Suicide Squad is the soon to be blockbuster hit from Warner bros. productions, Marvel's famous character's star together in an attempt to save the world in a mission that has been targeted by the government, that will most likely result in their own deaths, with many having supernatural ability's the squad show a high sense of power, but can they come out of this alive ?
The trailer fades in from black immediately playing the incredibly successful and well known hit by queen "Bohemian Rhapsody", The camera pans vertically downwards, showing a heavily guarded and murky corridor, seemingly a prison, again fading to black and into the next shot we see a man locked in a cell say "Let me outta here doll please", as a female guard pushes up the window on the cells door, closing the man off from seeing her. she appears to be emotionless and her mise en scene proves her to be prepared for danger, due to the all black uniform with a heavy helmet and vest on to protect her, she is also possessing a gun, making the man within the cell appear to be a threat, but due to the man's desperate plea, the audience immediately sympathise with him.
Then we cut to a low angle close up shot of a quirky looking women, who's mise en scene shows her to have pale skin and pale white hair tied into two buns, with pink and blue ends on either side. whilst in this shot we see her drinking a small cup of tea, whilst reading a book, making her appear vulnerable like a child. We then cut to a medium shot of her in a cell on her bed cross legged in a orange jumpsuit, making the audience question as to why she is being held, due to the fact that her appearance deceives the fact that she could be a criminal.
We then cut to a close up shot of another man with a rough beard again in an orange jumpsuit, through the constant focus on prison inmates the audience will come to wonder if the film will be about and set in prison. The man is then cut to again in his cell staring out of a small rectangular window bringing the only light through with it, we also see a camera in the corner showing him under constant surveillance, making the audience feel sorry for him for only having that one window to look out of, but also curious as to why these people are in prison under such high surveillance.
We then cut to another cell, with it appearing to be completely unfit for a human to live in their, with the individual doing press ups on a drain, as a small river moves through the cell, with a menacing green glow bouncing off the walls, which are wet and stained. Then fading to a close up of what appears to be the same inmate, reveals his mise en scene to be more creepier, as his whole face is to tattoo'd to appear like a skull. But also the genre then changes for the audience as we see in the same shot that the tattoo'd inmate is producing fire out of his hands, but in an nonviolent matter, making the audience feel as if it's not his fault that he is this way.
We then see a close up of a video surveillance screen, showing one of the inmates looking directly into the camera in his cell screaming, showing that the prison standards are driving the inmates crazy, through being locked up in a cell with basically no natural lighting or human contact. Editing to fading to black the shot reopens to medium shot, showing through a set of windows, three people having dinner in a dimly lit almost empty room, the shot shows the audience that it is raining, suggesting to the audience that the three are discussing a dark subject, as rain connotes depressing and dark themes. Whilst this shot is in process we hear the non diegetic sound of a woman's voice who we presume is part of the table of three, she says "I want to assemble a task force of the most dangerous people on the planet", Where we then cut to a closeup of the woman saying this to her two male associates, the woman then is responded to by one of the gentleman who says "these are bad guys", his mise en scene shows him to be wearing some sort of prestigious uniform, showing the audience this is a government operation and is therefore a highly important meeting.
Then cutting sharply to a shot of the Warner bros productions in a distorted metal font, with bright colourful lights flickering, causing a suspenseful tone on the trailer and overall film. As the inmates previously seen are all assembled out of their cells one by one, We see an alien-like creature be straddled to a gurney with wheels, as he is brought through a dimly lit area barely seeing his face in a medium low angle shot, The trailer then shows a comedic side through the previously shown white haired female character, who is seen a medium side shot , surrounded by both the inmates and army as she throws her arms into the air as she yells "Hi boys !", showing her character to be a subject of loss due to the lack of females shown within the trailer.
A non diegetic narrater then is heard of a series of clips giving a background on the "bad guys" who seem to be the anti-heroes of this film, and what they are going to be used for, With this a shot of each inmate is shown when their "useful" asset is called, with The alien like creature being revealed as a scaly lizard like creature in a medium shot grilling his teeth at what is presumably is prey, as it is revealed he eats people. A medium shot is then shown of a girl completely surrounded by flies and dressed in all black and is revealed to be possessed by a witch, then stating lastly that "she's just crazy", showing the white haired female again talking about "the voices" in her head in a dark comedic way, furthermore showing the humour in her character.
Following this we see high angle wide shots of helicopter shooting frantically below them, as it is non-diegetically revealed to the band of criminals that "You're going somewhere very bad to do something that will get you killed", showing throughout this statement various shots of a destroyed city, showing that this certain city and its civilians are under turmoil, As we see crashed airplanes in the middle of the street and vehicles completely destroyed also. Though we see that the army and the "bad guys" are working together, showing the audience that the criminals aren't as bad as what is made out of them, and that possibly a bond will form between the army officials and the inmates.
Constantly in time with the songs sudden thuds, we see gun shots, punches and kicks made by members of the now branded "suicide squad" as they attack unidentifiable individuals, showing a further sense of suspense, creating a wanting to know of what the suicide squad are up against throughout the receiving audience. Suddenly the song stops and the screen edits to fade to black, then reopens on a close up of a pale faced and neon green haired man, stating " I cant wait to show you my toys" as he slaps the man somewhat hard in the face, creating the effect that this is an important character, and perhaps who the suicide squad are ultimately up against. This however would more over get the audience want to come to see the film due to the reinstatement of the highly known "Joker" character, and would want to see how this joker is performed. Vey few shots are shown of the joker to keep plot under-wraps, but show a Birdseye view shot of the joker surrounded by knives as he laughs hysterically, showing a sadistic nature to him, frightening the audience.
The notion that civilians were under harm in the city, is further created as we see them screaming and running as what appears to be an underground train is crushed and shot at. An idea is also brought into thought, when we see the white haired female " Harley Quinn" and the Joker in a car all dressed up together, showing them as a possible couple, this is further driven when we see a high angle long shot of the joker falling off of a warehouse balcony into a vat of chemicals, much alike the original joker, we then cut to another high long angle of the joker in the chemicals as he cradles Harley with him.
The fast paced music then cuts suddenly to the sound of Harley smashing a shops front window, as she reaches in and grabs a handbag, where she turns in a medium shot and states "we're bad guys its what we do", closing on a light hearted comedic tone, Then showing the same metal text with coloured lights on stating the films title "Suicide Squad".
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