IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
1.WE LOOKED AT TRAILERS LIKE F-CUK AND HALLOWEEN
TO SEE HOW WE SHOULD OPEN OUR TRAILER AND THEY BOTH HAD SOME SORT OF NEWS STORY INVOLVED SO WE DECIDED IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO USE NEWS STORY TO OPEN OUR TRAILER AS IT STUCK TO CONVENTIONS AND LET THE AUDIENCE KNOW RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING THIS WAS A HORROR FILM. USING THE NEWS STORY IS STICKING TO CONVENTIONS AS A LOT OF OTHER TRAILERS HAVE USED THAT TOO, THIS MEANS STRAIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAILER PEOPLE KNOW THIS WILL BE A HORROR FILM. 2. WE USED F-CUK AND THE STRANGERS AS INSPIRATIONS FOR THIS SHOT AS WE WANTED TO FIND GOOD SHOTS OF THE VICTIM LOOKING VULNERABLE AND SCARED AS THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING. A SCARED VICTIM IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR CONVENTIONS IN HORROR FILMS ONE THAT IS BASICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID USING. 3.WHILE WATCHING THE STRANGERS TRAILER WE SPOTTED A REALLY NICE SHOT WHERE THE KILLER IS CREEPING UP BEHIND THE VICTIM AND WE DECIDED TO ADAPT THIS AND MAKE IT JUMP SCENES ON A BRIDGE. THIS IS ANOTHER SHOT THE STICKS TO CONVENTIONS BUT WE USED IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY WHICH MEANS WE HAVE USED TWO THINGS HERE THAT STICK TO HORROR CONVENTIONS, HAVING THE JUMP SHOT TO SHOW THE KILLER GETTING CLOSER IS USED IN A LOT OF FILMS. 4. WE TOOK INSPIRATION FROM THE TRAILER OF THE PURGE AS THEY HAD A CLOSE UP ON A WEAPON THAT WILL BE USED IN THE FILM, WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA AS IT GAVE THE AUDIENCE A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF WEAPONS WILL BE USED IN THE TRAILER. AGAIN WE HAVE STUCK TO CONVENTION HERE AS HAVING A CLOSE UP ON THE WEAPON IS USED IN SO MANY TRAILERS AS AN ICONIC IMAGE OF THE FILM; SCREAM AND THE KNIFE. 5. ONCE AGAIN WE USED THE STRANGERS AS INSPIRATION FOR A CLOSE UP OF A VICTIMS FEAR. THE STRANGERS HAS USED MULTIPLE SHOTS OF ONE VICTIM LOOKING VULNERABLE SO WE DECIDED TO MIMIC THIS. WE HAVE USED THIS CONVENTION TWICE AS IT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN A HORROR FILM. 6. IN THE FILM YOU'RE NEXT THEY USE A CLOSE UP OF A KILLER SHOWING THE MASK UP CLOSE. WE HAVE ADOPTED THIS AND SHOW A CLOSE UP OF OUR KILLER AND THE AUDIENCE CAN SEE WHAT THE KILLER LOOKS LIKE AND MAKE THEIR PREDICTIONS FOR THE FILM. THIS IS A HUGE CONVENTION THAT IS USED OVER AND OVER IN HORROR FILMS BUT IT IS ONE WE FELT WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND MUST BE USED. 7. IN THE NIGHTMARE ON ELMSTREET TRAILER THEY HAD A SHOT OF THE VICTIM RUNNING AWAY FROM WHAT IS PRESUMED THE KILLER. WE HAVE ADOPTED THIS AND HAVE TWO SHOTS OF ONE OR MAYBE TWO VICTIMS RUNNING, BUT WE CAN'T SEE WHAT THEY ARE RUNNING FROM, LEAVING THE AUDIENCE WITH A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCENE WANTING TO SEE MORE. THIS IS A CONVENTION WE HAVE USED BUT WE HAVE CHALLENGED IT BY MAKING IT ROLL OVER MORE THAN ONE SHOT. 8. ALSO IN THE STRANGERS THEY HAVE USED ANOTHER SHOT OF THE KILLER CREEPING UP BEHIND THE VICTIM AS THIS SHOT RE-OCCURS A FEW TIMES IN THE STRANGERS WE DECIDED TO USE THE PREMISE OF THE SHOT MORE THAN ONCE. 9. IN DEAD STORY THEY HAVE USED A SHOT OF A BLOODY HAND AS A SYMBOL FOR DEATH AND TO SUGGEST VIOLENCE IN THEIR TRAILER. WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT IDEA TO SUGGEST A BRUTAL DEATH WITHOUT SHOWING IT. THIS IS A EVER CHANGING CONVENTION USING A PART OF THE BODY TO SUGGEST BLOOD IS VERY POPULAR IN HORROR FILMS ESPECIALLY THE HAND. |