media meditation #2

Shutter Island

Parts of this film were shot in the town i went to high school in.
pritty cool hu?



I watched this trailer without the sound so that I wouldn’t be so distracted and I could pay more attention to the frames and production techniques.

Before I get into the trailer itself I am going to cover the

SHIFTS:

Epistemological:

This trailer has been seen on every television screen possibly in America, and even other countries.

Technological:

I have seen this trailer more on YouTube than I have on the television, I have also seen plenty of ads on websites for Shutter Island to last me a life time.

Personal:

Everyone is always talking about what movies are out there. All over Face book are groups and fan pages for movies. And everyone expresses their opinion on whether or not they like that particular movie.

So while I was doing this I was using my limbic brain and in some parts of the trailer my reptilian brain took over because of the frightening shots. But I have found that things are less frightening without the sound. Sound is a huge sensory part of your brain.

Well while I was watching this trailer without the sound I noticed all the different frames.
It starts of with just a few shots and it fades out, it doesn’t seem as if they are talking any ways.

This leads us into

PRINCIPLES OF MEDIA EDUCATION:

“Reality” Construction/Trade-offs:

Should I watch this? Is this too scary? Does this look dumb? Will this be any good? Is this a movie worth my time and money? Those are all questions that will be running through someone’s head if not during but once the trailer is over.

What is happening is the producers are try to not make you think of any of those things they just want to grab your attention and make you want to go watch that movie.

Production techniques:

As I was explaining above; the fames how each of those frames fade out. The lighting is very dim and ominous you feel as if something is going to jump out from every corner. The colors are dark. And I did not watch it with sound so I did not get those extra chills. But I later did watch it again with sound once I had seen everything. The experience was much more intense it is very quiet and gets loud to heighten you senses.

Individual meaning:

My individual meaning was that parts of this film were filmed in Taunton MA that is where I lived the last three years and where I went to high school for three years it was kind of cool to know that as I was watching the trailer.

Now we have out Persuasive Techniques:
Fear:

People LOVE to be scared out of their minds. It is a thrill that does not happen in everyday life. It’s an odd thought that we enjoy getting scared but we do there is a rush and out reptilian brain kicks in making it feel real.

Beautiful people:

In this case I do not know if I would call it beautiful people but more recognizable actors who we feel have credibility.

Group Dynamic:

That group dynamic does not come from the trailer but more the feeling that every one else’s going to see it and you will be out of the loop and won’t be in on the conversation on Monday afternoon.

Timing:

Persuading through the orchestrating of various story elements or production techniques to enhance media’s meaning and power. This is what this trailer was all about. It scares you and even throws in a hint of sadness or a feeling of lost love.

Well that is all I can write about the trailer. I will try and watch this movie over spring break and have a blog all about the whole movie itself.

-Larissa J.