great Britain as something glorious to the rest of the World, here Ben Drew gives a perspective that will interest film-goers, one of Britain's citizens turning it's back on national pride due to their desolate lives.
The Breakfast Club (1985)
This is a trailer for the 'Brat Pack' teenage drama film 'The Breakfast Club'. The trailer begins by introducing several of the characters in the film, including the teacher and students. The facial expressions of two of the students reaction to the teacher directly contrast eachother, the first boy 'Brian' looks at his watch and is fully concentrating on the teacher (Richard Vernon).
The introduction of characters is vitally important in teen dramas, as often teen dramas are very character-driven. The dialogue "Does Barry Manilow know that you raided his wardrobe?" creates a conflict between the fashions of young and old people. Conflict of age is an expectation the audience would hold of teen dramas. The trailer shows that it is thematically linked to other teen dramas with themes such as smoking drugs (in this case, marijuana).
Sexuality is also a theme that is briefly explored, as short scenes of both drugs and sex will intrigue the audience to see how the characters will react to a new surrounding. The trailer shows how there are many different layers to the film, including drama but also comedy through the dialogue "I'm a nymphomaniac." "Are your parents aware of this?". The trailer shows the audience there will also be some interesting character development, but leaves most of it's plot ambiguous.
There are frequent cuts to the different characters, showing them with medium close ups and close up shots which again re-enforces the character-driven themes of the film. The group of characters are all teenagers, and through their descriptive dialogue and pained facial expressions, teenagers are represented as deep and emotional. This exceeds the stereotype of teenagers being shallow and violent, instead showing them as understanding of each-other.
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