In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

 

Here i have selected 9 key frames from our teaser trailer which relate to the horror genre. Shot one shows an establishing shot of a long corridor which has the effect of emptiness, as there are no characters within the shot. This is used in many horror movies as it creates a sense of fear and isolation. Shot 2 is a P.O.V shot of doctors which we used as it ties in with our narrative. This is often used in teaser trailers as it gives the audience an idea of what the film's about. Shot 3 is an extreme long shot which creates the idea of "the unknown", due to the audience not being able to see who the character is. This relates to the standard horror convention of mystery. Shot 4 was used due to the effect gore has on the audience. This relates to teaser trailers as they often show gore without establishing where the gore has come from. Shot 5 is the typical close up of the protagonists face (whilst screaming) which is often used in horror teaser trailers. This also creates a sense of mystery, as we want to find out what she's screaming at. It also helps the audience to identify with the main character. This was also our aim in Shot 6; as the extreme close up of the protagonists eye helps us to get into her mind and identify with her thoughts. Shot 7 shortly follows in our trailer. It's the typical "waking up" shot and we used a blur to make it more effective. Shot 8 shows more gore, as it's a typical convention of horror teaser trailers to use frequent amounts. This connotes fear, which in turn may make the audience want to see more. Shot 9 is our end shot of the "bad tv" final cut effect. As our trailer was filmed using the handheld effect we thought this would be effective, as it makes the audience wonder what's going to happen next.

Here are 9 shots i selected from exsisting horror movies which have infuenced our work. As we can see the shots are very similar to that if our work. This was deliberately done in order to create the same effect that contempory horror trailers have on their audience. We thought that since our trailer has a similar target audience to that of exsisting horror audience we would create a similar effect but change it to fit our narrative. The difference in these shots compared to ours is that ours were filmed using a handheld camera. We did this to create a sense of realism and create an ongoing sense of fear, due to the handheld effect being unstable.