Analysation of Dunkirk Trailer

Mise-en-scene & Camerawork Analysation of Dunkirk Trailer

 
Dunkirk is an historical drama film brought out in 2017, The audience for this film is a mass audience of 16-80, The film would attract all ages and would be attracting an older generation 60-80 due to the relatability they can have to the film due to their experience in time periods close to the movie settings, The younger audiences 16-25 would've been aimed at during the casting off the film as the popular artist Harry Styles who is seen as an ideal self/partner is a main protagonist due to his debut acting this would create a larger mass audience for the film.

The genre of this film is historical drama this hybrid of genre is due to the film being a recount of a famous historical event however they show the audience a very realistic serious situation this making the movie a drama also creating the hybrid genre.


Costumes & Makeup
The costumes shown in the trailer are army uniforms, the majority of all actors shown are dressed in the army green uniform, This is expected due to it being a historical drama, The dark coloured clothes however add to the somber mood that the movie creates due to the drama genre of the film

Location/Iconography
The location of the majority of the film is a French beach, or at sea, both locations are very open however create an atmosphere of stranded and isolation, The iconography shown in the trailer is very violent for example in the trailer several of explosions are shown, however the explosions are realistic which  creates a high verisimilitude and therefore makes the audience very sympathetic as you can imagine being in the scenario unlike if they were sci-fi genre explosions which the audience couldn't relate to.

Props
In the film the majority of the actors are carrying guns and have a steel helmet the connotations these props give is the immediate danger that they all face, the weapons that they carry suggest that they have to have protection at all times.
As well as the weaponry and protection we see ships and tanks throughout however we don't see them being successful in their  purpose making us once again feel sympathy and draw pull the audiences attention in as we see the British army as the underdogs and therefore we want to see how the plot ends.

Actions/Gestures
The gestures we see are a lot off defensive actions for example we see the actors diving clutching their hats and ducking trying to avoid either bullets or explosions, The expressions we see in the trailer is very somber and downbeat this once again creating a view of the British army as underdogs and pulls the audience in

Lighting
The lighting in the film is either highkey for the daylight on the beach/sea or nighttime lowkey, the simplistic lighting in the film once again gives a very realistic impression of events, However most of the trailer has darker lighting then you would expect on a beach this is because of the dramatic tone of the film and this creating a pathetic fallacy effect on the audience.

Colour
The colour throughout the trailer is very consistent, grey and neutral tones there is minimal to none bright colours suggesting the serious tone and the somber this being a constant tone created by all 6 mise-en-scene micro features.


Shot Types
In the trailer you see lots of establishing and wide shots, these particular shot types are used extensively to outline the conditions the soldiers are facing and creating sympathy for the protagonists, The establishing shots are also used to show the overcrowding and the amount of loves at risk this creates a more dramatic tone making sure that the film fits into the drama.

Camera Angles
In the advert you don't see a frequent theme of camera angles as the majority of the advert is eye level  shot however in once instance you see a ship being tornadoed and therefore its sinking and all the soldiers are jumping off into the water in this scene its portrayed in a low angle highlighting the vulnerability the soldiers are facing whilst jumping off the ship.

Camera Movement 
The main camera movements in the trailer as a mix of tilt, this movement is used to show the effect of the planes above the beach from the perspective of the soldiers and the distance between the planes and the beach demonstrating how the soldiers cant do anything to stop the planes and they have to hope they aren't in the location where the bombs hit, this creates sympathy from the audience towards the soldiers. Along with the movement of tilt another movement used often is panning this movement is used to show demonstrate the conditions the soldiers are living in and show the sheer volume of soldiers waiting on the beach, the constant panning once again creates sympathy for the soldiers from the audience viewing.

Sound
The digetic sound in the trailer is a vary of sounds for example in the video we hear sound effects such as gunshots, plane engines and talking between officers, all these sounds are placed to make sure that the trailer creates verisimilitude for the audience, and are placed to just reinforce the location and situation the trailer creates, This creates a realistic situation for the audience to try and relate to.

The non digetic sound heard are things such as the faint clock ticking, The heartbeat rhythm drumming and intense dramatic music, all these aspects were added in post production of the film and create a more film-like effect to the trailer and these non-digetic sounds add tension throughout, for example we see some incidental fast paced music placed to accompany a plane fight in the trailer the non digetic sound like this is added to increase the tension in the scene and highlight the pressure of the English soldiers winning.

Insert shot 
In the trailer we see a soldier catching a piece of paper floating in the air, after he has caught the flyer, we then see an insert shot of what the flyer is advertising from the soldier's point of view, the fact that the audience sees the flyer from an insert shot in contrast to in the previous scene where you could barley read the writing allows the audience to connote the importance of the flyers information, The flyer actually is actually intimidating propaganda from the German soldiers highlighting that the soldiers were trapped on the beach and surrounded by the German troupes, this will later on be ironic as they manage to escape the beach however due to it being shown at the beginning of the trailer it indicates the severity of the situation.

Action Match 
We also see an action match in the trailer, we see the protagonist walking however his facial expression is a mix of confusion and shock, this shot is filmed from a tracking shot making sure the shot focused on his facial expressions and this is the focal point, we then see another tracking shot however this time its from behind his head to show the audience what his emotions were about and this is when the audience see the beach full of soldiers waiting to get home, The aspect of having the action of the protagonist continue his walking motion in each shot allows the two scenes to merge together whilst applying more information about the situation to the audience.

Cross Cutting 
There is a lot of cross cutting happening throughout the trailer to allow the audience to get a grasp of the magnitude of soldiers on the beach and the different actions of them all simultaneously, the cross cutting is used very often to show the audience the narrative from not only the beach but the skies where fighter planes are trying to defend the soldiers on the beach. The cross cutting is edited to fit with the non-digetic ticking of a clock, with each tick we see a different soldier and there different actions this once again gives the audience a better perspective of the volume of lives that are on the beach this increase the tension when you realise no boats are getting off the shore without being blown up.