I decided to de-constuct the trailer for series two.This is because it parodies to great success the stereotypical characters we have grown accustomed to in other teenage/school drama's.The trailer focuses in on each of the four characters in a comprimising position before giving them a contrasting tagline. For one character who is waving creepily towards another girl he clearly has a crush on. A subtitle comes up saying "The Romantic" before the character is promptly hit in the face by a football. With another who has managed to get his head stuck in a chair there is a label saying "The Genus". For another guy who appears too effortlessly charm girls is the title "The Ladies Man" before the cut to his back reveals what exactly the girls had been looking at. a piece of paper saying "I have no penis". The final character who is seen handing out leaflets has the title of "The Hero" before someone creeps up behind him and pulls his trousers down. These parody of a typical school T.V show manages to satirise while presentng something new and funny. From a technical standpoint the standout images are the close-up camera shot cuts between "The Romantic" and the girl he's waving at (after the 3rd cut he gets hit in the face by a football).Also the three different shots of "The Genius" All three of which were panning but in different proximity (close up,medium close-up,long shot)
All of the trailers are similar in that they all devote at least 3 individual shots to each of the 4 main characters as so they can best establish who the main characters are. However in the trailer for the first series the character of Will got far more screen time than any of the other three. However in the trailers for the other two series all the characters get more or less the same screen time. Ths shows that all 4 of the main characters received equal appreciaton from audiences as time went on.
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