Research: Fight Club

"You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world" - Tyler Durden

To save writing another whole plot summary, you can just read it here;

Fight Club Plot Synopsis

And, here's the trailer;



Things I noticed:

- The trailer begins with the usual stuff - The distribution company, certificate rating, etc;

- Introduces what else the director has done/been involved in;

- Plus, the actors name appear in the same consistent way;

- The narrator acts as the voiceover, explaining the plot line. For example, "I couldn't sleep", which is relevant to the shots on screen;

- Characters use the name of the film in dialogue, "... We just gave it a name... Fight Club."

- Plus, the film name appears in a quirky and unusual way at the end of the trailer - embossed in the soap;

- There's inter-textual references/realism;

- Use of humour: The club members picking fights with strangers, for example, and it being called 'homework";

 

 

- Shots of action or big events in the plotline. For example, the first 'Fight Club' in the carpark, or the building exploding. This gets the audiences interest;

 

-Use of unusual CGI effects. This surrealism catches attention;

- Shots on screen relevant to the dialogue/narration. This helps get an idea of the plot. An example of this is when the narrator/main character meets another man who is obviously a member of Fight Club, but Brad Pitt's character's dialogue is "First rule of Fight Club, you do not talk about Fight Club". The two look at each other knowingly, but do not talk;

 

- Also, the music used reflects the mood of the shots. The tempo of the music is faster during shots of suspense or action, like fighting, whilst it is becomes slower during surral or emotional moments.

- The music fades out at the end of the trailer.

- There is no outside 'Voice-of-God' narration. It all comes from the main character, or actual dialogue.

- The trailer ends on this screen (see below), which shows all the actors and crews names together, as well as a release date and the website address, etc;