Napoleon Dynamite

Napoleon Dynamite, a lovable, unpopular high school age guy who just wants to fit in. There's Deb, the girl who keeps showing up with her crap on the front porch. There's Kip, Napoleon's geek brother who's searching for love. There's Rico, Napoleon's jock uncle who just seems to want to ruin Napoleon's life. And then Pedro shows up. The new kid in town. He's from Mexico, he has an awesome bike, and he's the only kid in school with a moustache. When Napoleon befriends Pedro, and Pedro decides to run for class president, Napoleon gets his chance to show his stuff and prove that he's got nothing to prove. The trailer is 1 minute and 13 seconds which is a good time for a full trailer as it does not become too boring. It is also a good amount to be cut down if this trailer was to be aired on TV. The shots are no longer than 5 seconds as in this time the shot has explained the narrative throughout and have shown the vital visual for the audience. 

Media Language

The media language used throughout this trailer is negative on the views of the main characters life. Napoleon believes that his life is boring and minimal. He also has a negative view on relationships, as at the start of the trailer he says that 'girls only want guys with mad skills'. This indicates that he is saying he does not have a skill in which he thinks girls will find impressive. From this point of view, the main character believes that he is at the bottom of the chain of candidates to date any girl. 

Camera

There is a variety of different shots throughout the trailer. Most of them are close up/mid close up shots which are mainly of different characters. There is one shot at the beginning of the trailer which is a side angle shot of the main character. This could also be seen as a POV shot as the dialogue that the main character is talking to someone shows that this shot could be the POV of another character. We also see long shots so that we can take in the mise-en-scene of the frame as well as noticing other characters in the particular frame. 

Sound

There is overlapping sound through the start of the trailer of dialogue, or also can be known as a sound bridge because the trailer then fades to a shot of the character continuing the sentance he was saying. There is also a soundtrack to this trailer which starts near the beginning of the trailer, this is so the audience can get an overall feel of the film as a whole. The soundtrack/music to the trailer is an upbeat edition of the song ' I got candy' by Aaron Carter. This is because it was a popular song at the same time as the trailer was released. It also has a good beat in which the trailer can follow to, it is a fast beat, which means the shots can not be too long. However it does lower when certain dialogue is said or when a tense moment whichh can cause humour will occur, making the suspense and the overall action more humourous. 

Editing

There are a lot of cuts in the trailer, which is the simplest form of editing, to show there is no similarity towards the next frame/scene. The trailer also has a common cut to a title scene, which has a background similar to the poster, however it is a cartoon version of the blue, yellow and red lockers. The title scenes will consist of titles such as 'THIS SUMMER' or 'FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES PRESENTS' or 'THE WORLD OF NAPOLEON DYNAMITE' which are all context you need to know about the film, when the film is going to be released, the institution and the name of the main character, or the name of the film. These are key conventions to include in a trailer as the audience will want to know these aspects of the film, to become more interested in the film. 

There is some continuity editing in the middle of the trailer, this is because the scene before, the character is asking if there is any tricks that you can do on the bike, which continues to a scene of the character trialling tricks on his bike, This is to add a bit of humour to the trailer, as the soundtrack cuts off to create tension of the trick being made, which then goes wrong, causing humour. 

Mise-en-scene

The mise-en-scene mostly consists of either a school or home environment. This is because the representation of teenagers shows that this is the two places in which teenagers mostly spend there time at. School is a vital part of a teenagers life, therefore it seems more accurate to have majority of the mise-en-scene in a school. The teenagers home is also where he will spend majority of his time. However within the trailer, it is clear that we do not see much of the characters room. This is for the stereotypical cliche that a teenagers room is sacred and we must not 'trespass' onto it.
The style of the mise-en-scene is very old fashioned and in an early generation or era. 

Representation

The key representation of this is the main character, Napoleon is seen as the stereotypical 'Nerdy' teenager which is not supposed to be good at sport, or anything athletic, he is also stereo typically good with computers, and other teenagers would consider him as a clever person. However as a character, Napoleon is not a complete successful stereotype. Through the trailer we see that at some points he does fail at his athletic skills but also rises against them, due to him stating he is creating some dance moves. This is something you would not believe is stereo typically seen from a 'nerdy' character.