- My horror trailer uses conventions of real media products.
- this is easily obvious by having a masked killer
- a masked killer is one of the most used conventions in horror films (e.g. Scream, Silent Night, I know what you did last Summer, Freddy Vs. Jason)
- This makes it easier for viewers to understand what the film is about from the trailer, and will urge them to want to see the film.
How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts ?
- I believe that the combination of our main product and my ancillary texts have been both effective and successful because they all have a relationship.
- Everything is linked, from the trailer to the magazine cover and film poster.(e.g. with images from the trailer)
- This is effective because as an audience, the ancillary texts offer more advertisement
What have you learned from your audience feedback?
- I have learnt about how to reach my target audience effectively. Not only with the trailer but also with the film poster and magazine cover.
- The feedback also let me know what was expected from my final product
- My audience feedback also helped me to realize what my audience will look for in a trailer before they feel motivated to see the whole film.
How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
- Media technologies were important for the construction, research and planning of our Trailer.
- Samson uploaded our magazine cover to his facebook page and it receive a lot of positive feedback from our media classmates and from other friends
- The internet also allowed us to record the planning, research and construction of our trailer on our blogs.
- To construct our trailer we used a video camera and tripod provided by the college. We also used digital camera to take still images from the recording set to use on publications such as the magazine. Finally, we edited to footage on imovie HD.
