The video I chose to analyze was the trailer to a new edition of one of my favorite video game franchise, Fire Emblem. A trailer’s main goal is to pump the hype on the game or movie it wants people to play/watch which I believe this video does very well. It starts off very vague and gives people little insight about the actual game by linking footage of the game with ominous “what if “ questions. The use of color for the font when speaking to the view is very importan it; the colors used are black and white. Black and white are the colors of the two conflicting kingdoms in the game so there's a sense of continuity there but the colors help emphasize the overall dilemma of the game. The game poses a moral standpoint of what the player considered the definition of family and that the definition in not as black and white as people may think it is. The scenes right after the tension breaks and the singer is shocked while looking at the viewer are very key. They show the war and battlefield. They way that they were shot was interesting because they zoomed out from the person of interest in the shot so it made him look small almost as if they were trying to show how terrifying a battlefield can be. I also think that these shots are excellent exposition for two characters that are obviously important due to their close up but also how they juxtapose each other. Another really important scene in the trailer is when the two families confront the viewer and the player must make his choice of who his really family is. The two strong figures from earlier stare into the view and then is joined by shots of the rest of the family. This is the first look at the dilemma and is interesting because in that moment the player is not certain who is in the wrong. It is a war zone, someone has to be the bad guy but you cannot tell if your family by blood or the ones who raised you are in the wrong, which again brings up of the non-duality of good and evil. The world is not as black and white as people are lead to believe and the trailer highlights that really well.
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Relationships Between Shots
The video I chose to analyze was the trailer to a new edition of one of my favorite video game franchise, Fire Emblem. A trailer’s main goal is to pump the hype on the game or movie it wants people to play/watch which I believe this video does very well. It starts off very vague and gives people little insight about the actual game by linking footage of the game with ominous “what if “ questions. The use of color for the font when speaking to the view is very importan it; the colors used are black and white. Black and white are the colors of the two conflicting kingdoms in the game so there's a sense of continuity there but the colors help emphasize the overall dilemma of the game. The game poses a moral standpoint of what the player considered the definition of family and that the definition in not as black and white as people may think it is. The scenes right after the tension breaks and the singer is shocked while looking at the viewer are very key. They show the war and battlefield. They way that they were shot was interesting because they zoomed out from the person of interest in the shot so it made him look small almost as if they were trying to show how terrifying a battlefield can be. I also think that these shots are excellent exposition for two characters that are obviously important due to their close up but also how they juxtapose each other. Another really important scene in the trailer is when the two families confront the viewer and the player must make his choice of who his really family is. The two strong figures from earlier stare into the view and then is joined by shots of the rest of the family. This is the first look at the dilemma and is interesting because in that moment the player is not certain who is in the wrong. It is a war zone, someone has to be the bad guy but you cannot tell if your family by blood or the ones who raised you are in the wrong, which again brings up of the non-duality of good and evil. The world is not as black and white as people are lead to believe and the trailer highlights that really well.
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