Coming to a decision to film a trailer,
the first thing that I knew I needed to do is simply watch at least two trailer
from each major film genre to get an idea of what conventions they have in
common and what differences there are between the different genres. I
have briefly decided to outline the two
that interest me the most:
Horror Trailers:
•Action
horror
•Comedy
horror
•Gothic
horror
•Psychological
horror
•Extreme
horror (gory)
•Erotic
horror
This is a list of only a few sub-genres
of the horror genre. I have watched trailer from such films as: "The
ring", “Saw",
"Black swan", and “Scream". To sum some of the conventions short,
most horror trailers are filmed in dark locations, they pace from one scene to
another to show action but not give away too much of the story, they also
include screaming, pain, fear and orchestral or dramatic music. This genre
fascinates me because of the strength that it has to create such strong emotions in us. Even
though the audience know that the actions in the film don’t exist, I want to
know how our brain works to think that yet to feel the strong emotions that
some of us do.
Fantasy:
•Comedic
•Dark
•Heroic
•Historical
•Romantic
This genre has elements of
magic, myth, wonder
and the
extraordinary.
It usually contains elements that don’t exist in our world. Trailers that I’ve
watched from the fantasy genre are: “Harry Potter”, “The mortal instruments”, “Lord of the rings” and
“Pirates
of the Caribbean” I have chosen the all time classics as they are the ultimate
products of fantasy film that have
gained great popularity. These
films are my favourites.
Even
through the trailers we realise that fantasy genres always have these things in
common: there is a symbol, the setting is important, there are inhuman
creatures involved and they make us want to be a part of a world that doesn’t
exist in real life. I’m fascinated in the way that I can create a world which
every viewer will want to be a part of.
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