Shots, Camera angles, Movement and Composition
- There was a zoom shot on both of the protagonists face’s when they were dancing in the rain. The dancing in the rain, firstly, is a “stereotypical” passionate thing to do in a film, yet the zoom in on their faces, really showed me as a viewer that they were in love. This is as they were both looking into each other’s eyes and smiling, but you could also see tears in the women’s eyes, without the zoom, I wouldn't of been able to pick up on this within as much detail as I have.
- When the male protagonist was hanging off of the big wheel at the carnival asking the female protagonist to go out with him, the camera was a high angle shot from the male’s point of view. This showed that the male had the power and was the more dominant role at this point, as he put pressure on the woman to say yes and she couldn’t say no otherwise he would jump off.
- Towards the end of the trailer, there is a shot reverse shot used of the protagonist man and women when they see each other again after years, showing their reactions and emotions of seeing eachother again. This is also set in the rain, like it was at the beginning when they both were dancing in the rain. This gave me as a viewer the idea that their romance would blossom again as the rain must represent something between them.
- Cuts shot together at the end of each character and introducing their names and what character they’re playing in the film. This is to draw in a wide variety of an audience, for example: if an individual didn't like the look of the film yet, was a massive fan of Ryan Gosling who is one of the main stars in the film, they may go to watch the film as they know that they enjoyed all the other films that Gosling has been in.
- Through the beginning of the trailer, there is a man telling the story of the two protagonists in the film and how they met and fell in love. Whilst he is telling this story it is showing us what he is talking about, for example: the man narrates “they first laid eyes on each other at the carnival” and then it shows us a shot of the carnival and of them meeting. As a viewer, this drew me in as I was following and understanding what the man was telling me, and it helped me follow what was going on.
- Scene cut from the two protagonists having fun on a boat, cut with a shot of the male protagonist fighting in Afghanistan. This was a shock to me as a viewer, as fighting in Afghanistan for the country is such an overwhelming and proud moment, yet it being cut with such a happy moment of him and the women protagonist on the boat, showed me as a viewer that it was almost reflecting on his life and how it is starting to go downhill and harder and how something bad between the two protagonists is about to happen.
- At the beginning of the trailer, there is a sound-bridge of soft, relaxing music contrasting with a man’s voice, yet he was speaking in a very tranquil tone of voice. As a viewer, this automatically eased me into the trailer and made me comfortable and unperturbed, which made me want to watch the remaining of the trailer.
- The non-diegetic music starts getting louder as more action starts to happen in the trailer, for example: when both men start fighting over the women. This made me as a viewer, feel very on edge and almost want to jump in the middle, it also made you sympathise with both men but also with the women, as the trailer starts off with everyone being happy and ends up with everyone being miserable, this also draws you into want to see the whole film due to not knowing exactly what has gone on.
- It is narrated that the film was taken after “the best-selling novel by Nicholas Sparks” . This would draw in an audience as the audience who enjoyed the book, would be intrigued to go and see the film and see if it was as good and want to see how the book is acted.
- At the beginning of the trailer, you are shown the couple on a bike, having a picnic and having fun together cut with the scene of the family telling the girl she cannot be with him because he doesn’t earn enough money. Through this, it makes you sympathise a lot with the man but also with the women as she wants to be with him so bad but her family just won’t allow it due to financial issues. This also is a slight shock as it happens in real life.
- At the beginning of the trailer, the female protagonist is shown in a red, velvet gown and the male protagonist is shown in three quarter length ripped trousers, a plain grey top and a flat cap. This immediately displayed to me as a viewer that the women was a higher class than the man, however I did get the sense of passion straight away due to the colour of her dress, and the colour red signifies passion and desire.
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