Analyse the genre conventions of this trailer, and explore how have they changed over time
Knee Jerk reaction: a highly conventional action/crime hybrid, with some unconventional elements
Plan
MES: binary opposition of mundane clothing and gang
Setting: bus: working class and poverty
Mid shot of actor emphasises star appeal
MES of guns: clear convention of crime and action
Proairetic code: guns signify action and violence
Binary opposition: family/crime
Conventional: powerful male protagonist
Lexis of 'fuck' indicates an older target audience
Steve Neale: repetition and difference
USP: older family man as protagonist
Low key lighting
Night setting
Grey, bland colours
Fast paced editing conventional of trailer
Intertextuality
Generic paradigm
Introduction
Definition: Genre conventions refer to the typical elements found in a particular genre.
Argument: Nobody is a highly conventional crime/action film, that fulfils many genre conventions
Context: Film trailers exist to advertise the content of a film to the target audience before its general release.
Sample paragraph structure (cheers Dom!)
Point: women are only shown as vulnerable and scared in the trailer, which is a generic paradigm because women tend to be the 'damsel in distress' in typical crime films, in clear contrast to the powerful male protagonists
Evidence: the women are always positioned as below the men in scenes, often more highly-lit than the male characters. Their facial expressions connote fear and vulnerability. The audience are positioned with them in order to feel the fear they feel
Analysis: the women are always positioned below the men and scared of them, because this is meant to reinforce that the men are powerful and that generic paradigms of how women characters behave in crime films