TRAILER ANALYSIS- Suicide Squad

Here is a link to the sucide squad trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SULFiCh0Zsw

Suicide squad is an action based film based around the activities that a bunch of criminals do throughout the day. The trailer opens with bold, 3D text showing the words "Hey Hall H" later followed by a question reading "You wanna see something?!". The transitions between the text shows a fire exploding to show the next line of the sequence. This initially gives the audience an impression that the film is based around thrilling events and action conventions as fire is a common element used in action movies. The font is in a purple colour, which can resemble posion and mystery, which helps reflect the title of the film. The effects around the font almost look cartoon like, which adds a childish vibe to the trailer. This is effective as it ties in with the characters in the film. The music has a high tempo and has the presence of a drum and a violin playing. The drum helps to add a thumping sound, which adds excitement, and the long, high pitched use of the violin adds suspense and eagerness to the trailer. The first actual piece of footage that the audience are presented with is an establishing shot of what seems to be New York. It is night time, so all the lights on the tall buildings are lit up which adds a mysterious atmosphere, as the audiences are limited to see anything as everything is blacked out due to the time of day. The establishing shot is an effective way to set the scene of the trailer. In addition, New York can be known for it's high levels of crime, which makes the audience even more captivated about what proceedings and action is going to take place in the movie. Through a fade, the audience is presented with a close up shot of a shot glass being slammed onto a table and some kind of substance from a bottle being poored into it (assumed to be alcohol). Alcohol is mainly associated with adults and can hold negative connotations of death and careless individuals, which conforms to the conventions of an action movie. The use of the close up shot is effective, as the audience are restricted to seeing who is drinking the alcohol, which makes them even more engaged in the trailer. The screen then fades to black, and we see two men and a women saying "cheers" to eachother. The MES here is interesting, the girl who plays a character names Hayley Quinn, has blonde hair which stereotypically associated with wealth and beauty, however this stereotype becomes quicklys stripped away from the audience as her hair is parted into bunches, with one end of the hair red and the other side blue. She is wearing red lipstick and red and blue eyeshadow that has been smudged down her face. Through the medium shot, we can also see that her T.shirt reads "Daddy's Monster" which makes the audience feel puzzled as she seems a hard character to work out. Bearing in mind that none of the characters have said anything yet, it adds a mysterious vibe to the trailer. The appearance of Hayley looks scary, confusing, distressed and diverse which gives her prevalence in the trailer. The camera then fades between all the characters that are sitting in the bar, one individual has a mask on, which looks like a crocodiles skin over a humans face. Crocodiles are seen as dangerous and rebellious, which could suggest a trait in his character. We then diegetically hear "We almost pulled it off" suggesting that these individuals where in a group trying to accomplish something that hadn't worked out, and has now left them in an unfortunate situation. Another guy is covered in tattoos, gold chains and a white vest top. His posture appears aggressive, which makes him seem powerful. Through the dialogue and MES of all the characters, the audience are made to assume that these individuals are all criminals and bad people in their society, which kickstarts the trailer into a lot of action.

Through a fade, we are then presented with a different environment with different people. We are shown a room through a long shot, of around ten people in an office, They are all on computers and one women is looking at a giant board  containing images of maps and flashing lights. As the camera is situated behind the women, we are unable to see her facial expressions, however, we are able to see her posture. Her head is up high which connotes aspects of power and dominance. This can further be interpreted through her body language of her hands, which are looped together behind her back. The camera pans downwards so that the audience are able to see the rest of the room, which just more individuals on computers. The audience are made to believe that the room is a FBI room, where police officers or undercover spy's are trying to locate someone or something. The idea of a hunt is a common convention in action movies, as it brings suspense to the trailer and the audience. The screen then dips to black and the music suddenly stops, and then becomes deeper and mellower. We are then presented with a medium shot of all the criminals that where at the bar, walking down the street in a row in unison. Together, they appear powerful and dominant, which engages the audience as they appear to be the main characters in the film/trailer. We then non-diegetically hear the words "Remember, we are the bad guys" which further enhances the audiences understanding that the group of people are criminals. The screen then fades into three short pictures. The first is a medium shot of a wall with a symbol on it. The symbol is of a skull locked behind jail bars. This links in with the idea of the criminals. Skulls are what is formed after a long time, which suggests that the individuals have been locked up for a long duration, and are about to be released. Skulls are also commonly associated with death which adds a negative impact to the trailer. The next shot is of a a girl locked in a room hanging from pieces of cloth from a celling. She has long, snow coloured hair and is looking at the camera. She looks at ease and appears peaceful when hanging from these pieces of cloth, which makes her seem courageous and powerful. The next shot shows a close up shot of a man starring upwards. The use of the close up shot is effective, as it means that the audience can see his facial expressions. He appears to be stressed and looks helpless, which makes the audience sympathise with him. In addition, his T.shirt is ripped, which makes him look tacky and dirty, followed by an orange duffer coat which has dirt marks around the corners.

Next, we are shown a close up shot of an individual in a prison cell. The camera then zooms outwards so that the audiene can see the outline of the door. The person inside the cell screams diegetically "let me out!" which suggests that he feels stressed that his is locked away. The police officer then moves the letterbox-typed thing that is found on prison doors upwards, as a way of of keeping the individual quiet. The screen then fades to the office room that the audience has seen previously in the trailer. This time, we can see the womens face through a close up, and she is talking to the rest of her employees. She states diegetically: " We are dealing with some of the most dangerous people on the planet, are you aware of that?" this gives the audience a deeper insight into the characters and why they are in jail. It also adds excitement and a thrilling nature to the film, which a common convention expected from action films. We then see short cuts of buildings exploding, drag races and guns being fired. This again conforms to the aggressive and violent nature shown in action films.  Titles then come up on the screen saying " are you ready?!?" The use of the exaggerated punctuation, again, adds a childish effect to the trailer, which link in with the the joker-typed characters shown in the trailer.

In conclusion, Suicide Squad is an effective trailer that successfully meet the expectations of an action film. There is drag races and card explosions that help keep the audience engaged. The use of the especially unique and diverse characters adds a fun twist and approach to the film, which gives the film a unique selling point.