Action- The Mechanic

Within  the first ten seconds of the film trailer the viewer can easily tell that the film is an action, there is a masculine man with a deep voice talking in the voice over, a speed boat, a variety of gun shots and expensive cars, another way of illustrating the main characters traditional masculinity and wealth. Our initial thought as the viewer is to dislike this character as he is an organised murderer although the audience may be intrigued by the amount of skill he has, implying he is not a person to get on the wrong side of, this is also helped by the use of low key lighting. The montage of action shots is then replaced by a conversation which shows how this is a type of business and this man is well respected within that business. The character he is talking to is a very well dressed older gentlemen which may subvert to our usual stereotypes of what we would expect in this genre introducing non-diegetic sound it helps to build tension and excitement as to what is going to happen next. Despite the characters job of killing people the trailer suggests that he tries to keep his personal life very separate when his father is mentioned it becomes more serious, this is highlighted by the use of editing, introducing the words between shots. A montage is used to show all his skills accompanied by a more fast pace non-diegetic music, the pace is kept throughout the trailer to keep the tension and excitement. Slow motion is used to emphases a house being blown up, this is a typical cliché expected in action films and helps to keep the audience interested. There is then a more rocky non-diegetic music introduced as another montage of shooting happens, linking to the genre. The shot the sex scene being included within the montage is also important as it links to the stereotype of protagonists being womanisers and shows that even with all the action in his day to day life he still finds time for women. The trailer contains a lot of violence and gun shots conforming to the stereotype of action films while the occasional voice over gives the audience an idea of what is going on but not too much to still keep them interested in going to watch the film.