Theatrical Trailer Deconstruction: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 theatrical trailer
The amazing spider-man is an action packed sequel to the series which was released in 2014.

The video can be watched below:

Deconstruction:

3 Seconds in and the trailer begins with a dynamic birds eye view shot of they city with the iconic Spider-Man's blue and red suit in the center of the screen as he is gliding in the air.

This shot shows the other side of the main character, Peter Parker. He is sitting on the top of a building overlooking the city. This conforms to the common convention of the protagonist being a normal guy who has just discovered his superhero abilities after being bitten by a spider.

This scene shows an NYPD police car spiraling out of control as it i s about to hit a police officer. In this scene we are able to see the police officer in a vulnerable position as he runs and falls to the ground as he sees the car. This is subverting the general convention of action films where police are normally seen as the people who protect the vulnerable and are not normally in that position of vulnerability. We see that Spider-Man saves the police officer before the care is able to hit him. Which also conforms to the action genres common conventions as the protagonist (Spider-Man) saves the day.

This scene represents the pain of the protagonist(Spider-Man)as his uncle was killed previously in the earlier series. Death is common convention that occurs in the lives of protagonists in action films and it helps them realise how important their own lives are and those of others.

In this scene we see the stereotypical action movie villain.He is holding a machine gun and shooting at Spider-Man but is missing every shot, and then Spider-man proceeds to beat him up.

We have scenes such as the following showing the common conventions of action movies having a tremendous amount of physical stunts and activities such as: Chase scenes, rescues, battles, martial arts, explosions and adventurous heroes which are all designed for the audience to achieve escapism (which it is how the audience is attracted).

 Falling in with the stereotype we see a scene that introduces the love interest between the protagonist (Spider-man) and a female character.

This screenshot shows the typography used near the end of the trailer. This image shows the iconic Spider-Man logo and uses the classic Spider-man font which was created by marvel. There is also spider webs in the background of the screen in order to complete the brand of Spider-man.