Superbad Movie Trailer

In this movie trailer the director uses a wide range of different camera angles, shots and movements. This shows that the director must have put a lot of thought in how he wanted the scenes the look and what he wanted the audience to feel as they watched each selection of footage.
The first shot we see is a tracking shot to show the movement of what we understand to be a mother moving towards a car, this shows that this woman has a very dominant and secure walk and is in no sense of danger or feels threatened in any way. We follow this to over the shoulder shot of two boys in a car looking at the women, this shot shows the audience that the women is very comfortable with the boys and also gives us the opportunity to feel as if we are part of the conversation.

The conversation continues with a POV shot of the women looking at the two boys driving the car this means we can see the faces of the boys and their reaction to the conversation, giving the audience a chance to establish the relationship between the characters. A two people medium shot then comes up of the two boys in the car this lets the audience see the two boys together and how they interact with each other, with the medium shot we can see the body language of the two boys so the audience can see what type of relationship they have. We then cut to a long shot of the same two boys coming off a bus, this shows how the two characters feel in there surroundings and how that the two boys must be close friends as we see them in many different situations, the use of this particular camera angle lets the audience become more acquainted with the characters and see what they look like shoulder down.

Another over the shoulder shot is then used between two people to show that another conversation is taking place, this use of shot lets us see the peoples reactions very clearly and to understand how they feel at certain words or phrases being used the audience can relate to this and begin to understand what type of film they can expect. We then get the first use of camera movement with a panning shot showing three boys at a party and this lets us see how they behave in there free time and the audience feel like they can relate to how the kids behave and feel as if they are one of the people at the party with them. We then get a medium shot which the director would have used to show the feelings of the adults at the house and the slight low angle shot gives the audience a feeling of being looked down on by the parents and as if they are bigger and have more authority then we do. The camera then changes to a medium shot of three boys; this introduces another character to the audience and shows us that he is another character that is very close to the two kids we have seen before and could have a large influence in the film this is followed by a POV close up of what the boys were looking at, a director uses this to show important props that would not be remembered by the audience if it was not specifically pointed out with this type of camera angle, we then have an extreme close up of the same object to further highlight the faults in the object and so that the audience can really understand what the people are looking at.

We have a two person view of two policemen to show the audience what they look like and how close as a partnership they are. A panning shot of a police car is then used to make it feel even faster then it was going and as if it was in a chase or had to be somewhere very urgently. There is a large selection of high angle shots to show two boys in bed, this shot makes us feel powerful over them and that they are very vulnerable in the state and position they are in.
The trailer uses a lot of different camera angles which helps the audience establish what the characters are doing it and where there doing it, but there is a distinct lack of camera movement used by the director.