Aloha film analysis - romance

Synopsis: While on assignment in Oahu, Hawaii, military contractor Brian Gilcrest (Bradley Cooper) reconnects with his old flame Tracy Woodside (Rachel McAdams), now married to an Air Force recruit (John Krasinski). He also spends time with Allison Ng (Emma Stone), a hard-nosed fighter pilot who watches every move that he makes. As they travel throughout the lush terrain, Brian finds himself falling for his feisty guide, while his conversations with Tracy may provide a shocking revelation from their past.

The establishing shot used for this trailer is a low angle mid shot, showing a character with a serious yet expecting look on his face, which could suggest that he is waiting for something to happen, this scene seems to be set in a office, however the character is wearing a uniform of some sort of military force, which suggests to us that he has power over something, however this is reinforced by the low angle shot. Furthermore, the camera cuts to a high angle shot looking at another character sitting down, however with a less serious face, this could decipher the enigma that the audience could be thinking of what the first character introduced was looking at. Also, the use of a shot reverse shot connotates that the purpose of this scene was to give the audience a point of view shot from the characters having a conversation. the camera then cuts to a eye level close shot of another character, which we are then introduced into an awkward situation, where none of the characters know what to say to another, which tell the audience that although there is a lot of awkwardness, there is a certain comedic value to be had in that situation, which leads to us knowing that although it is a romance there will be some comedy. The awkward situation is further induced by there being no sound at all, no non diegetic or diegetic sound until eventually the camera cuts back into the man wearing a fancy shirt saying, '' Well I remember a good time.'' The use of the costumes tell us that there is a military influence in the film, however although it is not a usual situation which you would find a military officer telling off a civilian, although the props included are a blue sofa, plants, planes, badges and as well as the dull lighting. The planes could suggest that he could have been deported from a country and is being told off by the Air Force, however it could be many situations, which leaves another enigma for the audience as to why those characters are there and what has led to that situation. Futher into this scene, the shots become wider into mid shots, which show the audience more of the setting, also, although the building lights are on, it is night time, so it could infer that something has happened during the day, so the audience are able to analyse and discover more through this. 

After the awkward ordeal between the three characters happy and funky music is introduced, changing the mood completely, the camera cuts to black where are are introduced to ' From Academy Award Nominated Writer, Cameron Crowe'. this was used to further glamorise the film, in the hopes that more people would watch it or more people would be more likely to be interested in it, for example if they were to put an extremely famous person who has been in or created great films in the past and everybody liked it, more people are likely to watch it with high expectations. The trailer however seems fast paced but not so fast that it becomes like an action film. the upbeat music enforces a clumsy comedic feel to it, so the audience would become happier, and tricking them into thinking that the first shot used was going to make the film fuelled by rage and arguments. However, there is a slight twist just after the camera fades into another shot, since it includes a humvee, along with a lot of military equipment and soldiers, but there are also dense trees which could suggest that they are in a foreign territory, further enforcing the feeling that there is danger and that there is a war. The camera then fades from a mid shot to a low angle shot of the main characters face, whilst this is happening there is a narration from the main character describing to the audience what is happening. There is then another complete change of settings, where we are introduced to a shot reverse shot of two characters talking, however the lighting has also changed back to being fairly dull but still bright enough so that there isn't any pathetic fallacy. Along with this some other props are introduced which include a bottle, scarf, and some cups. Before we can fully analyse what is going on the camera keeps cutting to different situations and atmospheres, for example as soon as the characters stop talking the camera cuts into a busy building with a mysterious character walking around, Following this the camera starts tracking a plane flying over from a low angle shot, this could tell us that someone is on the move, the use of this shot also makes the plane look more intimidating than it should be, so it makes the audience think more about it and what significance travelling has over the storyline. the lighting also changes completely to a bright cheerful and jolly theme, with the sun glaring and blue skies. This shot really stands out because it has a significance of the theme of travel and going around the world. ''To Hawaii, our old stomping ground'' This deduces that there used to be something going on there, whether it was fiction or non fiction doesn't matter as much. 

The main character then says, ''Aloha.'' which adds some more comedy since the title is the exact same, so it further summarises the joking behaviour of the main actor. A reason why this film would be popular is because bill Murray is one of the actors, even if he has a small role in the film, many people would be more likely to watch it since a famous actor is in, it would also shock the audience slightly and their main focus would be on bill Murray and most of the audience would most likely start talking about him instead of what is going on. In the shot reverse shot which captures Bill Murray and the main character talking, we see that they are dressed formally, in suits, which could tell us more about the character that he could be a butler or a servant of some sort. There is then a low angle shot where we are looking from Bill Murray's shoulder onto the main character, the camera also focuses on the main characters face and blurs out the shoulder and head, so the audience get the see the facial expression, which is of happiness, so this could infer to the audience that there has been a change in theme and feeling. 

Around halfway through we are introduced to a love interest, which then the audience who would probably be thinking about where the romance is, since there was only comedy plunged cleverly into the trailer. Also, since that this film is a romantic film, the majority of the audience would be females around middle age, since most of the audience would be able to sympathise with the love interest of the main character. The music then changes into a more happy theme, playing Hot Coals. Since the trailer reaches the halfway mark it was probably a time to change to have a more romantic feel to it. the camera changes to a extreme long tracking shot which follows a plane being flown through the air, this further enforces the theme of action and of an Air Force. Following this shot there is a two person shot showing the two characters talking, which is also shown as an over the shoulder shot so that the audience can see the view which they are seeing, after that short sequence of shots the camera cuts back to an extreme long shot tracking the plane flying towards an ocean. There is then a trucking shot which captures both characters walking across a field, suggesting to the audience that they have landed, however because of the vast amount of two shots including the main character and a female character, the audience would probably be wondering if that would be another love interest, and shows that they are spending time together which many of the audience would most likely be able to refer to as a date, although in the trailer it is work business, many people would be able to decipher what is really going on between those two characters, this would mean that more and more people would be able to enjoy the film.

The film then ends with an extreme close up shot of the main characters eyes, with the same song still playing from the beginning, this shot shows us that there is a feeling of wonder and happiness, so that the audience who view the trailer are left feeling happy, suddenly the song finishes and the trailer cuts into the movie title which is used in a simple font, nothing special and colourful like most audiences, which could disappoint the audience since they would be expecting more of a happy and bright font which would finish the trailer, however it could also have been bland because the creators would have thought the audience would be focuses more on the shots before and talking about Bill Murray.