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 The trailer I picked was The Kings Man, the prequel in the Kingsman series.

Things that stand out and why:

• The scene changes on beat with the dramatic music, which creates suspense and drama.
• Has iconic things from previous Kingsman films, (eg; signet ring, the shop, the main building) to help get those who watched the old Kingsman movies to watch this one.
• Fight scenes, which cause adrenaline and makes the viewer want to watch the full movie to find out what leads up to that fight.

Who or what appears most on the poster and in the trailer?:

• The main character and his son, (they are both depicted as white, male and middle-classed. Both look like good-mannered characters as they are well dressed.)
• Rasputin, (depicted as a Russian male, with an evil aura created by his eye bags and untamed beard/hair.)

When and where was the film set?:

• Set in WW1 (1914-1918), specific date unknown, but around 1914-1916 as Rasputin died in 1916.
• The film seems to be set across the globe, with scenes from London to Russia being shown.

Who is the target audience for the film?:

• The film seems to be mostly depicted teenage/young adult males as it includes a lot of fighting in the trailer, which seems to appeal to that gender and age range.
• It is not directed to a specific race/ethnicity but may appeal to white people more due to the lack of diversity in the trailer. The same may be said for women as there is mostly only men in the film playing main roles.

What genre is the film?:

• The film is of the action-history genre.

What themes are evident in the film?:

• Sacrifice,
• Revenge,
• Good vs Evil,

Synopsis:

With the fear of war looming over Britain, a small tailor’s shop in London decides to make some change – becoming the first independent intelligence service in the UK, saving events like the first assassination attempt at Franz Ferdinand. Together, father, son and with the help from others, they travel to Russia to try to take down Rasputin and his band of evil helpers to try to stop corruption and greed.

• Jobs I'd suit:

  Animation - Concept artist

  Concept artists come up with ideas for the look of the animation. They draw the very first sketches. Their artwork is then used as a reference point for animators and background and character designers further down the line.

  Animation - Writer

  Animation writers develop story ideas and present them in the form of scripts. Their scripts are used by storyboard artists and directors to work out the visual art style of a project.

  Animation - Character designer

  Character designers visualise and create the look of individual characters. They work from descriptions given to them by the director. These might include notes on a character’s personality as well as physical traits.

  Animation - Layout Artist

  Layout artists begin their work at the start of an animation production, after the storyboard and the look of the project have been agreed upon. Layout artists determine the depth and perspective of what is displayed on screen

  Visual effects - Editor

  VFX editors work as the link between the film or TV production team, which shoots the live-action footage, and the VFX studio that does the visual effects.

  Visual effects - Concept artist

  They draw the characters or creatures and environments as well as vehicles, props and buildings. They begin with a brief, which might be a script, or the original concept of a film as told by its filmmaker. They carry out research and create mood boards, which they use as a starting point to create lots of versions of their designs.

  Visual effects - Animator

  Animators create animation ‘frames’ (images), using the ‘rig’ (the digitally moveable 3D model). When the frames are put together in sequence, they form the animation.

To get into these jobs, I would need to have links to the industry. A good way to get this is through work experience and going to university.