The Downton Abbey trailer shows servants and people of the house looking in on the secret going ons of others in the household. The trailer is showing that secrets are coming out in the open and the breaking of social taboos.
A point of view, medium group shot showing a man and woman sitting together on a dinner table. The camera is lightly panning as the camera focuses on the couple talking together with the man saying "Why are you english so curious about other people's lives?" This sets the mood for the rest of the trailer and represents the theme of people indulging themselves in the lives of others. The quote said by the male shows that he is not english, and it connotes the British stereotype: Nosy people who like to pry into the lives of others. This shot ultimately tells the viewer what the programme is about by highlighting the key themes.
The trailer then cuts to a medium close up of a woman peeking out from behind a door, looking through. The shot then cuts to her point of view shot showing a long shot of a mirror which shows a man doing an unrecogniseable act. The shot shows us that in the show, there is somebody always watching you; everybody has secrets and there is someone always there to uncover them.
At around 19 seconds of the trailer, there is a a medium close up of an opening window with the words "From Oscar winning writer Julian Fellowes". Whilst the windows are opening vast amounts of light bursts through the window as the camera zooms in. This represents new beginnings and a new sense of freedom which was being establised at the time that the programme is set. It also represents the release of dark secrets into the open.
There is a close up of a man praying but he is out of focus and in the background an older man is looking in on him from around the door. This shot is similar to previous ones showing that someone is always watching you but this man appears to be watching over the young man. This is showing that although there is someone always trying to learn your secrets, there are also people who watch over and look out for you.
A long shot shows a young man looking through a window into the house towards the camera where we can see a vase of a big bunch of flowers. The lighting is bright and we can see a wide smile on his face when he is looking in. This represents that people are not just watching you because they dislike you and want to learn your secrets but that people watch others because they admire them and seeing them makes them happy.
There is a group medium close up of two elderly women sitting down on a chair. The camera focuses on one and tracks her. Then the scene cuts to a close up of the woman, zooms in on her as she looks around with eyes quickly darting around looking uncomfortable. We as an audience can tell that she is the head of the household because of her age and the costume which she is dressed in. Her uncomfortable look represents the fact that the world and householod is changing, with everybody gaining a new sense of freedom and she is unhappy about this.
Towards the latter part of the trailer, we see a scene of catastrophic events with the score raising in volume and tone. In one of the shots we see the couple who are the first to appear in the trailer, who are passionately embracing each other with the camera quicly zooming in on them. This shows us that an event like this; passionately kissing a man who was not your husband, was frowned upon as the speed of the zoom highlights the event, as if the camera man is shocked at what it has seen.
The trailer ends with a close up of the woman, who was embrassing the foreigner, walking out of the frame. We then see a reflection of another woman in a glass cover for a painting. Again, this connotes that there is always someone watching you.
Desperate Romantics
The Desperate Romantics trailer shows three men walking in a dark lit art gallery. The trailer ultimately shows the men taking a dislike to traditional art and breaking rules and bounderies, going together to form the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
The trailer begins with a close-up of a candle which after a couple of seconds blows out. This candle represents traditional art and how it's run is coming towards an end. This is reinforced by the scene dissolving and showing two doors opening in which three men are walking through. It is obvious that these men are breaking rules and their entrance symbolised the end of naturalistic paintings.
There is a close up of the middle man's face. He looks very moody but has a smirk on his face. There then is a close up of a painting and it is made obvious that it was what he was looking at before. The look on his face shows us that he doesn't like the picture and that he disagrees with the painting style. This is reinforced by one of the other men in a close up, looking so smuggly at the paintings which were shhe own in close up. This shows the audience that the three men are being rebellious , wanting to create a new style of painting.
Another shot which shows their hatred towards the current art is a close up of the third mans face. He looks confused, and extremely angry at the current style of painting. This shows the need for change in art in that time.
There is a medium close up shot of two of the mens' backs as they walk away from an exploding painting. This represents the fact that they are destroying "art", breaking the boundaries and turning it into something more beautiful.Also, the fact that they are not turning back shows us that they don't care that they are offending.
A shot shows an extreme close up of an exploding painting shows flying shards of glass and smoke. This represents the fact that new rules were coming into place and the shards of glass indicated that boundaries were being broken. The artists felt the need to start something new and not fit in with the crowd. In this shot, the destruction that their desire causes is represented by the never ending plume of smoke.
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