Man Up

Man Up:

This film is a romantic comedy; you are able to tell by the different conventions that are used throughout the trailer to draw the attention of the target audience which tends to be young couples but mainly young women and teenage girls.

The first convention that you see in this trailer is classic introduction of the main character. It starts off with the main character introducing herself as ‘Nancy’, this also links in with another convention of it being a romantic comedy because the main character tends to be played me a female.  They have used an extreme close up on Nancy’s face so that the audience can see who the main character of the film is.

What the audience are able to find out from this trailer is that the main character Nancy unintentionally ends up pretending to be a man’s blind date but she ends up falling in love with him and he falls in love with who he thinks is called Jessica, little does he know, she is called Nancy.

Another reason we are able to work out that the film will be a romantic comedy is by the urban city setting. They have used different camera shots of central London where the two love interests fall in love. In most romantic comedy’s they often have the comical best friend who makes the film humorous however in this film they have done it differently, they have made Nancy, the main character the funny one as well as being the love interest.

Half way through the trailer you see the two love interests separate because he eventually finds out she is not who he thinks she is. There is always a short term breakup in a romantic comedy film however the audience always know that there will be a happy ending which in this case there is because the man realises he is also in love with the real Nancy and that the only thing that has changed about her is her name.

The trailer ends on a funny note to keep the audience appealed and to keep them interested. The trailer ends on the two love interests telling another couple how they met but instead of being honest they make up a funny story.

The music that is used throughout the trailer is upbeat and happy to set the mood for the target audience and to get them excited about seeing the film. They have used a lot of close ups on the main character, Nancy’s face to show the audience who the main character is but at the same time they have shared the close ups with her love interest to share the level of importance.