Source Code (2011)

The Source Code

Year: 2011

Director: Duncan Jones

Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan and Vera Farmiga 

Narrative:

A action thriller about a soldier who has awaken in a body of a unknown man and finds out that he is part of a mission to find a bomber of the Chicago commuter train.

Trailer:

The trailer of The Source Code is effective in so many ways. The fast paced cutting in the beginning get the audiences attention instantly. There is enigma code for the audience because many shots was taken but didn’t make sense when put next to each other.

The shots that were chosen to be show were really strange. We see shots of a train, images of people walking, cautious eyes, someone watching the time, someone injured on a weird background. The images used were really confusing. It also confuses the audience because of the speed of the images. These images were to be included to do exactly this. The trailer is targeted to audience of people who are interested to conspiracy such as older teens to young teens. There are scenes of emotion and action, which suit both genders. It applies to both genders. The trailer was edited because it’s a way to appeal with the audience. The fast paced editing helps the action to be even ore thrilling. Certain parts where highlighted so then the shots were used more effectively. For example the sound and motion was highlighted perfectly when the drink was split in the trailer. It is done to show the importance. In the film there is several of thrilling scenes which were edited in a fast pace way. There is emotion in scenes, which helps create a strange thrilling way. The main character was experiencing the train experience while being wired up to a machine in the Phone scene. While going back in time he is talking to some one important on the phone before witnessing peoples death. The scene has a weird feel to it.  We then find out how hard the problem is as he is a soldier and has affected him emotionally as when soldiers are taught to deal with their emotion.  The scene when the women opens the machine where his body is bring a weird touch to the scene.