Evaluation question one 2
- 2. Research and Analysis When first starting the project, I decided to go straight into it and research into what makes a successful horror trailer. I research into Annabelle, Insidious, Sinister and Deliver us from Evil as these are all extremely successful and this is how we want our final project to turn out.
- 3. What conventions did we use? When creating our horror trailer we wanted to use a diary as our main possessive object as a lot of films use an object to base the film around, with this we also followed the common convention of something/someone evil living in the house with a normal group of people. Our trailer is made up of little scenes in a non chronological order, we started the trailer with later parts of the film so that the audience wonder what happens throughout the film itself. We also used a final scare and music which creates a tension as this is what is thought of when thinking into a horror trailer, this is what these type of trailers are known for.
- 4. Ancillary Task- What conventions did I use on my poster? When creating my poster I looked at what main conventions are used and tried to show these within my own. For my title I used a white font to represent the normal people within the trailer and so that the titles would stand out on the dark background that is used.
- 5. Ancillary Task- What convention did my poster use? Most high budget horror films have a institutional information part to their covers which includes the teams names who have created the film and any successful names within the film. I used this convention on the bottom of my poster.
- 6. Ancillary Task- What convention did my poster use? There is always a main images used on a horror poster, a lot of horror posters use a black and white image, I decided I would do the same as I want the poster to be creepy and draw the audience in. A lot of the time, the image takes up a lot of the space on the poster itself.
- 7. Ancillary Task- What convention did my magazine use? In majority of magazines the masthead is across the top of the magazine and is made up from the largest font on the page. For my masthead I decided to come up with something completely different to fit the horror genre I am using. I also used a white font for this so that it stands out.
- 8. Ancillary Task- What convention did my magazine use? Horror magazines usually have a tag line so that readers are drawn into buy the magazine to see what is inside. I used one of these on my magazine to follow the convention of a real horror trailer.
- 9. Ancillary Task- What convention did my magazine use? Most of the time on Horror magazines, they will place a website link on the cover so that audience members can visit the website to find more information. I’ve placed the link under the title as this is a convention of a horror magazine.
- 10. Ancillary Task- What convention did my magazine use? Horror magazines normally use a image that covers most of the front cover, and the image they use will be scary and creepy so that any people that pass will immediately know what the magazine is about. I didn't quite follow this convention as my image sits in the middle of the page with space around it.