12B - Work for Monday 1 November

Kicks trailer analysis

The main character of the film is Nichola Burley the trailer starts off with a non-diegetic sound of the faint voice of her humming to what seems like she has repeated numerous times. The first shot is a medium shot of the girl in her bed stroking what seems to be a poster of a boy. The shot is panning downwards starting off with her head then going down towards her hands that are on the poster. The scenes that follow become clearer as to who the girl is and who the boy on the poster is. Other non-diegetic sounds are in the scene when she is looking through a gap between the walls while watching “Lee Cassidy” who throughout the rest of the trailer becomes clear that he is a footballer/celebrity she is obsessed with, it is a medium shot but the top and bottom part of the screen is cut out to show the viewers the point of view in which the girl Nichola is looking at. This is good for effect on the audience as it shows the different types of editing that would be in the film which makes it all the more interesting, there is the sound of a whistle but the scene is of him kicking a football and wearing a training bib so it is clear that he is training. While this scene is taking place another non-diegetic sound overtakes is it a news report and the voice over is stating the news about Lee Cassidy’s move from Anfield to Madrid, there are two letters on the side of the screen at this moment “NE” which viewers can straight away assume that this shot has been cut out and edited and the full word is suppose to say “news”.

Iconography is used in films to create a certain feel, such as fear or anticipation. In this trailer the iconography is to create suspense and wonder of what the girl is going to do, viewers know that it is about a young girl’s fantasy, she attempts to make it a reality and when she succeeds she realises it comes at a cost.