this trailer is for a comedy/action film called Ride along 2, it starts with an establishing of a city skyline and the first character we see is one of the main characters talking to a criminal asking him a question through the mise en scene we can see that this scene is in a dark alley showing that the characters we are following may be in danger and this could make the audience worried, we also see that even though the established audience know that this character is a police officer he doesn't dress like an ordinary police officer as he isn't wearing a uniform or wearing a suit. The first code of the action genre we see is a gun is pulled on a character. We then see the first sign of comedy, when another character comes in and emphasizes the stereotypes of criminals we see that he is the comic one of the the two main characters. He stumbles out of the comical car. When he enters the scene with the other characters we see that he is less experienced with this situation and he needs to learn which helps the audience as they like it in a comedy when a character is in an uncomfortable scene. We then see this character taunt the criminals and by doing this he reveals that he and his partner are police officers. This is where the scene takes another dip into the codes and conventions of an action film as there is then guns are drawn. The titles then role across, this shows that there is a big company behind the film which gives confidence to the audience. We then cut to the two main characters in the film in a car with another character who starts to wind up one of the characters which shows that this film will always comedy elements. We then see the comic character of the police partnership be talked to his fiance about a new character who is being introduced who is their wedding planner, this leads to another comedy moment as we see a confrontation between these characters which leads to a main convention in comedy films which is slapstick comedy, the extractor fan hits the man in the head. Through editing a story is explained by another character who is giving prevalence through the fact that he keeps getting back too and that he is wearing a suit, as he explains to the main characters what they have to do we see that they are happy to be doing the mission which leads to different comedy moments involving the two, usually in a film where the two main characters are black there is a stereotype that all the black character must act a certain way but all these stereotypes are subverted as they both have respectable jobs and they have high status whoever they are with. We then see a montage of comedic scenes and action scenes as we see the characters are either having a funny conversation or being around guns. This continues throughout the trailer where we see more slapstick then we see a car chase with explosions, there is then credits showing the actors which may be a pull factor as people may go see the film because of the actors.
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