LES MISERABLES (TRAILER)

Audio Codes:
Throughout the whole trailer non-diegetic sounds are being used. In the first 10 seconds a young girl is singing to herself. Along with to non-diegtic sounds, low key lighting has been used which creates a sense of mystery and loneliness as she is on her own and the sounds are used in attempt to create some company for herself. Again, from the first 10 seconds we are asking ourselves 'why is she on her own?' This is known as the enigma - questions asked to the audience without them fully consciously knowing.
The majority of this trailer includes non-diegetic sounds as there are a lot of singing, along with background music. The background music changes half way through the trailer from fairly dull, slow music to upbeat and lively music. This is really effective because it hints towards there being dark and sad moments in the film but also some positive moments and that is all done just through the music. By putting to slow music before the lively music is effective because it draws the audience into wanting to know what is happening; for example, Anne Hathaway plays Fantine and we see a glimpse of her having her hair cut off and looking in a very bad state: on the floor and dirty. This would draw the audience into watching it because they will want to know why this is all happening.
Visual Codes:
The young girl's facial features suggest that she is scared as she is looking up and not concentrating on what she is doing. Her hair seems wet and straw like and she has dirt on her face which, again, suggests that she is not well looked after, giving us a slight insight into how she's living. These are known as visual codes as we see the emotion of the character and the way they look and dress gives us clues to the era they are living in and the type of person they are. Everything in the scene is used for a reason, this is known as mise-en-scene and in the Les Miserables trailer the clothing worn shows us that they are in the 1800's.
In addition to this class is being represented in the trailer but there is a clear distinction between the rich and the poor. The rich are wearing well kept, clean clothes and have an air of authority about them, whereas the poor have old, torn, dirty clothes on that probably have been worn for a while and they are covered in dirt which implies they don't wash often.
Technical Codes:

Different types of shots are used in the trailer for Les Miserables, for example in the first 10 seconds a wide camera shot has been used so we can see the girl but also her surroundings of where she is. It then moves in closer to her so we can now only see her facial expressions which therefore evoke emotions in the audience because the camera angle, audio sounds, visual codes all work together to create the scene and mood that the producer wants.