Deconstruction of trailer to fishtank

Andrea Arnold uses the trailer to Fishtank to present Mia as a misunderstood teen on a council estate, who suffers from a failed system which leads to her acting in a criminal/less than respectable manner through carefully chosen shots of an average 'council estate chav' against black screens with insights into the narrative of the piece. Mia finds comfort in an older man that her mother is seeing sexually and we begin to see a cyclical pattern between Mia and her mother.

Mia is clearly trapped within her social group and there is clear signs that she is giving her all to move up and have social mobility however the company she keeps doesn't encourage a positive movement and instead result in her drinking and being promiscuous at "only 15".

Arnold couples the clips from the film against a dramatic non-diegetic soundtrack that is parallel to the pace of the editing in order to build up to a climax that we see at the end of the trailer with Mia dancing. This offers some insight into the narrative of the piece as she clearly has the intention of becoming a dancer however the issues she faces holds her back from achieving her goals.