This is the first shot in the trailer which is the establishing shot. The shot type is a birds eye view shot as you could see the whole surface area of the city and this shot is the motor way which leads to the third characters house. This shot is very important to be used in the trailer as it is the main road you use and spend the most time in game to do challenges etc. This shows audience what the game is really like and whats in the game.
The second shot used in this trailer was a medium shot of the 3 main characters and this shot is used very early on in the trailer as the audience want to know who the main characters and want to see the main characters identity. Also when you see this part in the trailer you could see how all the characters are in the game, which one is the calm one? The boss as the the boss is the vocal one.
A shot which comes on at the later stages of the trailer is a very clever shot and the shot type used is a is a tracking shot as in this shot the camera is following the character down from the plane this shot just shows the audience what you will be able to do in the game if you Buy. There is a purpose in why these type of shots are put as they want maximum sales and showing of you best features is vital for more sales.
Institution: Rockstar have always been behind this game since 1997 and every new GTA series they make it smashes records and this year every world record was smashed. Rockstar only spent 8 million dollars on promoting this game and this is just a minor percentage of what the games makes in a day. However the trailer of this game releases 8-9 months before the game came out there was such a hype and people really wanted to see the game because its in high demand and everyone wanted to see some footage of the game.
Genre: The genre of this GTA is Video game. But this game is very realistic you could almost think its a real movie as the narrative is very realistic and very movie-esque. In the game you follow three 3 narratives- three different characters whom all have a different story. In the media they label this game as very violent and this is something that I cannot disagree with as the game is full of violence, however what Rockstar done was very clever as you could see life in three different point of views and this never gets brought up in the media.
Audience:
What it says on the cover is that this game is for a mature audience 17 plus, however many children play this game as their parents buy it for them. Younger children tend to more interested in these types of games as their friends play the game and then they want to buy it for themselves as they wanna play with their friends. Also Rockstar aim this game at younger children as they will be able play for a longer years ahead so they advertise when a mainstream audience is watching so parents could be forced to buy it for their children if they children nag.
Representation: In this trailer 4 different things are being represented, 3 different american people and the whole country in the trailer. The country is being represented in bad and a good way in this trailer as rock star have some good things like all the sights and all the beautiful roads. Then we see crime in the trailer which is a bad representation of the country cars crashing into each other and people getting beaten up and this isn't a good representation for America. Then we have the 3 actors which are all represented differently, the Black- american character has been represented with all dominant stereotype.Then we have a White- American who is from Texas which is a drug addict and then we have a American-Mexican who is the richest of them all who has a family.
Social
Gaming is such a big industry and were in a phase where people don't want to spend high amounts of money, but this has never affected the gaming as the industry has just gone bigger and smashing most technology records which shows there has been no back tracking. GTA sold over 631,000 copies in just 24 hours and in the 5 day period that the game was available it sold over 927,000 copies. This could mean this game is very important for escapism and diversion. Also People who brought this previously has a personal identity or relationship with the main actors in the game. This game allows people to get away from the real world as this portrays three different people in a realistic game which people can escape with.
Historic:
There is not much you could say about historic with Grand theft Auto. But in the game there its about history and all the narrative is built on history and the history between the 2 characters which are in the trailer and they done a bank robbery in the past and Trevor got nothing and his friend wanted to help him to get money and this is built on history.
Economical:
The state is very bad for businesses and Grand theft auto and all the businesses morals go out the window as businesses sell this game to parents knowing it'll be for their children, yet don't care as the company they work for mission is to make money and they don't stop or warn parents about the game because there company wouldn't like it and the employee may get into trouble. Also the advertising for this game was immense getting this trailer at super bowls and the biggest TV shows just shows the power of some companies in the gaming industries.
political
This game has been all over the news and many news outlets blaming this game for crimes which involve younger children as this is a easy target and the big question is that does it increase violence as research has been done many times but there isn't a concrete answer.
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