Deconstruction of Iron Man 2 Trailer

Deconstruction of Iron Man 2 Trailer

Mise-en-scene

·      Setting: city of Los Angeles, California, USA there is various shots of iron man flying around the city and various locations such as, his house, race tracks, and an airport.

·      Costumes: Iron man wears and iron suit, his alter ego tony stark also wears various outfits including sports outfits and a racing outfit. Other characters wear standard every day clothing, there are soldiers featured who wear army uniform, and there are also other iron suits as the villain has one.

·      Expressions: the expressions are mostly shown in reaction shots and shots of fighting, but most of the time the expressions are covered by his mask.

·      Make up: Make up is used to make characters look beaten up and dirty, but it is also used for the every day characters as normal make up is used.

·      Props: there are a lot of props used in this trailer from weapons to simple things to drinks or boxing gloves, the iron man suit is probably the most obvious prop used in the trailer and is used a lot.

Shot types, Camera angles & Movements

·      Subtle camera movements such as pans, tracking shots and zooms are used to make the trailer flow well.

·      Shot types used are from establishing shots to extreme close ups, but over the shoulder shots and POV shots are also used to mix things up.

·      Camera angles such as low angle shots, canted angles and two shots are used to show narrative.

Sound

·      The sound used in this trailer is a mixture of non diegetic sound such as soundtracks and voice overs, and it also used diegetic sound such as characters talking to each other, explosions and sounds made by objects in the story.

Editing

·      Jump cuts

·      Fade to black

·      Straight cuts

·      Fast paced

Text

·      Bold

·      Bright

·      Fades in

·      Informational text such as dates, actors, title.