RESEARCH: TRAILER ANALYSIS DUNKIRK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-eMt3SrfFU

Feature	Comments
Genre	War/ Disaster
Narrative	The movie tells the story of the military disaster that was Dunkirk, but the drive and determination of British sailors to rescue their soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk. With the axis forces pushing closer and closer and the Luftwaffe picking off the allied forces on the beaches. It is a race against time to get the 400,000 British soldiers off of the beaches of Dunkirk.
Unique Selling Point	One unique selling point of Dunkirk is that it is an entirely British cast, commemorating the amazing British victory.
Target Audience	15 onwards
Music	The ticking of a clock further reinforces the idea that they are in a race against time. There is also a very prominent heartbeat that is played throughout the trailer, it gets faster and faster as the trailer progresses.
Shot Types/ Angles	Tracking shots, close ups, low angle shot, hand held camera work, tilt pan.
Pace	Fast paced editing ups the tempo, this links to the ever growing danger that the British troops face at every growing second.
Dialogue	There is very little dialogue due to the essence of the trailer being visual, this also allows emphasis on the heartbeat, ticking of a clock and diegetic sounds for example planes, explosions and the sound of waves.
Voiceover	The only voiceover that is present in the trailer is the protagonist, Fionn Whitehead, recalling Winston Churchills ‘We shall never surrender speech’. Fionn quotes,” We shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall never surrender, we shall never surrender.” It is unclear from the trailer whether Fionn’s character believes in these words, but there is a clear sense of demoralisation in his voice.
Special Effects	Christopher Nolan endeavoured to use none if any VFX in the film. There are only a few occasions in which VFX is used. The crew used real battleships, real spitfires and real Messerschmitt’s.
Credits and Intertitles	Actors names, eg. Fionn Whitehead, Harry Styles, Kenneth Brenner, Tom Hardy. Intertitles are used to emphasise the oncoming threat that is approaching the stranded British soldiers.