Influences: Gangster Squad

This trailer showcases Gangster Squad as an action movie in a different setting, and does so with fast pacing and era appropriate style brought into the 21st century.

The most obvious exemplifier of this is the titlecard, which uses a genre typical typeface over an art deco design, and yet still appears to be modern, new and exciting through the use of high quality resolution, design, and editing.

A range of familiar images and techniques are used, but the lighting and quality of these give them a fresh new feel. The story and images are not particularly original, but the film still is able to feel fresh and exciting. This ability to make a trailer feel new and engaging is something that would be invaluable to us in our trailer creation.

The lighting in the trailer is very interesting as it often has a lot of contrast between light and dark, giving the scenes a modern, glossy look, along with more saturated colours than natural. This is paired with brightly coloured shots such as the roulette wheel or the bar.

Establishing shots are a real strength of the trailer, and the Los Angeles setting is used to its full advantage, the bright city lights causing the trailer to feel even more modern, whilst retaining a sense of setting and time period throughout.

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