analysis of the film trailer of st trinians commenting on pace, mise en scene, camera movements and shots. This presentation included my own opinions.

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2. The thing that I find interesting in the trailer of this film is how they show us a
nice peaceful setting then all of a sudden within a few seconds we set war
break out and this ends up just being a taster of what to come. This is good as
it gets us worried at the start for the main character as she has done nothing
wrong and looks so innocent yet she is getting taken to this school where it
doesn’t look like she will fit in. Other things that I find interesting are the amount
of characters that we see, the first time that we see more than 2 characters is
from 10 seconds onwards in the trailer. Usually you would be introduced to one
character at a time even if they were in a group yet because of the location and
the setting that this is filmed in it seems only normal that they introduce them in
a bulk. My initial instincts when looking at the first few seconds to even more
than 10 seconds later is the drastic change of setting as at first we see a long
drive up to what looks like a posh boarding school yet inside it looks like a party
that just hasn’t stopped yet, however which includes children of all ages and
sizes.

3. The first location that we are introduced to is the outside of the school where the main
character is to be educated at, however we are given no indication of whether or not the
characters are walking to the location or are in a mode of transport. However a few seconds
into it (0:04) we see a car travelling so this is our indication that they have travelled a long
way to get to there. We are quickly introduced to a second location which is inside of the
school building , the time that we are shown this location is at 0:10, by being immediately
introduced to this location it shows us that this is where the majority of the filming is going to
take place in also this is what the film is set around. That location quickly shifts onto the field
of the school where we are shown some of the events that take place on regular days and in
this location we see all of the characters. The location that follows that is when we see
another team arrive at the school grounds when they are travelling through the woods to get
to it via bus, the shot that we see allows us to imagine what goes on in the film as the bus is
hit numerous times by purple splodges. The location for the next few seconds regularly shifts
from outside of the bus to inside the school but on the top floor, this is done as the character
from the previous scene mentions something which is then demonstrated on camera which
happens to be in a different location.

4. 0:26 seconds into the trailer we see a different scenery which is in fact in a studio where they
film a games contest. We are then shown to the living area that the girls love in which is their
bedroom this gives us the sense that this is a boarding school. The scene in the bedroom
changes drastically as first off we see the main character standing at the end of it, then the
lighting drastically changes to where it looks like a torture scene, but then we see that the
room mates are only playing a trick on her. The next location that we are shown is in an office
where we see a male dressed in a suite showing his status, he is also accompanied by many
work colleagues. The location that is used after the office is in a classroom that is within the
school this location is one of them in the trailer that stays on screen for the longest time as in
total it is on screen for 9seconds. It is unusual for a location to be on screen for such a time
but this is what sets the scene and is what the film is generally based around. The location is
then changed to in the school but in other areas of it such as in the corridor where the stair
case is, it then swiftly moves to the front desk and then to the bedroom again. At the end of
the trailer when each of the names of the cast are read out they show them in different parts
of the film and obviously these are in different locations as some are in the city centre and
some are just in the school grounds but each of these locations signifies something to do
with their characters personality.

5. The trailer of St.Trinians has differences in pace throughout the trailer. In most parts of the trailer it
is at a very quick pace however this is to create and tension and also this will help as it means that
they can get more shots involved in the trailer.
At the start of the trailer, from 0 seconds to 0:10 seconds the pace of the trailer is very slow and this
represents a very relaxed scene which makes the audience feel at ease. The reason that this is at a
reasonable pace is so that they can get the audience in a calm mind and this means that they can
get them and drop them into the climax. With the editing pace being slow it means that the shot
lengths are longer which allows us to connect with the characters more as we see more of them.
From 0:10 to 0:14 it is clear to see that the pace of the film has suddenly quickened up within this
timing we see a total of 2 different locations. The pace has quickened up in these circumstances as
they are wanting to show as much of the action as possible and they need to show all of the best
bits as this is what will get the audience interested as this is what they will be wanting to see. Also
another reason for the sudden change in pace is that these are the action scenes so they need to
be at a high pace to show the intensity.
From 0:14 to 0: 24 we see a range of shots, the majority that we see come from the outside of a
male and a female walking and talking, however this is at a slow pace but whenever they change
to talk about something different that comes on screen and we see this at a high intensity speed, it
is a clever thing to do to mix up the speeds as the audience aren’t expecting it.
0:24 to 0:28 is very different to the others for the pace as in this timing we see an educational
setting, the reason that this has a slower pace in my opinion is so that we can that the school does
actually provide teaching, however we don’t actually see what is expected as the characters are
ones that wouldn’t be associated with education just by looking at their appearance.

6. From 0:28 to 0: 46 what is on screen switches numerous times however this just shows us that
there are many things which happen in the film, however the order that they are shown in the film
may not be the chronological order in the actual film but this is just for entertainment purposes. I
would say that the pace of the trailer in this time was at a regular speed as there are no parts in it
which look rushed.
The next time period that I have been looking at is from 0:46 to 1:06 and in this time period this is
the one that sticks out in my memory for many reasons but mainly because we are getting to know
the characters for what role that they play. In this time period we see a range of camera shots for
instance it zooms in on the character then it looks as if it takes a picture of them so this makes the
pace slow down some more, I would say that the pace in this scenario was a mixture of slow and
quick pace the reason to me that it would be quick would be because they are wanting to introduce
as many characters as possible however it is slow because they are wanting us to understand their
personalities. In this part of the trailer the editing process would have been adding in some non-
diegetic sound which is sound effects that the characters on screen can not hear. In this case there
is a sort of narrator who is talking us through the characters and in the background there is some
funky music which gives it some sort of attitude.
From 1:06 to 1:30 I would say that it doesn’t look as if the footage in the trailer has been sped up or
been dragged out for longer as it looks reasonable and it looks like it would be like this in the actual
film.
From 1:30 to 1:42 it is clear that it is coming towards the end of the trailer as the speed is gradually
starting to increase. I wouldn’t say that it is very quick but it is clear that it is quicker than the
previous pace.
I would say that the final load of timing is slower than the last time frame as it is just telling us of
who the actors/ actresses are, in a way this could be a lot quicker but it is essential that we know
who plays who but it is at a reasonable pace as they have devoted more time to the actual
movement in the film.

7. When it comes to the intertitles I wouldn’t say that they were apparent in this film trailer.
There is one at the start of the film however this is just the one that states the type of film
that is going to be watched. In the opening few seconds when this is on the screen I
would say that this is portraying the film to be some sort of fairy-tale just because of the
way that it appears on the screen.
These two final intertitles are the only two others
that I could find in the whole of the trailer. I would
say that not much effort had been put into the
trailers intertitles as these both look very basic and
are ones that are required to be included. I think
that it is also clever to only use these intertitles as
intertitles are usually used to give away some of the
plot or to involve the audience but this is a good
method as it doesn’t give too much away.

8. When it comes to looking at the mise en scene I would say that there was plenty of on
screen action that I could comment on. In each shot in most cases there are at least one
character present however the character involved may not be one of the main ones. In
most cases the characters that are used in one shot together tend to be grouped
together in another shot as they are used to represent a certain stereotype. There are
only 2 shots that I have found (picture 1 and 4 at top) which have more than 6 characters
involved. By including more characters it is showing that there are some action shots
and it also represents the fact that the trailer is based around a school so there would be
more than six people in the whole entire school.