Django (trailer)

Django is a unique spin on the typical spaghetti western type of film, it is slightly different to the conventional western genre as it contains largely modern themes, such as language and humour. One of the main unique selling points to this film is the big name director, Quentin Tarantino is a well known and well respected director within the film industry, his films are well known as violent and darkly comical, the trailer to this film indicates that it will follow the trend of his other films, meaning that any fans of his previous films will be attracted to this production as well.

The trailer relates to the genre to a large extent as it contains many themes of the western genre. Such as location, old fashion technology and the typical costumes. However there is a blatant twist within the film as Quentin Tarantino adds his own twist to the typical type of film. as shortly into the trailer the music changes from a slow, menacing, western song with an accoustic guitar, to a loud, grandeuse song from the 1970s, this immdiate change in music leads the viewer to believe that there will be large alteration from the general conventions involved in the western genre. This style is relatively typical within the films of Tarantino, as he adds his own twist onto certain genres, adding dark comedy and very quotable dialouge to most of his productions, this is something that his fans have come to expect of him, therefore it is fair to assume this film will not be much different, meaning that any fans of his previous films would be greatly attracted to this film.

The actors within Django are relatively B-list (not including Dicaprio) this is very atypical for Quentin Tarantino as he mainly goes for A-list previously (e.g Samuel L Jackson, Uma Therma, John Travolta) however,  this makes the viewer think that these actors will be very good as Tarantino doesn't seem to work with those who aren't. The characters are introduced one by one, with a clear implication as to who are the main characters. Django is the first to be shown by face, as the music gets more intense when he is revealed, it indicates that he will have a large part within the film. later in the trailer Django says "They caught my wife, and they sold her, but I don't know who to" to which the shot changes and Dicaprio turns around, with a smug, slightly menacing grin, at this point the music gets slightly louder and the sound of a rattlesnake plays. This automatically sets Dicaprio apart from all of the other characters, setting him up as a main antagonist, while displaying to the audience that he will be a large part in this film, being the only A-list actor in the film, his presence is quite important.

Like with most Quentin Tarantino films, I like this trailer, it successfully displays most of the conventions of the film, while this can be seen as a negative for films with an elaborate plot, it is not so for django unchained, the plot is straight forward and you can reveal any fact about it without ruining the film. The trailer reveals much of the plot and themes of the film but this only succeeds in putting the film in a good light.