ANALYSIS OF BRA BOYS TRAILER
A CONSTRUCTION OF
BELONGING
BELONGING in BRA BOYS TRAILER
•Place •History •Tribe •Signs •Community
PLACE
The vertical vectors in the urban landscape suggest power
the power of the urban landscape diminishes the personal power of the boys. they belong to‌
social distance constructs vulnerability ‌a need for unity
curved vectors suggest an organic environment …nurturing inclusive
URBAN LANDSCAPE reinforced through midshot (barechested pugilists) against a contextualised (urban) background.
HISTORY
Individual narratives construct a shared identity through violent reminiscence. In this sequence shots > midshot > closeup > extreme closeup‌ accentuating their
Notions of loss (in extreme close-up) when a individual is separated from his brothers
POWER AND MASCULINITY reinforced through midshot (barechested pugilists) against a contextualised (urban) background.
salient image powerful vertical vector centre frame
• His empowerment is shared by his brothers, he fights the urban landscape, the legal system and even his sponsors…the construction of a heroic figure …cements the group
BRA BOYS share‌
childhood
activity and growth
identity
grief
TRIBE
OPENING FRAME …PART OF A COMMUNITY RITUAL IS Using a ESTABLISHED AS point-of-view THE ‘BRA’ PASSES THROUGH A shot involves the audience HUMAN TUNNEL …INCLUSION in the ritual
Low angle shot suggests that the ‘protagonist’ is powerful
THE USE OF MUTED COLOUR SCHEME SUGGESTS AUTHENTICITY IN THE DOCUMENTAR Y’SCONSTRUC TION
COLOUR SCHEME IS HEIGHTENED POV shot reflects the trailer’s opening frame
NARRATIVE STRUCTURE… CIRCULAR (EXITING THE HUMAN TUNNEL but
• power image of the three brothers … evoked by a high angled shot that positions them against the sky, unidentified as individuals but in their ‘natural’ element
SIGNS
Signs connect the social group to a wider community
The tattoos identify the members of the group through place: Maroubra, name: Bra Boys, and even links to the religious dogma of Christianity: brother’s keeper
‌a statement of nationalism. ‌they belong to Australia
values?
COMMUNI TY
the bra boys are positioned within social, sporting, subversive contexts …ways of belonging