Textual Analysis

For my textual analysis i will look at the trailers created for tropic thunder. I have chosen to use these because, although they are fake trailers they empathise the conventions of film trailers to make them more comical.

Scorcher (action)

This is an action film trailer based on the story of the world stops rotating so the temperature rises and turns into armageddon. However, it mentions the prequels to the the actual film it is advertising, which is the 6th film of the series where instead of it being warm the world freezes over.
The trailer opens with the universal production company logo which is a common convention within a trailer so it tells the audience so they can relate to it if they know it will be a good company that has made the film. From this logo, it establishes the shot of earth from out of space and the voice over starts with non-diagetic radio broadcasts played over each other to give more atmosphere and background information on the story of the film. the non-diagetic music is very epic sounding giving the trailer more atmosphere which makes it more intense and gripping.
The camera has a big zoom in from out of space and tracks across fiery plains to a medium close up of the protagonist stood on a cliff in a very epic way. The protagonist has a weapon and a baby in his hands. The gun connotes action and the baby connotes that he is a saviour and a protector which are conventions of a protagonist in an action film.
the film title comes onto screen after the main actors name with a syncronised voice over reading the title of the film at the end of the trailer. After this the star says a small quote.

The Fatties (comedy)

This trailer is for a comedy film called the Fatties which doesn't really have a strong narrative but because its a comedy its main aim is to entertain and make the audience laugh, rather then follow an in depth narrative.
The trailer opens with the new line production company logo which is conventional for a trailer. the trailer then starts with a close up of a fork and then goes to the waiter in a medium close up. The music is quite prestigious and the waiter's accent is french and his clothes are very smart. It then cuts to one of the main characters and as she says the punch line, the music is interrupted by a record needle scratch sound which also connotes that the prestigious of the place is now lost and the comedy starts.

Satan's Alley (period drama)

Simple Jack (drama)