Question one evaluation.

1. In what ways does
your media products
develop forms and
conventions of real
media products?

2. Camera work
In our teaser trailer, we used many different camera
shots, movements, as well as camera angles.
The purpose of this is make our teaser trailer look more
professional by using a wide range of camera
shots, movements and angles in order to develop our
ideas using real media products.
The different camera shots, movements angles each
have different purposes. For example, a high angle
shot may be used to make the antagonist seem
superior to the protagonist.

3. Camera work
As a group we watched the teaser trailer for the film ‘In Fear’, and we noticed that
camera work has been used very effectively.
The picture above is of a screen shot from the teaser trailer for the film ‘In Fear’. This film
has the same genre as ours, therefore we decided to research into their teaser trailer.
The picture above is of a low angle camera shot.
The low angle suggests that the dark, forest is superior to the characters. It also suggests
that danger is lurking around. This camera angle is very effective in showing the audience
what the film could be about with the use of the mise en scene.

4. Camera work
By analysing the camera work involved in the teaser trailer for the film ‘In Fear’, we were able
to develop ideas of camera work for our own teaser trailer . We liked how the camera angle
in ‘In Fear’ was able to show danger lurking around, therefore we used a similar camera
angle in our teaser trailer to also connote danger.
The picture above is a screen shot from our teaser trailer. This is the opening scene in the
teaser trailer, therefore we wanted to use a low angle camera shot of the car driving past
houses with the trees above. The low angle makes the characters feel vulnerable and it
makes. Using this angle at the start of our teaser trailer makes our teaser trailer look more
professional.
This camera angle is similar to the low angle that was used in the teaser trailer for the film ‘In
Fear’. However the only difference is that we used this particular camera angle right at the
beginning of our teaser trailer, whereas the camera angle in the teaser trailer for the film ‘In
Fear’ was not used in the beginning of the teaser trailer. It was used in between the
beginning and the middle.

5. Camera work
Another example of how we developed our ideas by using real media texts is by doing
further research into the camera angles for the teaser trailer ‘In Fear’.
The picture above is of a screen shot from the teaser trailer for the film ‘In Fear’. In this
particular scene, a medium shot has been used. This camera shot is very effective in its
purpose of showing the body language and performance of the character looking lost and
confused in the woods.
The setting and location, which is an element of mise en scene. also helps to connote the lost
and confused feelings of the character with the use of the medium shot. The character is
standing in the woods, which is very dark, and with the use of the medium shot, it connotes
danger.

6. Camera work
The medium shot that is used in the teaser trailer for the film ‘In Fear’ is very effective in
showing the body language, as well as the performance of the character. Therefore, we
decided to also use a medium shot in the scene where the protagonist is in the forest.
The picture above is of a screen shot from our teaser trailer. It is quite similar to the scene in
the teaser trailer for the film ‘In Fear’, where the character is in the forest looking lost and
confused. In the picture above, the protagonist is also looking lost and confused.
The medium shot effectively shows that the protagonist is lost and confused because of the
body language and performance. The medium shot is very effective in showing the
character’s hands above his head, which suggests that he is thinking and is feeling stressed.

7. Editing
In our teaser trailer, we have used a few editing techniques in
order to keep a steady flow of shots throughout our teaser
trailer.
In real teaser trailers, the editors use different editing techniques
in order to make the shots make sense to the audience
understand and become engaged.
Each different editing technique has its own purpose. For
example a shot reverse shot may be used during dialogue
between two characters. The shot consists of showing one
character looking at the other character, and then showing that
other character looking back at the first character.

8. Editing
The editing techniques used in the teaser trailer for the film ‘Inception’ are very effective in
showing a flow of a sequence. Our research on this teaser trailer is a example of how we
developed our ideas from real media texts.
The three pictures above are screen shots from the teaser trailer for the film ‘Inception’. An
editing technique has been used here, which is a fade. The first picture shows the actual
scene, the second picture starts to show the editing. The scene is starting to fade out. The
third picture shows the fade out more effectively because the picture is starting to look black.
The fade in and out technique works by the editor fading out a scene into a black picture
and then fading in to a different scene. It is usually used to show a change in location and
time. This also makes the teaser trailer look much more interesting and appealing to the
audience.

9. Editing
We have also used editing techniques. We have used
a flashback, which cuts events from the present and
shows a event which occurred in the past.
The four pictures on the left show how the flashback
has bee used. The first picture is of the protagonist on
the phone to the blackmailer, the scene then cuts
back into the past, which is the second picture, where
the protagonist is signing a contract and a flashback
has occurred.
The second picture then cuts back into the present
time of the protagonist on the phone to the black
mailer. This scene then cuts back into the past again of
the lawyer handing the briefcase over to the
protagonist and another flashback has occurred.
The purpose of this is to make the audience
understand what is occurring in the present that
involves the past.

10. Titles
Titles are very important in teaser trailers. They give out
various different important information to the
audience, such as the name of the film, the release
date, or even the real names of the main characters.
Titles don’t always contain information for the
audience. They can even be used to make the
audience think for themselves. A tagline could be
used to make the audience think for themselves.
In our teaser trailer, we have also used titles in order to
develop the forms and conventions of real media
products.

11. Titles
In the teaser trailer for the film ‘Inception’, there have been a few very effective titles that
have been used to make the audience think for themselves.
Above are three pictures of how titles have been used effectively in the teaser trailer for the
film ‘Inception’ to make the audience think for themselves. The first picture is of a title that
says ‘Your mind’. In the teaser trailer, this title first appears straight, and then it rotates
clockwise while the background is moving. The title then fades in to a black background.
The black background then fades out to the second picture above. At first the text ‘Your
mind’ makes the audience think that the title is talking to them, however when the second
picture is shown, it then makes the audience think that the title may be referring to the
protagonist. After the face of the protagonist is shown, another title also appears, which says
‘Is the scene of the crime’.
This links back to the first title which says ‘Your mind’. This suggests that the mind of the
protagonist is the ‘scene of the crime’. However it could even be trying to state that the
audience’s mind could be the ‘scene of the crime’. These titles make the audience think for
themselves.

12. Titles
We have used two titles at the end of our teaser trailer. Both of the titles give out important
information for the audience.
The two pictures above are of the two titles that we used in our teaser trailer. The first picture
is the title of our film name, ‘The Last Judgment’. All the teaser trailers that we analysed had
the title of the film in the teaser trailer, mainly shown towards the end. We have also placed
our title of the film towards the end as well. The purpose of having the title of the name of the
film in a teaser trailer is so that the audience are aware of what the film is called.
The second picture is of another title, which says ‘Coming Soon’. Not all teaser trailers have
this title on their teaser trailer, however in the teaser trailer for the film ‘Inception’, they did
have a title saying ‘Coming Soon’. The purpose of having this is to make the aware that the
film will be out soon, but a release date has not yet been confirmed.