Romance- The fault in our Stars

The trailer opens with very up beat non-diegetic music setting the tone as very positive and happy, this continues with the voice over. The opening shot is an establishing shot of a starry night which is a common cliché in romance films, in this trailer it works as an genre indicator to the audience, this shot then flips to a high angle shot looking down on Hazel, immediately introducing the main character and the person who voice is speaking. Hazel is speaking about her love for a man which helps her to overcome the tough negative experiences in life, this is accompanied by a series of close ups of them kissing, this connotes to the audiences the love between the two and by using close up it helps the viewer to connect with the characters, this allows the audience to infer that the story line will follow this young couple. An extreme close up is used of Hazels eyes which shows the emotion and further allows the audience to feel connected with her. By using the extreme close up it then suggests that the challenges being spoken about in the voice over are not your normal everyday circumstances and things may be different for her. There is then a low angle shot of a bag being pulled and then a mid shot of Hazel with an oxygen tube on with a man standing behind her, as the man has no hair it implies to the audience that Hazel has some form of cancer. This upsetting image is being placed in the viewers head while upbeat music is still being played in the background suggesting that Hazel tends to take a more positive approach to life. A medium two shot is used to show the couples first meeting suggesting that the film will portray their whole adventure from beginning throughout, the music begins to pick up tempo when she bumps into him connoting happiness and excitement. The use of the title based on the best selling novel allows the film to appeal to a wider audience as many people may have already read the book and therefore be interested in seeing the film. Once the audience realise that both of the main characters have been effected by the horrible illness they feel emotionally invested into going to view the film, they may even be able to relate to the situation. The use of Augustus' character implies how Hazels life will not be defined by her illness and remains very positive, shows a story of normal romance film, two people falling in love. This is then directly contrasted when Hazel says 'Gus, I'm a grenade, one day I am going to blow up' and the lighting changes to a much lower key lighting, the music slows and the footage of her mum is in slow motion. Her voice is still talking over the montage of her being taken to hospital which highlights how quick things can change for her. The final part of the trailer beings to pick up again with a variety of long and medium shots showing the couples adventures together, joined again by the upbeat music. Although the non-diegetic music continues to play the final shot is a high angle shot of Hazel looking at the stars again, this time wearing her oxygen mask without Gus saying 'Okay', this may suggest that although the main focus of the film is happy it will have a much sadder tone to it than expected in normal romance films due to the characters illnesses.