HICK Movie - Red Band Trailer (Chloe Grace Moretz)

After watching this movie trailer a while ago I was intrigued to watch the film, it is not a romantic comedy which is the specific genre I have been mostly looking at however it still has many conventions and aspects that are great techniques to use in any genre trailer.The first shot is a long shot that pans down the high school we can see a girl sitting on the steps by herself this makes her look isolated.There is use of a school bell sound ringing which is linked to the school setting however there is also non diegetic music in the background that is slow and droopy giving the scene a slow pace and solitary mood.The camera focuses on a close up of the girls socks and shoes which are dirty and ripped suggesting she might be poor or badly looked after.This also creates mystery not revealing the protagonists face. The camera then quickly cuts to a close up shot of the protagonists face and we can see her facial expression is one of miserable and bored. Since she is given prevalence firstly we can infer that she is the main character that we will sympathise with and see the story from her point of view.The camera cuts from close up shots of the girl back to long shots of her at the steps reinforcing how isolated she seems. There is then a jump cut to an institution title shot leaving the audience on edge as it cuts from the illusion of the movie and then back into it again. There is another significant close up shot of the girl picking up a pistol from a box, and then the camera briefly focuses on the man's face when he engages in dialogue with her. As he is briefly given camera time we can infer that he is not very important. we then hear non diegetic sound of a woman's voice on a call saying " oh baby your daddy.. is gone" as we see a medium shot of the protagonist starring at a window from inside. There is then a shot of a title reading "Alone" in bold ink referring to the protagonist and highlighting a key theme in this movie of being alone.The music starts to pick up pace from then on and gets louder and quicker it is  followed by a shot of the protagonist holding up her gun to a mirror  and delivering a speech to herself. There are shots of her hands doing things such as drawing on a map and writing a list of pros and cons. This is effective as it creates the allusion that the audience are seeing things in her eyes making us feel as if we are the protagonist. Another theme shot appears with the word "sweet" and the protagonist follows this text shot by asking another character " do you think I'm pretty?" referencing to the last title.The non diegetic music progresses in getting quicker and quicker as do the durations of the scenes. We see a long shot of her leaving her house and saying "so long suckers" with her backpack suggesting she is going away and not returning. we are introduced to another character a young man in a truck that stops for her when she is trying to catch a ride. there is a close up shot of his car mirror where we see the reflection of the girl standing behind his car. This shot is effective is creating mystery and tension as she is the only person other than him there and she looks vulnerable in the reflection. The words innocent are then introduced in another title shot this contrasts the beginning scenes we see of her holding a gun which is a weapon associated with killing,danger and crime. Another lady is introduced as another main character as she is given prevalence and engages in a lot of dialogue with the girl,more titles appear to link to the scenes being shown such as "honest" "awkward"and "absurd". Towards the end of the trailer the actors names are mentioned at the bottom reminding the audiences and also mentioned to persuade audiences to see the movie because of the well known actors such as Chloe Mortez. The last themes mentioned is "brutal" and "violence" this title is then followed by short snappy shots of fighting and her getting chased and screaming and others gesturing aggressively which refers back to the title and connotes the genre of the movie to be drama as there is a lot of emotion and, explicit violence and difficult relationships.