Gimme Shelter film trailer analysis

The trailer begins with a series of close up shots of a girl cutting off her hair. The shots all last for less than a second. The dialogue that can be heard is of the girl whispering 'I'm ok' several times to herself. This scene is effective because it makes the audience awake that this girl is clearly troubled as she is telling herself she is ok as she is viciously cutting off her hair. This will then allow the audience to understand that clearly this girl is not ok and they will also want to find out why she is cutting off her hair and perhaps what has happened to her to make her act this way. A mid shot of the girl through the mirror is shown. This allows the audience to see her face and so see what she looks like. From the shot we can see that she looks quite grey in the face so perhaps she has not had enough sleep and she is not looking after herself properly. Her clothes also look quite rugged and dirty which could suggest to the audience that she doesn't have a lot of money and perhaps her parents don't look after her properly. We see a mid shot of the girl swiftly walking down a corridor which looks grimy and not a very nice place to stay. This also allows the audience to think that she doesn't come from a very nice background. A close up shot of the girl sitting in the backseat of a car allows the audience to see her facial expression. She is breathing heavily and looks slightly angry but at the same time we can tell she is quite sad. Shot-reverse-shot shows the girl and what we believe to be her mother. During this scene the mother is banging on the window shouting at her daughter 'You ain't going nowhere'. The way she is saying this shows the audience that perhaps the girl's mother is not very caring towards her at all which is why she is leaving her. The next shot is an over the shoulder shot and from this we can see that the girl is not looking at her mother but simply staring at the ground with an angry look on her face- perhaps because she feels so let down by her mother. The shot then returns back to her mother where she is now trying to show her daughter a bit of love by saying 'Hunny, Mummy loves you'. However, this does not seem genuine at all and by the expression on the girls face she doesn't believe it either as she now just seems sad rather than angry. The way the mother is tapping on the window when she says she loves her daughter could perhaps show the audience that she is doubtful and also that maybe she is on drugs because it seems as if she cannot control herself in a sense. We now see a close up of the girl in the car as the car has driven off and she is turning and looking at her mother standing in the distance and shouting at the girl. When she turns back around to the camera we can see that she has tears in her eyes and perhaps she does really love her mother but she knows its best if she moves on even if this decision is a very hard one for her to make.
For the next part of the trailer we hear the girl talking about her life and what has happened. She explains how her mother was arrested for drugs and that by the age of 12 she was in her tenth foster home. This makes the audience feel sorry for the girl as its clear that she has had an awful life and it is not her fault. We are then introduced to the girls father. We see him through a high angle over the shoulder shot. The use of this shot shows him to be weak and vulnerable compared to the girl. He is dressed in smart clothing and the surrounding seems extremely posh which suggests he is fairly wealthy. This, again, may make the audience feel sorry for the girl because she has had an awful life and it is clear that her dad has made a life for himself as it is clear he has money and he looks healthy.
For the rest of the trailer we get a good, clear idea of what she is going through. A close up shot of the girls face when she finds out she is pregnant shows that perhaps she is not entirely shocked and that maybe its what she wants. Maybe it is because she wants to be the mum she never had- a kind, caring and loving one. However, it is then made clear to the audience that people are not keen on the idea of her being a mother and they believe she is not ready for motherhood. A series of long shots and close up show her perhaps not coping as she is seen running away from everyone, dangerously driving in a car which leads to a car crash and her not accepting anyone's help. Near the end of the trailer we see the girl and her mother together. The mother, who we see from a mid shot, tells her daughter she deserves a second chance however when the shot switches to a close up of the girl we can see that perhaps she is not going to give her a second chance because so many chances have been given before. At the end of the trailer we see a two shot of the girl and what seems to be her new carer who says to her 'It's ok now'. This then links with the rest of the trailer where we see the girl looking much more clean and healthier.