Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Conventions of Form and Genre

Form
The conventions of a film trailer are:

  • An age rating
  • "Coming Soon" or a release date
  • Fast paced editing
  • Montage editing
  • Film Production Logo
  • Film Title
  • Music
  • Voiceovers
  • Protagonist and Antagonist introduced
  • Names of stars
  • Most trailers are 1m30s to 2m long.

Genre
The conventions of murder mystery:

  • Some form of detective, an actual investigator or civillian = Hero/Protagonist
  • A masked villain
  • Victims
  • Dull mise-en-scene and the weather supports this, normally dull weather
  • Suspenseful and fast paced soundtrack
  • False Villains/Red Herrings
  • Multiple Suspects
  • Damsel in distress character
  • Warnings
  • Clues

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