London to Brighton

 

Media forms- How does the trailer use media language to establish the film's genre?

London to Brighton is a hybrid, thriller and drama. During the movie there are reviews shown for example, Times wrote ‘compelling drama', these genres are presented by the tempo of the music, they use fast tempo music to connote thriller. Also, you can hear gun shots at the end to connote thriller as well. The film review wrote ‘brutally raw thriller’ which builds up makes the audience want to watch the movie because of the reviews, it makes them watch it to actually know what the excitement of the movie is about. 

They use fast editing to connote thriller and excitement that the movie will bring. At the beginning they use slow editing to connote with the girls life style and how everything in her life is not going anywhere, stationary. Quick cuts and burred effects connote excitement and confusion, which also related to the genre, thrillers.

Close-ups are used to connote drama, close-ups connotes facial expressions and allows the audience to connect with the actor. The areas in the movie that are seen as a close-up are: when she is in the car and when she is in the public toilets. Medium long shots show the setting and the main story line in that particular scene, which for example, there is a scene when the girl and the man are walking into the hotel room, the relationship connotes the genre as well drama, by showing the medium long shot is showing the back of the characters, so this connotes what the characters are looking at and allows us to build up an image of what will happen next. They also see the gaps between the man and the two women, the two women are not walking next to each other to show the relationship between them two is not as strong as the audience would expect it.

The sounds in the trailer are parallel though out, at the beginning you feel the innocence’s of all the characters, the music misleads the audience because some of the characters are not as innocent as the protagonist. They force her into becoming a prostitute and wear red lipstick which disturbs the audience because a twelve year old is wearing someone a grown women should wear.

Media Representation: How is gender represented in the trailer?

This trailer stereotypes the subordinate group, women, as sex objects and desperate, weak and innocent. They are also seen as powerless, as on the train the girl and women are running away, and when the girl is walking in and out the room with the man and he holds tight to the girls arm and leads her out the room, to connote who has the power and who is in charge. The powerless view on the women shows vulnerability as they trap themselves in the toilet to escape the men. In the movie, the ladies are prostitutes which connote the women are lacking in moral values and they have low class status because they are selling themselves for money.

However, the dominate group, men, as powerful as the males are physically and mentally leading the women, as they order the girl in the car and have money to spend for these women. .

Media institutions: In what ways is the film London to Brighton typical of a low budget films?

The reason why London to Brighton is a typical low budget film is because the area they have shot the entire movie is local and the actors that are presented are unknown. They have used natural locations, no man made scenes which connotes they have not a lot of money to make their own screens. The costumes are ordinary, for example the girl is wearing jeans a pullover and a casual top, which has no high class label on and the clothing can be brought in local shops. The reviews throughout the trailer are from local newspapers and not very high class newspapers. 

Another reason why this is a typical British film is because of the accents and the story line is realistic whereas Hollywood is not usually as realistic they have ‘plastic girls’ and the stereotypical look to a man’s body, they also have a wider audience. London to Brighton is not screened in the best cinemas around the world.

Media Audience: In what ways does the trailer promote the film to its targeted audience?

This trailer connotes the target audience to be aged 16-24, classes C2D, the reasons why the audience may be these is because of the type of actors and they age of the protagonists. Another reason why it promotes to the younger audience is because the storyline that is presented would appeal more to the younger audience as it happens in everyday life and around certain areas of the UK especially, Central London.