The trailer begins with a black screen, there’s a continuous non-diegetic background noise, creating an enigma that entices the audience as it builds up anticipation.
Close up panning and tracking shot of a character's legs walking at a steady pace which then turns into a medium camera shot – there is a greyish and bluish tone of lighting that gives the introduction of the trailer a dark ominous vibe, which suggests tension and suspension as the character’s identity is hidden.
The location the character is heading towards seems like a secluded area, the Mise on scene denotes the area is trashed, graffiti on the walls, low lighting – this connotes that there’s danger approaching.
The camera continues to pans around the shoulder of the character to tease viewers, as the character hasn’t been identified as the protagonist or antagonist. The continuous non-diegetic sound fades out. There’s match on action when the character removes their headphones, it’s accompanied with the introduction of the distorted music.
The character’s face is revealed the audience identify him as the protagonist since this trailer is a sequel. The camera quickly cuts to a long shot of two individuals, showing the robber threatening the elderly man. This follows Todorov’s narrative sequence, as there has been a disruption of the narrative, which the protagonist Deadpool must resolve. Then it cuts to a close of Deadpool’s change in expression, highlighting to the audience that he’s likely to get involved especially after his dialogue “not on my watch motherfucker” – this is a convention of an action film, as the hero must save the vulnerable. There’s a usage of explicit language that suggests the film is aimed at older viewers.
Long shot of Deadpool entering a telephone booth, the silhouette and the diegetic sound implies that he’s changing into his heroic attire because there’s a non-diegetic super heroic music playing. This subverts all superhero/action film genres as heroes are conventionally ready to battle injustice. It gives the film a comedy aspect so the audience is unlikely to predict the story structure. He proceeds to take a long time struggling to change into his costume whilst the old man is shouting for help.
There’s a disruption once the diegetic sound of a gunshot is heard, Deadpool exists the telephone booth so the camera alters to a long shot of him exiting in slow motion to add the dramatic effect. When he enters the scene the medium shot shows the dissatisfaction than a long shot reveals the old man’s dead body laying on the floor. This portrays that Deadpool character isn’t a typical hero as he’s incapable to fulfill his role of saving people. He then lied down on the floor, laying his head on the dead body, the camera transitions into a Birdseye view as he rambles on about nonsense. The scene is seen to be humorous as there’s no sincerity then it cuts to the ending titles.
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