Films and Trailers Part 4.

Moon Trailer (2009)

The Moon trailer completely does the opposite of the Zombieland trailer. It gives the audience snippets  of information at leaves them to decipher it on there own. 

• Long, slow paced establishing shots of the moon.
• Mid-shot of the main character running on a treadmill and then close ups of his face and reactions- connection with the audience allowing them to "read" him.
• Non-diegetic orchestral music pondering and building. 
• Close ups of dominant element talking to the robot and depends on it to cut his hair.
• The pace of the trailer builds with the parallel music and at the point of the crescendo  it pause to allow the robot to speak "Perhaps you're imagining things". 
• Duration of shots decrease and cuts increase mirroring the soundtrack.
• The mise-en-scene in the close ups of the main character illustrate his isolations and allow the audience to empathise with him.
• Establish long shot of the Earth from the moon emphasising the distance and isolation.

Expectations 

• Sci-fi drama set on the moon- creating isolations.
• Dependant on technology especially the robot- masculine.
• The robot having a secret agenda conforming to the "technology turning against humans" stereotype. 
• Illusion- Been there for a long while and going insane due to the lack of socialisation

Moon Film 

This film is a sci-fi drama, it is compact and holds a lot of information for such a film. It is set in one  fixed location contains many settings as we journey through one man's discovery. 

• The isolated setting immediately allows the audience to sympathises with the main character Sam. He craves human attention through the use of the robot Gerti.
• We are given countless close ups and mid-shots of Sam and Gerti's progressive relationship- Gerti's use of emoji icons as facial expressions reinforces unsettling nature.
• No only does he talk to himself he also names his plants and different bases by human names, Moreover he transmits his findings to Earth through a video log suggesting his absolutely loneliness.

• The long establishing shot denotes a moon mining base,illustrated by the text inserted titles for each new locations, base. 
• Immediately the audience is lured away from the false sense of security as it is set on the unknown. The fixed stations in a closed facility constantly feels claustrophobic  surrounded by white wall which connote madness.
• The majority of shots within the base are level however when there is danger, off-centred high angle shots are used to distort the audience.  

•  Gerti's reactions and sneaky behaviour create suspicion of an ulterior motive,not only for the audience but Sam also and reinforces not only society's dependency on technology but only the power in which they would gain if ever were to turn against humans. 
• Gerti is omnipotent behaviour and calm monotone voice which at times talks down to Sam again reinforces the atmosphere and connote he has a secret agenda.  
• As Sam discovers move, he unfold more of the base- in which high angle shots are used in order to highlight his vulnerability. 
• Blackouts and transitions are used illustrate a new phase and scene. 

• The discovery of the second Sam leaves them both bewildered and searching for answers./ Her we see more close up of the characters reactions to illustrate his turmoil and allow the audience to empathise with the character. 
• Quick cuts and blackouts are used to connote danger and suspense in mysterious discovering scenes- here the lighting is darker compared to the bright white on the base. 
• The younger Sam seems more stern and agile and there for only his purpose. In contrast to the older Sam who seems less sane but accepting of his surroundings and the way in which things are.
• They only begin to explore the rest of their bases when the older Sam begins to deteriorate.

• As his world begins to crumble, we have more distressing scenes such as him being buried alive and we fear for the characters mental and physical state as the more he learns the more ill he becomes. 
• Longer durations of shots including many internal cuts to close ups make the scene longer creating an emotional atmosphere when there is news.  
• The way in which the trailer create disorientation is fully explained in the film, and offers the answers to the confusion created.