Slasher Research

We conducted some research in order to find out the codes, conventions and history of the slasher genre. As we have still yet to decide on the genre of our trailer, we thought it would be best to research a few potential genres in order to come to a decision.

Film Poster Analysing

Although earlier on in the project I analysed the poster of Romeo and Juliet, I felt I needed to focus on a poster that was in the same genre as our film. We choose Fish Tank as we knew that it was well known and we felt we could draw parts from this poster and make similar decisions when it came to our own.  

Music - Jack Rosies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkkE-0sQzU0 -
This is the link to Jack Rosies youtube channel and the song we have chosen to use in our trailer. We have picked Jack because he is an unknown artist and this is a convention of Social Realism, the genre we have chosen. We felt that the lyrics of the song work with our trailer as they are talking about being left by someone and feeling alone. This is very similar to the situation our main protagonist is in.

This is a screenshot of Jack Rosies website JackRosies 

Teaser and Theatrical Trailer Analysis

Dark Knight Teaser Trailer

Dark Knight Theatrical Trailer

We felt to understand the true conventions of a trailer we needed to pick two trailers that where well known and so we have thoroughly analysed both trailers. This has helped us to decide which type of trailer we want to continue with this year. As a group we felt that we would annotate each trailer and create a visual flow map in order to take down all the codes and conventions such as music and tension.

Codes and Conventions in Film Posters

One of our initial tasks in the year was to like at the Codes and Conventions in Film Posters. I chose the iconic film Romeo and Juliet, filmed by Baz Luhrmann as I felt the poster was a very precise short version of the film. It fit well with the Codes and Conventions of a Romantic Tragic.