TRAILER DECONSTRUCTION THREE - THE INTOUCHABLES

I looked at this trailer of 'The Intouchables' to see how comedy and romance can come across in different ways in to the stereotypical rom-com. How different this story is portrayed compared to different film trailers that I have seen. This is one of the most inspirational trailer that I have watched over the last couple of years.

• I like the way that the trailer starts letting you guess how the film starts you off questioning what is happening.
• I like the differences between the characters that are used that you can spot straight away. 
• I like the way that there is always bright lighting most of the way through the trailer showing the personalities of the characters. 

Characters

Driss - One of the main characters. He has no desire to get hired by Philippe to assist him for the rest of his life and to be by his side when he went in for the interview. He had before hand had a criminal record and had been in jail for six months before hand for robbery. 

Philippe - The other main character who is in a wheelchair and servilely disabled. He is a rich man that owns a luxurious mansion he hires Driss to be his helper because he doesn't want any pity from anyone. 

The two main characters Driss and Philippe are from totally different backgrounds and have totally different personalities when we first see the trailer when he storms in and bangs his note down on the table, we then find out that Driss is a very helpful and happy man and then him and Philippe become really good friends where Driss says 'This isn't like a job anymore' it shows through the trailer how much someone can change depending on who they are around and the role in life that they have. When you see Driss at the start of the trailer to don't expect that he will ever be employed by Philippe to look after him. When Driss starts going to the house they make him look really small in the house this could be because it shows how he grows through the trailer and how he starts to fit in with the people around him. At the very start of the trailer it shows that when all of the other people that are getting interviewed are being asked questions Philippe isn't interested but as soon as Driss comes in you can see straight away that he is interested and actually likes him leaving the audience to wonder whats going to happen.

Shot types 

There are a few main shot types that are used through out the trailer, they mainly use the medium shot which shows half of the body of the characters this could be because Philippe is in a wheelchair. The other main shot that is used through out the trailer is a wide shot this could be because they are doing a lot of different activities with each other where they are far away so they try and get a lot of 2 shots which are wide shots with the characters.

Music and Colours.
The music is a non-diagetic sound. I think that the music plays a big role in the trailer it could show the relationship building up between the two characters and drags the audience into see the film. I think that the colours play a big part in the trailer also, when Philippe is well the lighting is all natural and really light and they are always laughing and when there is something wrong or when Philippe is ill the colours come across all dark and makes the atmosphere unhappy and the audience can tell that there is something wrong with the character because of the colours and the music.