Monday 7 September 2015

Romance

The Best of Me


The trailer begins with the non-diegetic sound of a piano that gives off a romantic atmosphere, during this time we get a medium shot of a young beautiful women in a backless dress smiling at this handsome boy, the boy looks up and then back down again implying that he is shy. We then get a close up of the female with an even bigger grin. From here we can tell that these two characters are the ones that are going to fall in love. The popularity of the female compared to the boy can be the reason why the boy was a bit shy, thinking that she was out of his league. When we see a two person shot where the female approaches the boy we see him coming out of him shell a bit. A shy boy in romantic films always makes the boy much more intriguing and more likeable to the audience where the females who are the target audience as they would feel soppier towards him, compared to a young cocky teenager. The girl who seems full of confidence says “you don’t know how to flirt do you?” inferring that she likes this boy. He replies “I guess not”, again being shy which is shown to be an adorable attribute of his. We then get an over the shoulder shot of the female saying “well what are you going to do about it?” this is different for a romance film as the women is taking the lead suggesting that she wants this boy to take her out. We get a close up of the boy grinning. We cut to a title which shows it is made by the producers of The Notebook, this is successful as it is a popular romantic film that many people adore and love due to the twisted but amazing storyline therefore fans would be interested in watching this.

As we cut to a low key lighting shot of the 2 character outside the house a romantic song is added to give the audience that amorous atmosphere. We get a medium shot of the boy walking towards this female holding a rose, this is effective as a rose connotes love and passion however the red. As we can see the boy is always underdressed compared to the female, this can imply that he is not as rich or in as higher class compared to her. His one hand in his pocket implies that he is nervous and hasn’t ever done this before and due to him not being as upper class he has never been taught how to act/behave around a girl which the audience may find sweet. This could also be the result of the trailer basing the girl to take the lead as it suits her role and character much more because of her background. We cut from a two shots of the characters spending time together and from these shots we can see their connection and love for each other. An interesting shot is of them sitting on a roof and kissing in the rain. This follows the codes and conventions of a romance as it is typical for a couple to kiss in pouring rain as it makes the scene much more passionate giving the audience that thrill.

The audience are then introduced to the heart breaking storyline where the problems start. You have the rich dad who tries to buy off the son to protect his loving daughter. We get a two person shot of the dad dressed in a suit behind his bar surrounded by expensive drinks to imply he is a well of man. Then we get a close up of the boy looking angry and humiliated by him being underestimated just because of his background. From this we can imply the boy has had troubles in the past therefore has the temper on him. We have the couple lying on a floor under the blanket with the fire behind them. This fire connotes warmth and light in the relationship. However, when the boy says “if this was the last time you ever saw me what would you say to me?” And from there we get a medium shot of the young girl crying her heart out into her grandad’s arms, lost and confused without him. This would start to add enigmas to what would have happened for him to leave.

20 years later the 2 characters meet again, the trailer is successful at enhancing this moment and showing it to be the most powerful moment between them. As we get a close up of each of the characters when they meet we see a flashback of the close-ups of when they first met as teenagers. This is effective as it warms the audience and makes them feel heartbroken with the amount of years that they missed together. We get a long shot of them running into the lake, screaming and having fun leading to a medium shot of them kissing with the sun reflecting from the lake giving them summer. This moment is effective as it shows their love is so deep that even after 20 years they can forgive the past and start over again.



The final shot is the young couple sitting on a chair, with the sun setting, looking over the lake with the title “THE BEST OF ME” as we end with the final piano note.

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