The Wolf of Wall Street Analysis
The Wolf of Wall Street is a film filled with sex, drugs, and lots of money. It was directed by Martin Scorsese, and released on December 25th, 2013. The movie revolves around the life of Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker who founded his brokerage firm, Stratton Oakmont. After watching the trailer multiple times, it can be concluded that the audience targeted were mainly adults and teenagers. Even more specific, they use rhetoric to appeal to large groups like college students by showing party scenes, scenes with women in bikinis, and they even throw in the use of alcohol to suggest they are having a good time. The trailer does a good job at using high tempo song to match how the trailers speed which helps the viewer get a clue on the speed of the film.
In the first clip of the trailer we see an overview of New York, the Wall St. sign, a statue of a bull, and Jordan Belfort getting applauded. At first you may not be sure whether it is an overview of New York, but right after seeing the Wall St. sign you can reassure that it is New York. The Wall St. sign can be used to show the location of the movie or it can be seen as a sign that a character may be wealthy. Then you have the random statue of the bull. To most people the bull is just some random pointless statue. The meaning of the statue can …show more content…
Though it does not seem like an anomaly, there is one image that pops out the most and that is the Flag of the United States. Through the trailer this is the only time the flag appears and it could represent the American Dream. The fact that they’re on a yacht and drinking wine we can infer that they are wealthy. One major part of the American Dream is to make money, it can be for entertainment purposes or just to provide for family and friends. No matter what there is some part of earning money in everyone’s perspective of the American
The Wolf of Wall Street is a film filled with sex, drugs, and lots of money. It was directed by Martin Scorsese, and released on December 25th, 2013. The movie revolves around the life of Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker who founded his brokerage firm, Stratton Oakmont. After watching the trailer multiple times, it can be concluded that the audience targeted were mainly adults and teenagers. Even more specific, they use rhetoric to appeal to large groups like college students by showing party scenes, scenes with women in bikinis, and they even throw in the use of alcohol to suggest they are having a good time. The trailer does a good job at using high tempo song to match how the trailers speed which helps the viewer get a clue on the speed of the film.
In the first clip of the trailer we see an overview of New York, the Wall St. sign, a statue of a bull, and Jordan Belfort getting applauded. At first you may not be sure whether it is an overview of New York, but right after seeing the Wall St. sign you can reassure that it is New York. The Wall St. sign can be used to show the location of the movie or it can be seen as a sign that a character may be wealthy. Then you have the random statue of the bull. To most people the bull is just some random pointless statue. The meaning of the statue can …show more content…
Though it does not seem like an anomaly, there is one image that pops out the most and that is the Flag of the United States. Through the trailer this is the only time the flag appears and it could represent the American Dream. The fact that they’re on a yacht and drinking wine we can infer that they are wealthy. One major part of the American Dream is to make money, it can be for entertainment purposes or just to provide for family and friends. No matter what there is some part of earning money in everyone’s perspective of the American