Watchmen Trailer
In the trailer of watchmen we start with a fight scene,
which instantly sets the pace for the rest of the trailer, instantly telling
the audience that this is a fast paced action adventure film that is gritty and
compelling, this is clear thought the brute force used by the characters and
the brief audio we here for some of the main characters.
At the start a man is beaten very badly and is throw
straight throw a plate glass window, which first shows the strength of the
villain, it also sets out so form of narrative for the audience to follow.
The music behind the video also speaks to the audience and
always keeps pace with the trailer the first song builds the trailer up and
raises tension during the trailer which then brings us to the second song that
ques the action and the main fighting in the middle of the trailer and finally
butterflies and hurricanes by muse in brought in for about half the trailer,
the editor chose specific parts for the song that highlight fighting and
corruption in the system and counties at war.
We also have multiple points in the trailer where a ‘text
frame’ is used which supplies us with important information about the film, and
build up the audience’s anticipation the line below ‘they watch over us’ has a
clear dual meaning that fits in very well with the political side to this film
as well. Firstly it is the idea that we are being protected by a higher power
than our own and secondly that the government is always watching us as this
film mainly focuses of the government bring the earth to near destruction
through their lust for power and knowledge.
Watchmen Poster
The poster for this
film actually tells us very little but it does give us a brief insight to the
characters, from left we have the protagonist we can see him here with his head
bowed and he is the only one who has his entire face covered telling us he has
lots of secrets, however he is still the least obvious looking out of all of
them telling us also he is hiding in plain sight. The rest of the characters
have more conventional costumes the girls showing off her legs and the guys making
them look strong and menacing, however the character at the back is clearly separate,
and even though he is at the back he is bigger than anyone and draws the eye of
the viewer his location tells us he is disconnected and his height demonstrate
his true powers.
The colors in the trailer are all relatively dark and
gloomy which foreshadow what is to come. And the only real prop that can be
seen is right at the front of the poster of the man in the far right holding a gun;
this once again tells us that the film is violent.
Watchmen Magazine
The magazine above is pretty stereotypical of most
magazines, it has information about the inside on either side of the main photo
and the majority of the page is covered by the main subject of the magazine for
that week. The photo here is of the protagonist and one of his tools he uses to
help him fight crime; here he is holding almost as if it is a regular gun. This
pose however is quite ironic as more often than not vigilantes would be
fighting people who pose with guns like this, which lead us to think that the
pose could be on purpose as a kind of joke or that he is merely just showing
off his toy.
As is common the photo is also above and behind different
layers of text, he is in front of the main masthead yet behind what is in this
edition. This is done as people will know the title of the magazine yet they do
not know what is inside the magazine each week, it also allows the magazine to
show off as much of the main article as possible whilst given as little away as
possible.
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