Genre: Horror
I am going to look at a dvd cover of a horror film to see the different affects that show the conventions needed of what a horror film should include. This would be dark lighting, Props such as masks an fake blood, bold colours like black and red which symbolize death. If I was to look at a movie trailer for a horror film i would expect to see lots of quick shots and fades. The lighting used in the trailer would be very dark in most scenes usually only highlighting the characters facial expressions which is usualy done in close ups to show their fear. The trailer would also probably use diegetic sounds such as screaming and heavy breathing. As-well as usually using non-diegetic creepy soundtracks to create tension.
One dvd cover I looked at is the horror film the grudge. I chose this as its very clearly indicates to the audience that its horror film due to the conventions used. This is shown as the title is Bold an red which stands out an looks like blood. Also the main character is the main image of the cover as a close up showing clearly how scary she . it also uses a lot of shadowing on the girls face to give it an eery effect.
Genre: Action
For researching action genre I am going to be looking at a movie trailer. This is so I can have more of an understanding of what an action movie trailer would contain. Most actions films usually contain props such as weapons an fast cars. fast upbeat music lots of tracking shots and they usually star a well know actor linked to lots of action films such as tom cruise or Angelina Jolie.
One trailer that I looked at was a movie trailer for The action film expendables which shown most typical action conventions. it had rocky fast soundtrack which mad e the film look manly. It also used lots of guns and explosions. It uses also lots of well known action actors.
Genre: Comedy
Here I researched a comdey film trailer called step brothers to look at the conventions of a comedy film. This shown me that most comdy trailers have high key lighting to create a warm mood. Also it usuall contains upbeat cheery non diegitic soundtracks. There is usually a voice over used to narrate the story to the audience. The trailer would also contain parts of the joke throughout the trailer to show the audience that its the comedy genre.
Genre : Romance
For researching a romance genre i looked at a poster for a romance film called Ps i love you. This helped me research he conventions of what a romance should include. These were that it usually uses a clip from film of picture to show the audience straight away that its a romance film just by using a picture of the couple in the film. Also the films usually use warm bright colours and the colour red as red is associated with love. The lighting used is very high key lighting and its usually a multi strand narrative as its about people falling in love.
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