Analysed results taken from our questionnaire

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Fish Tank fim trailer deconstruction

Establishing shot of the town the protagonist lives in, highlights the desertion of the town and is evidence for the social realist genre. Fencing surrounds the area, which depicts the thought of being trapped, no escape just like a real fish tank.

An over the shoulder shot is used to signify the mother and daughters relationship from the protagonists’ perception and to reveal the small kitchen size.

The juxtaposition between the council estate flats and the bright sun creates varied emotions. Although the flats are an eye sore, the bright sun forms a beautiful scene.

This mid shot helps to portray hope. The family are dancing together to show happiness which gives the audience more of a reason to watch it.

 

Bold title of the film flashes up at the end of the trailer in order to capture the audience’s attention and to remain in their thoughts.

Social Realism

Social Realism pushes the boundaries of a hollywood film and shows the struggles and hardship that a lot of British people endure, it was developed as a reaction against idealism. 

We noticed in most social realism teaser trailers that the narrative is very rarely used. 

For this reason we did not want to show the scenes in chronological order to make sure that we did not give the storyline away, as this would make people intrigued and want to watch the full length film.

Source - http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1037898/index.html

We found that IMBD was very useful to us for finding film directors of most social realism films. We decided to use a well known director for social realisms. This is because if people like the director they may be more inclined to see the film.