Alternative ways Films are Promoted

Ten Trailer Analysis

A Brief History of Trailers

Theatrical and Teaser Trailers

Research and Planning

Real Media Conventions

For AS we did significant research into the codes and conventions of horror films, which included conventions of sound, stereotypes of characters, location/settings and props. 

www - 

• We did significant research into the codes and conventions of horror
• we were able to draw inspiration from them and it made us think of ways we could make our film opening different

ebi - 

• We could have referred back to them more when creating our storyboard and actually filming, to see where we could support or subvert them 
• we struggled in our evaluation to say which stereotypes we had either supported or subverted

For A2 - 

For A2 it will be more useful to refer back to these conventions throughout the process of creating our storyboard and filming. This will help us to apply more of these conventions to our film and think of ways to support of subvert them.

Digital Technology

Post-Production

iMovie

• editing - we spent a lot of time editing and refining our film opening however, it would have been nice to maybe experiment more with different tools, e.g. in iMovie as well as make some cuts between some shots even finer.
• www - significant amount of time spent editing it
• ebi - still room for more improvement,as we could have looked at different editing software's e.g. final cut pro.

Creativity

Reflection on AS

PRELIMINARY TASK:

www - For the preliminary task, I think that it was a good first attempt at using the camera and going through the process of drafting, creating and planning. Although there are obvious areas for improvement, our match-on-action was cut well and we managed to complete what was required for the task.

ebi - In our preliminary task we didn't really plan at all, although we produced a storyboard, we didn't plan for example, who the pother person in the conversation would be. Our camerawork could also have been improved on, although this was due to lack of experience using the school cameras.

A2:

For A2 it will be useful to compare our final product with our preliminary task, as well as our final film opening. This will enable us as a group to see which areas each of us could improve on and which skills we could develop, in order to gain more experience with specific things such as technology.