Notting Hill Trailer analysis

Notting Hill Trailer Analysis:

One Convention of a romantic comedy is that it contains a character who is hopeless with love and the opposite who is a famous love icon. This is a common convention that it is used in a romantic comedy film. Another convention that is shown is that the protagonist's best friend is annoying and interfering with his friend's relationship.

The costume that is worn by Hugh Grant's character is plain, but scruffy, which contrasts against Julia Roberts' character, who is wearing a smarter, more formal costume. This shows the difference in class and status between the two characters. The use of the city of London as the setting is effective as it is a busy place, so it would be unlikely for the two characters to meet each other.

The character that is portrayed by Julia Roberts is shown as a famous A-list celebrity who is well known to the other characters. But the character that is portrayed by Hugh Grant is shown as a low class, unknown book store worker, who doesn't get much luck in love.

An effective camera shot that is used is the over the shoulder shot of the interview room. The room is busy, which shows that they are here to for Julia Robert's character,  who is a famous actress. Another effective camera shot that is used is the two shot of Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant's characters. This shows that these are the two main characters of the film and that there may be a relationship between these two characters later on in the film.

The editing of the trailer is a at a regular pace throughout, although some scenes are cut quicker than others. The characters of Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts are given equal prevalence, to show to the audience that they are the main characters of the film.

The trailer hints to us that the story will be based around an eventual relationship between Hugh Grant and Julia Robert's character, although they have different levels of status and have never met each other before.