Shots, Camera Angles, Movement, Composition
- One of the first shots we are shown in the trailer was a tracking shot showing the family having fun, but also quick, sharp shots, showing us the girl with cancer, making it apparent to us that this story and film is based around someone who has an illness. This automatically made me as a viewer, feel nervous and upset.
- There was then a zoom shot of their slightly “undersized” house. This again straightaway shows us as an audience that they are a fun family and are going to give the girl the best life she could possibly have before her time has finished, but the illness is costing them fortunes, and bearing in mind they have a big family, they cannot afford a bigger house.
- The first editing term I saw was an extremely tense and emotional sequence of shots of Kate firstly, who was crying with her head down in her pillow, cut with a shot of Anna (her sister) crying outside on the swing, but also with Anna narrating over “I want to sew my parents, for the rights of my own body”. This as a viewer, made me feel very upset and almost hurt as it showed that the illness of Kate wasn't just effecting her life, but was also effecting everyone's around her.
- I noticed that there was a montage of quick shots of each member of the family, but between each shot there were fade out’s into a black screen for literally a second. I firstly started on thinking that it was pointless doing it, but then after watching the trailer a few times realised that by the fact of it fading out into a black screen after most times that Kate was in the shot, it almost gave me the awful feeling that there was no hope for Kate and that she was trapped in this illness.
- Towards the end of the trailer, there was an eye-line match of the dad crying, shot to Kate walking down the stairs with a long beautiful dress on, looking her best, with a wig on. This eye line match was a lovely moment for us as a viewer to see, as the rest of the trailer had been very upsetting, and at this point, it showed that her dad was very proud and made us feel that although she had cancer, she had decided that she will still live her life for as long as she had left.
- The non-diegetic music began to start, with an upbeat, “jolly” sound, setting the scene of the film. It gave me personally the impression that the music was a reflection of Kate (the ill girls) life. It was upbeat and happy but had moments where it went slow and delicate.
- Kate narrated “My disease is killing my family too”. Hearing Kate say this in the trailer was heart-breaking but it links in with the romantic drama genre as it’s a massive drama that she is coming to terms with that she is really going to die at this young age and she is having to accept it, but her main concern is hurting and putting her family through too much pain.
- “I want a divorce” – Her dad shouting this at her mum, showed us that Kate’s illness was affecting the rest of the family just as it was affecting her. Her illness was tearing her family apart. This was heart-breaking to watch as going through a time like that in a family, a family needs to stick together, however, previously in the trailer, Kate had said that that her illness was killing her family and that was her worst nightmare.
Mise en Scene
- Kate comes downstairs with a beautiful wig and prom dress on, ready to go to prom with her date. This automatically gives us a massive emotional but also delighted reaction as throughout the rest of the trailer, we have only really seen her in a hospital gown. This fitted into the genre really well as the romantic element comes in here showing us that although her illness, she is in love and is making a massive effort for this boy who is taking her to a prom.
- The parents were shown fighting and crying together, this shot showed us that Kate’s illness was affecting the rest of the family as well as affecting her.
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