The Age of Adaline

The Age of Adaline is an example of a more unconventional drama film trailer. I chose to analyse this as it keeps the elements of a drama within itself yet pushes them further to the unconventional side. The soul of the narrative is the fact that the main character, Adaline (Blake Lively), has an accident and after it she finds out that she can never grow any older. This challenges the norm of a drama, which focuses on real life, raw situations and stories. Although this narrative involves an unreal situation, it deals with it in a more than realistic way. For example, obviously everybody ages, but when Adaline finds out that she cannot they keep the film realistic by having her deal with it the way that most everyday and ordinary people would. There's intense situations, character development and a lot of emotion that makes the film a sensitive and emotional journey.I decided to analyse this particular trailer as it shows you can still conform to a drama genre yet still challenge certain conventions to make it slightly different.

Furthermore, he trailer hosts a voice over through the beginning of the trailer which explains the basic premise of the narrative. They show the critical bit to add to the audiences understanding, where the car tips into the river and the 'magic' is shown to hit her car. The atmosphere then dramatically changes when the music drops and a more light-hearted song begins. It also has the added sound effect of the ticking clock which appears at certain parts of the trailer to reinforce this idea of time.

Consequently, there are basic trailer conventions once again such as the green audience certification screen, the interlinked text and the credits at the end. The text scenes keep up the trailers continuity in terms to the story line, with a dark background and a flare of light. This type of continuity is something that I need to consider for my own trailer.