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

2. Inspiration for my trailer:
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3. what I found out from my research
From my research I found out the following things:
• That my target audience would like a horror movie.
• Most of the effective horrors are done hand held
• I then researched some Handheld horrors:
 Peeping tom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwNMeCgnFpU
 clover field:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSFCV4uATpI
 The Blair Witch Project:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D51QgOHrCj0
I discussed which shots were effective within each of these trailers to give me some
insight into the shots I could use for my trailer and I also commented on how hand
held cameras have an impact on the trailer.

4. the theory of trailers
Trailers were made for advertisement purposes in order for the
film makers to promote the film before it comes out and it will
give them a rough idea whether people will like the film or not.
Or whether it targets a niche audience.

5. Conventions of my trailer
I personally think my trailer challenges and is similar to other conventions with in the
media world for example in my trailer I took a lot inspiration from the film Eden lake
where it was based is forest/ field area. A lot of my film was filmed by handheld which
I took this element from the film Blair witch project. Although it does challenge other
movie trailer because it has quite a confusing story line the plot is a lot different to
other conventional horror films. Some of the shots especially the panning shot at the
end is very different because what I did was I made this shot go faster so it makes the
audience feel disorientated And also ending blankly with a loud scream is also very
different as normally the end shot of horror trailers is there climax point. I did this
because I want people to think what happens for that girl to scream like she did so
the audience will go and see my trailer.

6. shots in my trailer:
Close-up of Alice
Medium shot of push
Canted angle of feet Back shot of Alice

7. Inspiration for ancillary texts
The Friday the 13th movie poster
was the inspiration my movie
poster I like how the whole of the
man can been seen, I also like the
writing underneath the title.
The magazine I took inspiration
from was this empire Magazine. I
used the magazine name empire
and the massive preview special
but I changed the writing to how I
wanted it. This magazine was
inspirational to and stood out
because of the picture and the
font of the writing.

8. Research
For my research I looked at two magazines:
• Empire- is very simple, but very effective, I like the fact they listed film. The font is
simple but readable which is what you want for a magazine
• Total film – this magazine seemed to be more arty and it also has a clear colour
scheme which I would like to see in my magazine.
Arty
Font
Good clear
image
Blue
White
red
Bar code found Colour
on all scheme
magazines.

9. For my research of movie posters I looked at the following movie posters:
• Blair Witch Project- the Blair witch project poster was very simple but is very
effective because of the back drop of the forest and the close-up of the girls eyes
looking terrified. It is very different from other horror movie posters because of
the writing in the middle (telling us about the background of the story.)
• Friday the 13th – the Friday the 13th movie poster is the one that I based mine
around because I really like the whole image of the poster the full image of the
person, and I used this effect on mine. I also placed my title at the bottom like the
Friday 13th poster so you can see the full image.
• Prom Night -The prom night poster is very arty and the emphasises the Word
prom in the title with the image of the sparkly tiara.
• The ring 2 –the ring two emphasises the word ring because the shape in the
background is of a ring and the image of the girl with the hair in front of her face it
make it remain unknown what she looks like.

10. Conventions of ancillary texts
For ancillary texts I had inspiration from empire magazine and i
copied some of the features from the magazine but changed
the writing and the main picture.
For my movie poster it was kind of similar to the Friday 13th
poster I kind of used the full image like on that poster and I
used the same kind of style and format, but making mine black
and white which is very different to conventional horror movie
posters.