Evaluation 1. In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products

In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products

The Story – The story of our trailer I believe doesn’t and doesn’t follow the normal forms and conventions of media products. I believe it does in the actual storyline where it is basically just another slasher film on where a murderer goes around and kills teenagers. I think that it differs from real media products in the way that the two different sides to the story the religious views of the killer and the idea of a horror film based on social networking, its like two different horror films have been put together.

Music – The sound that we have used in our trailer was normally long, held, low notes as well as the occasional creepy sound of a baby laughing or a door opening and these I believe are all forms and conventions of a similar media product

Editing – I think that the editing that we done on the shots of our horror trailer are very similar to what you would see on a real horror trailer there was plenty of fading, a slow motion scene, all things that are present in current horror trailers. This has been done to help the effect that the trailer has on the viewers.

Locations – The locations that we found I believe would most definitely be used in any horror trailer with a similar story line. The church and graveyard has been seen in many horror trailers for years and the shots that we filmed in college would also be most likely seen in a teen horror movie due to the concept of it. The grassy hilly area that we filmed the running scenes on I also think would fit the forms and conventions of a real horror trailer.

Characters – The use of character in our trailer I believe is very stereotypical due to the use of gender. Our killer was a male and throughout the whole trailer you never saw another male scared or in distress. The only shots that we did which showed the murderer and a victim at the same time, we used a female for the victim so this is definitely a normal thing that you would see in horror trailers.

Costume/Props – The costume that we used for the killer was just a few plain pieces of clothing that we could find as well as the wellington boots and the upturned hood. We did this to try and make him look like a serious character and keep the attention of what he is wearing rather then what he is here to do. The prop we gave this character was a cricket bat, a very typical weapon for a horror film killer. The use of fake blood is also a must have on a horror trailer so we went with the normal forms and conventions on this one aswell.