Evaluation- Question 1- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

At the beginning of our project we each did individual research into different film trailers and decided to pin point the standard conventions of teaser trailers so that we can use these as a basis for our film. This also revealed the successful ways in which film trailers worked.

I then went on to do some deeper research into the horror film genre and the standard forms of a horror film teaser trailer. I discovered that horror film trailers often start off with slow paced shots and a range of camera angles to obscure the protagonist and build suspense within the audience and to reach a frightening climax at the end of the trailer which is what is needed to connect with the audience revealing not too much to them but enough to entice them to want to view the entire film. Our trailer begins with a long distant shot across the classroom focusing on our teacher giving the assignment. This as an establishing shot works well as it begins with a narrative for the audience to follow and begins to introduce them to the story line without giving too much away. Our trailer begins very slow paced and builds suspension.