Mad Max Fury Road Trailer Analysis - post-apocalyptic action film

Mise en scene: Cult clothing, bikes, over augmented vehicles, explosions, guns, Hannibal lecter mask, explosions, CGI, Branding, angry expressions, spikes, goggles, styled vehicles, drums, breathing apparatus, All of this serves a purpose, to enhance the look of the movie, and to also drum into the audience's minds that its a unique film, where the audience can sympathise with the characters because of their clothing and what they wear, however for the antagonists, the audience would be able to instantly recognise whether a person is a villain or a hero by the clothes they wear, this is due to the fact that humans judge by looks, so in order to ensure that people who who is who and what they represent, they need a certain thing to decide to judge.


Editing: For editing, first of all for the logo there is a rusty looking theme to it, which tells the audience that the film could be set in some sort of poverty or post apocalyptic wasteland which funnily enough it is, this means that the audience can expect violence as many people would turn primitive and violent as no rules or laws are set in place.

Camera composition: For camera composition there are so many great shots used in this trailer, for example the first shot is a p.o.v. of a front of a car driving through a desert, this may tell the audience that there is an urge of rush or that something is about to happen, it also implies that there is a theme of a desert, in the middle of no where. Following this there is a medium shot and a low angle of a man walking towards a light or a fire, which is surrounded by many other people. this shot alone is very cult like, as if it was a tribe or a cult celebrating or doing a tradition,

Following that there are a few shots of flares, however there was a panning shot from a helicopter's view, which is emphasizing the importance of those flares, and to make it a good image. Following this there is another low angle shot, however it is a still shot this time, and it captures a convoy driving through land, possibly a desert, this could capture the audience into thinking that something is about to happen, that things are being set into motion, making the audience think what is about to happen, a war? It leaves a certain mystery to the audience, an enigma, where they actively have to think what could happen, or assume the worse.

The next shot is of a man, possibly Mad Max, one of the main characters, where the camera zooms into his face at eye level, from a medium shot to a mug shot, this is a good way of introducing the character to the film/ audience because they are able to see his facial expressions and what he looks like, so the audience can look out for him later on throughout the trailer. This also gives the character a certain archetype, a hero-as-warrior.

Another shot is used to emphasize the action genre in this film, a sudden panning shot is introduced, however it has to be extremely fast, making it more like a camera technique called the ''whip'', which follows a monster truck doing a stunt, putting the audience on edge as all of a sudden action is introduced. There is a great shot used to capture a characters kneeling on the floor in despair, the shot used is a long shot, however it also captures the desert, the sun and all of the background, making the shot extremely popular, because of the irony behind it.

Sound: The sound used is extremely dramatic and appealing to the genre of  the film, action and adventure, it keeps the audience on edge and is extremely indecisive, meaning that the non diegetic music is enticing towards the audience, and gives chills down their spine, keeping them on the edge of their seats. another non diegetic sound used is a narration from a main character, explaining to the audience who he is and what is happening.

However the majority of the diegetic sound used for this film is speech, but there is also a good mix of sounds of explosions and engines, as well as a mix of gunshots used both diegetically and non diegetically, creating an awesome atmosphere to listen to.