1. EVALUATION QUESTION ONE
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real media products ( i.e of teaser
trailers)
In answering this question I am going to break it down into
separate areas that I will look at individually whilst linking them to
my final production.
2. THE TITLE OF THE FILM
The title of my film challenges conventions of most trailers as the text is quite simple. I did this because I
wanted all the viewers attention to be focused on the text for as long as possible, as the name of
my film is quite important to how the rest of the film works together. In our actual trailer this shot
left after at the end to give the audience’s attention on what the movie is called so they don't forget
the name of it. We as a team also positioned this at the end of the trailer though as with most
trailers I did this so immediately the viewer knows they are watching a trailer for the film “When
kings fall”.
3. SETTING/ LOCATION
The location and setting for our film trailer also challenges a lot of media conventions. This is because
we all filmed most of my trailer in a alley ways, abandoned places and relatively urban areas. We
did this because it applied to our genre film (crime), but it was also the way that I filmed these
areas that made them different. As we filmed some of the main character of film in pov, it gave
them a new perspective to the viewer. This meant that the viewer would feel like it was them in
that area or situation. This I think helped to create a bond between the viewer and the characters
in the film. I think this worked well because of the settings, as if it were any other environment I
don’t think It would not have had the same effect.
4. COSTUMES AND PROPS
Within my film I decided to use quite normal Clothes based on the actors ages
and appearance. This lead to me letting the actors choose what the
wanted to wear, they then showed me and I told them if it suited the
image I was trying to create. This is different from the way other films are
created as in them there would be a set wardrobe and the actors would be
dressed, this wasn't a problem in our film because the actors we were
using already the same type of people as the characters in our film, so
the Clothes they wore already suited the image we were trying to create.
Throughout the film we didn't have to tell anyone to change as much as
these as they were all suited to the settings that they were in. The props
within the film were slightly different. When organising the props the only
real problem was trying to get props that suited the film scubas drugs and
guns since it alleged to have one around even if its fake. This was also a
problem as if we got catch with it and might been in serious trouble.
5. CAMERAWORK AND EDITING
Camerawork and editing this was quite important within our trailer as we
used the cuts and transitions to create the effect that time was jumping
and moving around. I think we have done this quite well within our trailer.
This was also very different to how most other films use the cuts and
jumps. We think this made our trailer quite different. We also used the
cuts and jumps to show a passage of time within the trailer. When doing
this me and our group had to make sure that the jumps lead into different
shots that started similarly. An example is above is of two similar shot I
linked together really quickly to show a jump in time. This convention
worked well in my trailer I think.
6. TITLE FONT AND STYLE
The texts and fonts I used within my film trailer are little bold as you see. I did
this because within my trailer they are only on screen for a couple of
seconds so they needed to be easy to read. I also used the text in a
specific way when doing the quotes, I did this text so that it fades in and
out from left to right. I did this so that the text can obviously be linked to
time jumping around.
7. STORY AND HOW THE TRAILER SET IT UP
The way we set up our trailer definitely challenges the conventions of
normal film trailers. It does this because in most film trailers the
trailer is revolved around making the viewer want to see the film by
showing best bits from the film. yours does, our trailer has done
that and makes the viewer want to know how it ends. I think this
has worked well.
8. CHARACTERS
Our main characters of the film are introduced within my trailer are very different to how most films
introduce there characters. This challenges the conventions of most trailers. I did this within my
trailer because We didn't want the audience to concentrate on who the characters were just yet as
that would be revealed within the film its self. The way we set this up within our trailer is by only
showing on character that would have been in the actual film. He is shown below and throughout
our trailer there are a number of sections where he pops up in a similar way to the selling drugs,
robbing people and killing. I think this has helped to create a air of mystery and confusion around
my trailer.
The shot below shows one of our main characters from a high angle and also low angle during the fight
scenes at the end of the trailer with close up of their face . This is one of the ways I introduced the
character without giving away a total portray of them or there role within our film trailer.
9. SPECIAL EFFECTS
Our film trailer did contain a little real special effects as for gun shots
but for crime trailer there's all of the fazing in and out of reality , I
shown by the cuts and jumps between. This is quite common within
the genre that I was aiming for. This means my trailer is similar to
them in this respect and therefore uses conventions seen within
crime genre and biographical film trailers.
