First "Les Mis" Trailer/Discussion REVISED

Here it is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-WSCf3rDDc

It's actually the best thing I've seen in a really long time.

What's that, you want me to dissect it? OKAY. Since I haven't posted a translation in a while...I'll dissect the new trailer SHOT BY SHOT so you don't have to.

First off, I wanted to mention a joke I made on Facebook the other day. Before the trailer came out, I said, "If Tom Hooper films Les Misérables anything like he did The King's Speech, everything is gonna be shot in either super low angles or from cameras hanging from the ceiling. And I'll still watch it." I later joked that all the characters would be shot off-center against walls with interesting patterns on them.

Well, after seeing this trailer...I don't think I realized how true my prediction was.

Just...just look.

I HAVE REVISED THIS (AS OF 23 OCT.) TO REFLECT NEW INFORMATION.

Shot one: Valjean on a mountain

We can assume this is during the Prologue, when JVJ wanders around for a while trying to find a grown-up job.

Shot two: Valjean at a church; singing begings

I've read in a few places that people thing this scene is also from the wandering job hunt scenes. HOWEVER, that is not true. It's some section of the line, "Another story must begin!" How can I be so sure...well, we saw them film it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjvhTXVZROs
One other note: Anne begins to sing here. Wow. It's really rough sounding, but good, and there's not orchestrations yet. More on Annetine later.

 Shot three: Police on horseback

I'm not sure about this shot. It's in the rain, so that means it's probably not "Look Down"...but those sets look like the Paris sets seen here.
It's "End of the Day."

Shot four: Javert on horseback!

The fleur-de-lys on his collar confirms that he is in Paris, as that was a mark of the Parisian policeman. 
Also "End of the Day."

Shot five: Anne as Fantine (Or "Annetine")

Ooooh now I know why she sounds that way. Just look at her. ALSO of note: her hair. It's cut already. The stage show traditionally places "I Dreamed a Dream" BEFORE "Lovely Ladies"...and we all know that Fantine has her hair cut during that song. BUTTT we see her singing, here, with short hair. That indicates a movement of songs. IDAD is now AFTER "Lovely Ladies." Interesting, because that's how it was in the original Palais des Sports version (see here and here for more on that).

Shot six: Info Card

Oh, he fancy.

Shot seven: Running urchins

Urchins running around Paris. Gavroche is the kin in the brown hat looking DIRECTLY INTO THE CAMERA/YOUR SOUL. You can also see him mouthing words here, so this is likely from "Look Down."
"Look Down", yes, but that itsn't Gavroche. They're just his urchin friends.

Shot eight: Some poor folks

Pretty much that. They're also mouthing something, but I couldn't tell what it was. I am SURE this is from "Look Down," though, as we see Javert at the end of the tunnel. We also have set photos proving this is meant to be in Paris. Flip through those photos and you'll find all kinds of goodies.
"At the End of the Day"

Shot nine: Little ickle Cosette

COME HERE SWEETIE I'LL HUG YOU. She's so precious.  This is in the woods, after "Castle on a Cloud." Look at all that snow on the ground, and how thin her dress is. This is one miserable Cosette.

Shot ten: Another title card

Oh, he REALLY fancy.

Shot eleven: "At the End of the Day" Overhead

Factory workers doin' their thing. It's nice to see them retain the traditional blue smock from the show, even though as we see in...

Shot twelve: Annetine (before the fall)

...they have re-designed it a bit.

Shot thirteen: We get it...

...this movie is important.

Shot fourteen: Valjean in a church

Obviously the Bishop scene. Hard to say exactly which bit this is, but his mouth is moving (so he's singing, we know) and he's falling front of an altar), so it's likely after the Bishop allows him to go free. "What have I done, sweet Jesus, what have I done..."

Shot fifteen: WHOOOSH WAVES

The Bagne at Toulon! Nice to see them being kinda historically accurate--by this time, the "galleys" (slave rowers) were no longer operating, but they WERE pulling in ships to dry docks and things like that. Also, this may be the first shot of the film. Think about it.

Shot sixteen: Valjean pulling in a ship

An interesting note from an extra about a certain line--"the sun is strong, it's hot as Hell below." According to the extra:  "Line was changed to 'no god above, and hell alone below'." How interesting; I wonder what other tweaks they'll make to the libretto.

Shot seventeen:  Dapper Mayor Valjean

I am inclined to believe this is either after or right before the Runaway Cart scene, but it's hard to tell. This is his Mayor look, though.

Shot eighteen: Javert in Paris

Javert, in Paris. Nothing much to report.

Shot nineteen: Annetine walking

Fantine--WITH HER HAIR--walking somewhere. Likely to sell...HER HAIR.

Shot twenty: Awwww grown up Cosette!

