Glue trailer:

What I found interesting about the trailer was, from an audience's point of view, how much it made me want to watch it. The purpose of a trailer is to persuade the viewer to watch the rest of the series. I liked the fact that apart from a few details, it didn't really explain that much and I found it confusing but it intrigued me and I want to watch it to find out what it means. For example, the slow motion close up shots of the chain falling - I want to know the significance of it, also why there are horses running through woods and fields and the burning car on fire.
The song that was played throughout (non diegetic sound) also was effective as it started off slow to fit in with the space of the shots but then sped up when it builds up and the hints at a murder is referenced by the lyric "love is to die". The trailer follows the conventions of an Urban Drama, with the sponsors of the show at the beginning (Mentos) and at the end the date and channel are mentioned so the audience will know when to watch it. We are also introduced to a majority of the characters, although there is no dialogue from them we can get an idea of their personality by the actions they are doing or the mise en scene, for example we can tell the girl works for the police by her uniform and the fact that she is at a crime scene - this shows she has a respectable job and is socially conscious. 
The mise en scene of the trailer is also interesting, I particularly liked the shot of the bright red flares which contrasted against the rest of the trailer which uses darker colours, low key lighting and night scenes. However, there are some early shots of the sky in the morning. The slow editing gives the trailer a nostalgic feel about t, especially the slow motion shots of the horses and the blood dripping into water.

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Teachers Comments:

A sound understanding of the trailer shown with some good film language used.

Targets - Ideas could be developed by considering multiple readings of cinematography/mise-en-scene in order to develop ideas fully, 

~ To improve, I think I need to remember to use evidence and examples when making a point so it had more analysis and relevance to my answer. I also need to consider using more terminology and a wider range of examples from the video.