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

This still is from the film "Shaun of the dead" I have chosen this because of its supernatural style (the use of zombies/demons). This has also been used in my trailer to increase the creepiness aspect of the film. This is shown in my trailer (Cardiac Attack) when the demon boy is in the graveyard and also in other scenes as well. The blood and the pale complexion is a key signifier of this effect, this is what has been incorporated into my trailer, with the use of make-up, grenadine and also body language.


























This is from the film "One Missed Call" this relates to my teaser trailer simply because of the statistics/facts that are shown during the build up. this is very effective and enables the audience to gather a brief knowledge about the film without seeing any imagery. This style has increased in usage due to effect and popularity, it is very cleverly implemented into the structure of the trailer.





























This still is from the famous film "The Shining" starring Jack Nicholson. This relates to my horror teaser trailer because of the close up shot of the face. This is used at the very beginning of the trailer when the patient is laying on the operating table just after waking up. It is also used when the demon is at the window. This sort of shot enables the audience to see the emotions of the character at a short range, it therefore then enables the audience to relate to the villain more strongly. The facial expressions in horror are key, especially for villains and victims.





























This is from the the film "Nightmare on elm street". This scene of three little girls skipping connotes innocence, this is very effective in horror productions because if there is innocence there must be something at the other end of the scale for example evil. By involving both sides of good and evil normally good being portrayed as a bright colour such as white and evil being in a dark colour such as black, this clearly shows a comparison of the two contrasting protagonists. This relates to my teaser trailer because I have chosen to use children as the villains, this challenges the conservative ideology.

                                                                      










           


This shot is based mostly on gore and relates to my teaser trailer because of the gore used in it. This still is from the film "Eden Lake". Blood is a key convention of the horror genre as it connotes numerous things such as; danger, warning, anger etc... The blood used in this shot is slightly different in comparison to the blood used in my trailer. This is because the blood is used on the villains and not the victims.

This a still from the film "Friday the 13th" and it uses a great proportion of darkness in this shot. Darkness is one of the key conventions of the horror genre if not the most important, the scary stuff would in fact be not so scary if it was filmed in daylight or in a bright setting. The dark is used to add a sense of mystery to the scene so that the audience is curious what could be lurking in the darkness. If the victim could see the villain then it would eliminate the jumpy and on the edge of your seat aspect of horror, this would therefore not be scary and not be classes as a proper horror film. In my teaser trailer I've tried to balance and maintain an appropriate amount of darkness so that the creepy element of the film is maintained.

This is from the film "Record" and it uses a good form of editing. I feel that this has a unique of different style to it which creates a chilling atmosphere. In my teaser trailer I have used this technique to quickly change the tempo and mood of the trailer. This effect worked out very well and looks very professional. It is very important in a horror film to have some form of uniqueness or theme otherwise it is hard to separate one from another.






























This still is from the film "Underworld" This is linked to my teaser trailer because of the flickering lights. In this scene the flickering lights originate from the outside (storm) but in my teaser trailer the flickering lights are generated from the light bulbs above. The flickering of light and dark creates an nervy atmosphere and a base layer on which to build tension. Flickering lights are used in most horror films and are considered to be one of many key elements.

This is a classic from the 1922 horror film "Nosferatu"  I felt that this is a very interesting shot of a mysterious figure positioned in a doorway. I've used a very similar shot in my teaser trailer which includes the same formulae this shot has mastered. By using this sort of shot it shows a certain weirdness to the film. This can accompany horror in a very interesting way, more commonly in horror films nowadays there is a certain amount of the genre thriller added into the mix.

By blending hints of other genres in with horrors you are able to sometimes create a hybrid genre.