The Hurt Locker
This American made war film was directed by Kathryn Bigelow, with the screenplay written by Mark Boal who was a freelance writed, but was embedded as a journalist in 2004 with a US bomb squad in Iraq. This film was premiered in 2008 but wasn't globally released until July 24th 2009. It is about a three man US Army team that dealt with the disposal of explosives during the Iraq war.
There is a slow motion edit used from 01:29 and 01:32 which I believe to be the best edit used throughout the trailer because it enhances how close he was to almost being blown up by the bombs which are just right behind him and also shows that just like the environment around him, he can also be easily destroyed. I also think it places the viewer on the edge of their seat at this point because of how close he is. In my opinion, all the other kinds of edits used in this film don't stand out as much as the one i've just talked about.
In terms of shots used, there are some close ups used whenever you see significant objects like the bombs or the wires from them being cut throughout the trailer to emphasis the importance of them. There aren't a lot of any close ups on anyone's faces and of what there are, they only show happiness, however a lot of the tilted framed shots show a lot of expression on the characters faces, mostly to do with fear.
The non-diagetic sound of the watch ticking away which speeds up, the heavy breathing you hear and the heartbeat you hear all show tension and that something dangerous is happening. When the ticking speeds up, the tension and danger builds during the trailer, making the audience wonder if the main character will survive all the way to then end. From about 01:10 onwards, the music playing reflects the genre that the director was trying to aim for in the creation of the trailer. It also reflects a fast paced movement, which is something the army always has to be. My final point on sound is that most of the diagetic sound used, which outnumbers the non-diagetic sound used throughout the film, is enhanced, which takes away from the realism of everything shown throughout the trailer, but the audience who the director has tried to aim this trailer at don't see this, they are only interested in the trailer because it plays on male stereotypes with the guns and explosions etc, so the director is allowed to get away with this.
This American made war film was directed by Kathryn Bigelow, with the screenplay written by Mark Boal who was a freelance writed, but was embedded as a journalist in 2004 with a US bomb squad in Iraq. This film was premiered in 2008 but wasn't globally released until July 24th 2009. It is about a three man US Army team that dealt with the disposal of explosives during the Iraq war.There is a slow motion edit used from 01:29 and 01:32 which I believe to be the best edit used throughout the trailer because it enhances how close he was to almost being blown up by the bombs which are just right behind him and also shows that just like the environment around him, he can also be easily destroyed. I also think it places the viewer on the edge of their seat at this point because of how close he is. In my opinion, all the other kinds of edits used in this film don't stand out as much as the one i've just talked about.
In terms of shots used, there are some close ups used whenever you see significant objects like the bombs or the wires from them being cut throughout the trailer to emphasis the importance of them. There aren't a lot of any close ups on anyone's faces and of what there are, they only show happiness, however a lot of the tilted framed shots show a lot of expression on the characters faces, mostly to do with fear.
The non-diagetic sound of the watch ticking away which speeds up, the heavy breathing you hear and the heartbeat you hear all show tension and that something dangerous is happening. When the ticking speeds up, the tension and danger builds during the trailer, making the audience wonder if the main character will survive all the way to then end. From about 01:10 onwards, the music playing reflects the genre that the director was trying to aim for in the creation of the trailer. It also reflects a fast paced movement, which is something the army always has to be. My final point on sound is that most of the diagetic sound used, which outnumbers the non-diagetic sound used throughout the film, is enhanced, which takes away from the realism of everything shown throughout the trailer, but the audience who the director has tried to aim this trailer at don't see this, they are only interested in the trailer because it plays on male stereotypes with the guns and explosions etc, so the director is allowed to get away with this.
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