Thursday 3 December 2009

Costumes used in previous trailers

The long Kiss Goodnight
There is a contrast in the clothing that the main character wears throughout this trailer. When she is being displayed as a vulnerable, loving mum she is wearing normal, everyday clothes that display what character she is playing. But when the trailer switches to her being the hard-edged assassin her clothes are all dark but plain, but help to make her look more dangerous and change the audience's view on her. This shows the clothing being in dark colours is good at displaying what kind of character she is, the character we plan to use in our trailer.

Charlie's Angels
Again in this trailer the main characters are wearing black clothing throughout, showing how this colour is effective in a female action trailer. Their clothing is all business like and this helps to make the characters look more important and powerful, which is what we plan to imitate in our trailer.

Kill Bill
The main character in this trailer wears a bright yellow, leather outfit. This colour is used for the writing and is shown as a memorable, iconic colour because it makes the main character stand out. The use of this bright colour makes it easy for the audience to identify which character it is straight away. This is a different way of displaying the main character compared to the two trailers above. This could be because there are more background people in the Kill Bill trailer so making the main character more identifiable is even more important. This is another technique we could use in our trailer.

Lara Croft
All the techniques used in the above trailers are used in this Lara croft trailer. When she is on her own in shots she is wearing dark clothing like in 'The Long Kiss Goodnight' and 'Charlie's Angels'. But when she is in shots with lots of other characters you see her wearing all white clothing. This makes her character stand out and let the audience know she is the main and most important character.

In conclusion the use of dark clothing and clothing that uses colours that stand out are clearly the most effective and overused in action trailers. We will take these ideas into account and use them in our trailer. Another thing noticeable in all these trailers is how the clothing makes the female characters look attractive and bring in that sex appeal. This is something we plan to achieve in our trailer as well.

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