Amanda Seyfried looking lovely as she looks into the face of her father. I'm sure this scene is from the finale, as she's in her wedding dress, kneeling in front of someone and crying.

Shot twenty-one: Finale!

Some lovely shots of the barricade. If you check out this behind the scenes video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJF1saSIfTA&feature=related ...you can see the crane making the exact shot we actually see in this trailer.

Shot twenty-two: Marius

Eddie Redmayne as Marius during LaMarque's funeral...which they're showing in the film!

Shot twenty-three: Valjean in the woods

Valjean as he goes to rescue...

Shot twenty-four: La petite Cosette

...little Cosette, who gives him a much happier look here than when we first saw her.

Shot twenty-five: Walking from the well

Valjean carries her bucket as they return to the inn.

Shot twenty-six: Fantine thrown from the factory

Sorry this one is so blurry, but it's the best I could do. In this shot, we see Annetine being thrown out the door and into the street.  AND THENNNN...

Shot twenty-seven: DANCING WHORES

THE LOVELY LADIES!!! This song always held a special place in my heart because my sister and I loved it so much when we were younger. We didn't know exactly what it meant, but we knew it was provocative! Outside of the sentimentality, this show shows that, while Tom Hooper is mostly filming everything fairly realistically, they are still retaining certain musical theatre aspects. It'll be neat to see what other "musical" bits make it in; I'm betting the Wedding will be heavily choreographed, and probably also "Master of the House" (unless they go the route of the Sweeney Todd film and "God, That's Good!" and have everyone sit around munching while singing happens around them).

Shot twenty-eight: Bye, bye, hair

This is a mystery to me. I think, in the film, it'll probably come shortly after  shot 19 of this trailer (note the shawl and the dress), but is this during a song? Or what? Still no clue on how that's gonna work, as we know either "I Dreamed a Dream" was moved to after "Lovely Ladies", or there was some other shuffling that we haven't guessed yet. 

Shot twenty-nine: Oh noez my head

It's gone, Annetine. Sorry. This shot is in the same scene as shot 28, as evidenced by the hair-cutter's dress in the background. Also, I like the Tom Hooper off-centeredness of this shot.

Shot thirty: "This hell I'm living!"

Annetine is super sad cuz her life is pretty sucky now. An interesting bit to notice: if you've seen the bootleg trailer, they actually used a different shot of this scene. That trailer can be viewed here and the shot comes about :14 in.

Shot thirty-one: Looking for Valjean

Javert and his cronies (he has cronies now!) searching for, you guessed it, Valjean...well, we assume Valjean. No real indication of what part of this film this takes place in.

Shot thirty-two: New family, new home

Valjean and Cosette looking in surprise at something. I believe that this is them approaching the convent where they will live for the next ten years; that section is skipped entirely in the show, but the film restores is with the song "Suddenly," a tune written especially for the movie. This may be the beginning of that scene. The background looks very churchy, don't you think?

Shot thirty-three: Marius looking

Marius, once again. This time, he's looking over at...

Shot thirty-four: Cosette, returning the look

...Cosette! What a silly large bonnet. Also, some people are saying this is from their first meeting during "The Robbery," but I'm not so sure...unless, once again, they changed things from the show. In the show, the pair literally run into each other. Like, collide. Do they do more flirty things in the movie? In shot 33, Marius is wearing the same outfit he's wearing at LaMarque's funeral (shot 22). Could this be from a later scene?
It's their first meeting.

Shot thirty-five: Eponine!

Our first film look at the newcomer (to screen, at least) Samantha Bark as Eponine. It's raining, she's looking around, scared...I'm betting this is right before she gets, ya know, shot.
It's "On My Own."

Shot thirty-six: Javert looking at...the river

I didn't cap it cuz it was so dark, but there is an extra shot right before this that flies up a river wall and lands on Javert, seen here. Javert, looking sad, at night, by a river...this screams "Suicide" to me. ORRR perhaps it's a fake-out, and Javert likes to look out over rivers in the film, and does that several times before the fatal time. It could likely be a motif, that rivers are calming to him or something?

Shot thirty-seven: Sneakity sneak...

Valjean walking backwards; he's very dirtied up, but wearing his Mayor clothes (minus the jacket). After "Confrontation," perhaps?

Shot thirty-eight: Fantine crying

Annetine is crying; we hear he singing, "Life has killed a dream....I dreamed." However, we don't see her lips moving, which leads me to believe this is from an earlier part of the song, perhaps? This Facebook photo seems to come from the same scene, and is captioned "When dreams were made and used and wasted." Or it could be from a different scene entirely.

Shot thirty-nine: TITLEEEE

Didn't they just make this in 1998 with Uma Thurman and Geoffrey Rush and Liam Neeson?

What are you most excited to see in the new film? Personally, I can not WAIT to see all of "Lovely Ladies." What about you? Did you like the trailer? Lemme know in the comments!