Horror genre trailer analysis

The next Horror film I am going to be analysing the genre conventions of is Cult of Chucky

-First line is character stating how his baby sitter was murdered
-Fades to black
-Cuts to someone falling out of a building
-Sounds of screams
-Flashes in between some fades
-Creepy child's voice at the start
-Creepy mise-en-scene (Woman in an empty hosptial room)
-A draw is opened to many blades and knives

-Impact sound

-Half of the title is written in red with blood smeared over
-Sinister sound effects
-Creepy music in background
-Editing speeds up as pace of music does
-Release date is october, which is Halloween time
-Many links to hospitals (injections and women dressed in hospital gowns)
-A childhood toy is turned sinister
-Fast upbeat music to match characters screams
-The end of the trailer is Chucky's reflection on a blade

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Poster analysis introduction

I am going to conduct research and analysis towards the conventions of film posters. I have looked at five different posters from a variety of genres, in order to see if there are similarities within the conventions. This will help my understanding of the depth in film posters, thus benefitting me when I am making my own. Below are the five posters, each of different genres, which I chose to analyse the conventions of: 1) La La Land 2) Spider Man 3) Insidious 2 4) Hangover 2 5) The Notebook

Magazine cover analysis introduction

After looking at the conventions of movie posters, I will now do the exact same, but for film magazine covers. Both film magazines I will be looking at are aimed at different audience and will both be for different front covers from a different film magazine. In terms of design and layout, I will be able to see if both film magazines share the same conventions. Below are the two film magazine covers I will be analysing:

list of tools I used in software

Adobe premiere: software ALL DONE ON A PC Camera: HC-VX980 Manfrotto tripod Use of dissolves From black dissolving into next shot – slows the tone down and gives glimpses in (seems like little romantic snapshots at the start) I added an outside sound during the park shots Camera sound from the colleges sound effect library Impact sounds from BBC sound library I included a sound effect of a ring tone from BBC sound effects library instead of the apple iphone ringtone which I recorded with the shot iphone doesn’t sound like a ringtone in a trailer Fading down the volume of the music whenever there was any dialogue from the actors the music was loudest in the 3 rd part so I especially did this here Photoshop, for the film title

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