Evaluation question 1

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Evaluation Question 1

Liam Woodgate

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During all stages of my coursework I had kept the conventions of both Teaser Trailers and Thriller films in my mind during major stages of production This knowledge came from extensive research undertaken prior to the production stages the research was based on the knowledge that teasers tend to have different conventions depending on the style and genre of said trailer Throughout the research stages I kept in mind the conventions of a thriller film the particular subgenre that I had picked was crime thriller There is a set of conventions put to this genre that I also identified however it came to my attention that when combined with the restrictive nature of a teaser trailer these conventions change for example it is unlikely that you would have a lot of narrative within a teaser trailer as it is designed to give the audience only a taste of what is to come as such I decided that I would only challenge a few of the conventions of thriller teaser trailer while keeping to the given format with others.

Narrative

In terms of narrative in teaser trailers I stuck with the generic conventions of the genre. During the research stage most of the teaser trailers that I watched were short and to the point with no or very little narrative to go by" as such I identified that a convention of thriller teaser trailers was that there was a lack of narrative and they focused mainly on visual elements in order to engage the audiencefi I used this convention in my piece by not revealing major story plot points and using imagery and action so that the audience will raise their own questions about the narrative I followed the convention because the point of a thriller is to keep the audience on edge and fully engaged with the piece that they are watching questions should also be asked by the audience and not the creator so that it is a more organic experience that stays with the audience after watching one thing that I wanted my audience to question was who the character with gas mask was and through class and audience feedback I discovered that it was one of the main questions that was asked. I feel that the inclusion of this convention did not detract from the overall product as it did have the desired effect on the audience and they were able to recognise the genre and the products status as a teaser trailer.

Genre conventions

another convention of teaser trailers is there focus on action elements, this goes hand in hand with some of the main conventions of the crime thriller genre like elements of crime such as weapons, violence, fights kidnapping etc. In my teaser trailer I included some of these conventions while focussing mainly on the action without compromising the narrative in any way I did this by planning the shots to include one of the four conventions that I have outlined, for example of the ways in which I incorporated these conventions was by having the gasmask character attacks and kidnaps a victim type character, effectively including two of the conventions I outlined for crime thrillers, while this could be a major narrative plot point, it isnt obvious because so little of the narrative has been seen so far I think that including these conventions for both thriller films and teaser trailers would help appeal to the target audience and to make a compelling piece that would actually be interesting to watch and understand.

Genre conventions cont.

Another convention that I found for the crime thriller genre was in theming" they tend to be very dark and hit cues to make the audience sympathise certain characters - usually the victims that are presented. This focus on the darker elements of crime in fiction is a part that often goes in tandem with the focus on extreme action or violence as it highlights the darker and scarier aspects of crime thriller, an example of this in my production would be the part at the end when the gas mask character shoots a man in cold blood despite the fact that he was begging for his life, this highlights the darker tone that I was aiming to create in the teaser trailer. I think that I have been mainly successful in recreating this tradition of dark themes in a serious crime thriller and this is conventional of the genre in retrospect as in my research I found that a lot of crime thrillers feature these dark themes.

Impact of audience feedback

My audience feedback confirmed that I had created a successful teaser trailer as the codes and conventions that I used were recognised and read by the viewers, the audience were able to identify that the video itself was a teaser trailer. The audience feedback proved, however, that it was difficult to see what kind of genre the teaser was and there was some mere speculation about it. One of my interviewees simply stated that they thought it was horror which is a fair assumption as there is a blurry line about the two these days. However, the audience feedback helped to solidify that I had succeeded in the areas that I had mentioned, they managed to identify the conventions and the narrative style that I was aiming for.

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Evaluation question 1