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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