When creating our media product we wanted to make sure there was a main theme throughout all of our work.
IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
USING CONVENTIONS
When we were developing and creating our film trailer we used some conventions. The conventions come with media products alot of the time too,they are used too be trialled and make media products successful if they are useful. Some of the conventions that we used in our film trailer are:
Female victim- We used 3 female victims throughout our film trailer because they are usually known to be the weaker characters when in a horror film. Using females as our victims worked out better than using males because everyone always expects the males to be stronger.
Anonymous killer- By having our killer anonymous in our film trailer it kept it alot more mysterious. We used black clothing and dark lighting in order to hide the killer from the audience.
Dark locations/lighting- When we were filming our trailer we tended to use dark locations or even locations throughout the day such as the graveyard. If we filmed in the day,when we edited the clips we had to put dark effects on it in order to create atmosphere and tension in the trailer for the audience.
Music/pace- We used a fast pace about half way through the trailer to suggest worry and panic to the audience. The fast pace was were shots of running and capturing the girls.
Female victim- We used 3 female victims throughout our film trailer because they are usually known to be the weaker characters when in a horror film. Using females as our victims worked out better than using males because everyone always expects the males to be stronger.
Anonymous killer- By having our killer anonymous in our film trailer it kept it alot more mysterious. We used black clothing and dark lighting in order to hide the killer from the audience.
Dark locations/lighting- When we were filming our trailer we tended to use dark locations or even locations throughout the day such as the graveyard. If we filmed in the day,when we edited the clips we had to put dark effects on it in order to create atmosphere and tension in the trailer for the audience.
Music/pace- We used a fast pace about half way through the trailer to suggest worry and panic to the audience. The fast pace was were shots of running and capturing the girls.
DEVELOPING CONVENTIONS
One horror convention that we developed in our trailer was the use of 'vlog' style filming; using this style of filming made it more realistic as 'vlogging' is something that has become very popular in the last few years, this makes it very relatable for our target audience. This style of filming also makes our horror more believable to our audience as it seems as though they are getting the real raw footage.
Another horror film that uses this style of filming is 'Unfriended (2015)', this is filmed using the front camera on a laptop, we used this trailer as inspiration.
Another horror film that uses this style of filming is 'Unfriended (2015)', this is filmed using the front camera on a laptop, we used this trailer as inspiration.