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Office Space Trailer Analysis
Brooke Ingram
Dr. Saxton
English 1101 - 1:25
29 September 2013

Analysis of Office Space movie trailer

The trailer for Office Space targets a mature audience of working people who are sick of their monotonous daily routines of going to their terrible jobs. This trailer really relates to men and women who sit in traffic, have annoying bosses, and go to jobs they hate. The mature audience of the movie would also enjoy the sarcasm used by the narrator in the trailer and comedic adult references. The trailer especially relates to people who understand the terrible aspects of working at a common job such as an office or a restaurant.
The music in the Office Space trailer keeps the tone of the movie light and comical showing that the
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While the narrator introduces the movie, clips are shown of white-collar office workers standing around drearily listening to the manager and Peter ducking out of sight to avoid seeing his boss. Another scene is showed of a restaurant job with annoyingly over spirited coworkers and a weird and awkward boss. Men and women who can relate to any of these scenarios would be drawn to watch the movie because they could make a connection with the some of the agonizing aspects of employment.
Workers get fed up with the every day frustrations of their job, sometimes almost to the point of a personal or professional meltdown. Numerous people could agree that they’ve been there. Whether it’s the coworkers, the environment, or another aspect, jobs can be infuriating. The trailer shows the extreme frustration of an office worker with the copy machine as he rips the paper aggressively out of the machine and has an irritated verbal rant. Another clip is shown of a frustrated restaurant worker, Joanne, who comes up short to an annoying coworker who happens to be the boss’
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Two of Peter’s coworkers and friends, Michael and Samir, are going to be fired so that Lumbergh will make more money. Workers can relate to this scenario and it’s never a positive correlation. Many people despise the company after they, a friend, or a relative get laid off. Unhappy workers would love to get back at a company and that’s exactly what Peter, Michael, and Samir decide to do. The three friends devise a plan to download a virus into the company’s system that will rip off the company for a lot of money that the friends could keep for themselves. This clever plot would draw in a crowd of the working community that would particularly enjoy the idea of unsatisfied workers rebelling against their greedy

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