The departed Trailer

The departed

The dearted has to be one of the met famous thrillers around. Martin Scorses directed it in 2006. Within the first scene we are introduced to a man, however he is just a dark figure with no light on him. This suggests he is a dark character but also a key character because he's shown to us first. This guy straight away says "criminals" therefore we know already crime is involved and then as he is still speaking we cross over to guys in jail. This shows us the stereotype that men are aggressive and therefore go to jail.

We then come across to Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon. Who are very big actors in the thriller genre. Therefore by featuring these actors in the trailer a mass audience would of been brought in. However these two actors feature a lot and this goes to show us that they are a huge part of the film. Prevalence is used because they feature theses two the most and its to tell the audience they are important. As Matt Damon is shown to be a chief police officer and then Leonardo's character is shown to us to be training to be a police officer. These gives us hints on whats going to happen later because were been shown police officers. Mise En Scene helps us identify that they are police officers because of the smart uniform and the weapons shown.

We also have limited female characters that we are shown, only one female character  therefore we see that stereotypes are going to be presented here. We also have only male police officers done and also only male characters in the "gang". The background sound at the beginning in is tense but then breaks into more happier music which is unusual and un-stereotypical for thrillers.

We are shown a phone as a key prop in this opening and this is for the target audience to identify with the film. This is important to show that this characters are using such a common device.

They also then show us some FBI documents in the trailer. These help the audience gain some information that possible might be important however fast pace is done when these are shown. Therefore it means they aren't as important as some parts however it may because its secret and want people to feel like its real. Its almost like they are searching behind someones back thats why it goes fast pace.