EvaluationQuestion 1 – In what ways does your

media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

By Christine Wright And Maddie Bonneau

In what way does our trailer use forms and conventions of real media products?

We have used opening credits which are similar to the ones in real trailers. We did this because it is a good start to the film trailer and is effective.

Our Opening credits

Lions gate Production Example

Here they have played around with the colour and contrast which is the same as what we have done also it looks similar as it has the natural look to it.

In what way does our trailer use forms and conventions of real media

products?We have been influenced by other trailers as we have used transitions of words throughout trailer to create tension and prepares audience for what’s about to come.

Example from Winnie the pooh film

Using black background and white text is effective as it draws to the eye.

Our Transition in our trailer

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In what way does our trailer use forms and conventions of real media

products?We have used slow motion when the mobile phone drops to the floor. I think many horror trailers use this effect because it creates suspense and catches the audiences attention.

Here i have done a screen grab of the clip where the phones drops to the floor and we used a slow motion effect. we have used this to prepare the audience for what is coming next. A lot of films use this because its an effective technique in building tension in the trailer.

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In what way does our trailer use forms and conventions of real media

products?We have used spooky music to create a horror ambience and vibe.

This music has a very spooky ambience to it it creates suspension for the watcher. it fits in really well with our trailer and i have enclosed a link to the music on youtube. Also we did this to appeal to a wide range of people and catch their attention.

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In what way does our trailer develop forms and conventions of real media

products?We have used sci-fi effects throughout our film trailer and this is unusual because no other film has used it all the way through. We used this because we wanted to create a spooky atmosphere the whole way through the trailer and to help it seem more realistic.

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In what way does our trailer challenge forms and conventions of real media

products?We have used black and white background at the start of our trailer instead of using the typical news background. We wanted it to be a bit different rather than following stereotypical conventions of real media products. Not many trailers use this as they want the storyline to be obvious to the reader whereas we wanted it to get the audience thinking and leave them to watch the film to find out.

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In what way does our trailer challenge forms and conventions of real media

products?The characters who appear in the trailer are not the stereotypical people who would appear in a horror trailer because they look innocent. We wanted to take a different approach on horror trailers by using more ordinary people as we thought this would make the overall trailer seem more realistic rather than following real trailers with there usual characters.