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Expendables 3 trailer review

PurposeThe purpose of this trailer is to inform everyone about the news of the new expendables film to set release. It’s a commercial for this film that is put into art form. This will give viewers of the trailer an indication of the plot & what the films all about. Information such as the release date, voiceovers, actors & other information will be mentioned to inform people about the film.

FormIt’s an hour & half film put into short little clips that is added into the trailer that is 2:13 duration. The trailer consists of spoilers from the film & main clips that is added.

ContentThe camera doesn’t just focus in one place, it shows a lot of different angles and other scenes. The mise-en-scene consists of them wearing assault clothing as they’re in a warzone & are a squad. The music consists of an combat beat type beat, as they’re in a war. The film doesn’t really consist of voice over but the graphics consist of editing from shooting & action.

Meaning/plotPatrick Hughes has created the expendables for the third time. The Expendables team come face to face with the team's co-founder Conrad Stonebanks which Ross was forced to kill Stonebanks after he became a trator, but Stonebanks survived and has now made it his mission to

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destroy The Expendables. Ross resorts to recruiting a new and younger generation of Expendables to help the team defeat his old employees.

Target AudienceThe target audience for The Expendables 3 is aimed at males around the ages of 15-50, as the film doesn’t really have a part in the film that females would enjoy watching. The director Patrick Hughes aims to attract this target audience by making a very action-packed film that also includes famous actors such as Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger & Jet-Li. These famous experienced actors have been involved in a lot of action films throughout the years & this makes the target audience more persuaded to watch this film.

GenreThe genre of this film action/adventure that has a big impact on the target audience. This film is also known as a thriller and has been made official by the director Patrick Hughes. These genres convey a lot to the actual film, as there is a lot of fighting, shooting, traveling, action and war in the film that covers the genres.