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EVALUATION QUESTION 1
Georgia Ray
I N W H AT WAY S D O E S Y O U R M E D I A P R O D U C T U S E , D E V E L O P O R C H A L L E N G E
F O R M S A N D C O N V E N T I O N S O F R E A L M E D I A P R O D U C T S ?
1.
Our teaser trailer is enigmatic and mysterious
throughout. Meaning that the shots we have used
and the juxtaposition when editing them creates a
mysterious feel of a psychological thriller. An
example of this in action can be seen in the
dramatic ‘blank’ screens at the end of the trailer
which make the last shot tension-building and
mysterious.
CONTINUED…
This form of tension building can be seen
in the majority of thriller/horror teaser
trailers as a way to grab the audiences
attention.
One teaser trailer that uses this well is
Paranormal Activity (1, 2 and 3), these all
have blank areas interposed within the
shots during the editing process to create
this foreboding atmosphere.
2.
In the editing process we have added effects such as
static, which is used in The Pacts teaser trailer, to
give a foreboding atmosphere to the shots. The
audience would view this as foreboding because the
image of static is used particularly in horror or
thriller genres. Connotations of static include signal
failures or broken appliances etc. all of which give
the impression something is wrong.
CONTINUED…
As well as The Pact, other
thriller/horror teaser trailers use
the same static technique. The
Paranormal Activity series of films
is well-known for using these
successfully, as demonstrated on
the next slide.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY STILL
THE PACT STILL
3.
The titles in our teaser trailer have been heavily
influenced by the titles on horror/thriller/psychological
films such as Insidious and The Pact. We know these are
successful films in their genre and so can assume that their
titles and typography work to connote their genre well. We
took the colours of the insidious poster, black, white and
red and paired it with the font style of The Pact’s poster
which is simple but bold. This has resulted in us having
titles that greatly convey our genre.
CONTINUED…
As well as The Pact, There was also
the Safe House which influenced us
heavily particularly in developing ideas
for the typography and composition of
our poster. The shots of which will be
shown on the next slide.
THE PACT POSTER
Simple text, so as
not to detract
attention from the image,
which is the main
focus.
The “Pact” is extremely
bold, grabbing
the audiences attention towards
that word rather
than the “The”.
SAFE HOUSE POSTER
Simple bold text, holds
the audiences attention, but
the central placement means it is the focus of the poster
rather than the image, unlike the
pact’s poster.
Very typical thriller/horr
or conventions with regard
to colour theme this shows the audience
what genre this film is.
GEORGIA RAY