Thursday 10 November 2011
Wednesday 9 November 2011
Typical Movie Poster Conventions
Movie posters to advertise the films usally contain the following;
- A billing block, including the disrtibuters.
- Tagline.
- Unique Selling Point. (USP)
- A Photographic image. Depending on the genre, some images will be computer generated others not.
- A weblink.
- The films title (Masthead)
- A realese date.
- Actor/Actress' names.
- A color pallet of three or four colours.
- From the producers of line. Indicating who has worked on the film, as it shows previous hits.
- A billing block, including the disrtibuters.
- Tagline.
- Unique Selling Point. (USP)
- A Photographic image. Depending on the genre, some images will be computer generated others not.
- A weblink.
- The films title (Masthead)
- A realese date.
- Actor/Actress' names.
- A color pallet of three or four colours.
- From the producers of line. Indicating who has worked on the film, as it shows previous hits.
Typical Conventions Of Horror Movie Posters
Typically most horror movie posters will have the following;
- A billing block, giving details of the producers, distributors, actors and directors.
- Possibly something that indicates the producers. For example for the producers of Saw.
- Films title (Masthead).
- Tagline, indicating to what the film is about.
- Possible release date.
- Photographic image, taking up two thirds of the page, generally computer generated.
- Dark colours, usually no more than three and normally blue is used. Complimenting each other.
- A billing block, giving details of the producers, distributors, actors and directors.
- Possibly something that indicates the producers. For example for the producers of Saw.
- Films title (Masthead).
- Tagline, indicating to what the film is about.
- Possible release date.
- Photographic image, taking up two thirds of the page, generally computer generated.
- Dark colours, usually no more than three and normally blue is used. Complimenting each other.
Tuesday 8 November 2011
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Tuesday 4 October 2011
Monday 3 October 2011
Typical conventions of horror trailers
- Music that kicks in half way through.
- An equilibrum.
- A point of rising action.
- A calm start, generally showing happy shots, people laughing, familys and friends.
- A title.
- A realse date.
- From the directors/makers of.
- A series of fast pace shots.
- An equilibrum.
- A point of rising action.
- A calm start, generally showing happy shots, people laughing, familys and friends.
- A title.
- A realse date.
- From the directors/makers of.
- A series of fast pace shots.
Sunday 2 October 2011
Pleasures Of Viewing
Emotional Pleasure; Meaning when a film has a strong effect on you, so you laugh a lot or cry.
Visceral Pleasures; When a film has a physical effect on you. For example makes you physically sick.
Intellectual Puzzles; When a film makes you want to figure out the puzzle. For example in National Treasure you question whether they will solve the riddles or not, and you try and work them out for yourself.
Counter-Culture Attraction; This is when a audience can view something that doesn't conform to the typically conventions of society or what they deem to be correct.
Visceral Pleasures; When a film has a physical effect on you. For example makes you physically sick.
Intellectual Puzzles; When a film makes you want to figure out the puzzle. For example in National Treasure you question whether they will solve the riddles or not, and you try and work them out for yourself.
Counter-Culture Attraction; This is when a audience can view something that doesn't conform to the typically conventions of society or what they deem to be correct.
Repertoire Of Elements
Characters; Typically in a horror movie there is generally three of characters; a victim, a killer, and a foolish type of person. Normally the female characters are stereotyped to be the foolish ones and the men the killers. Children appear very often in horror films as it gives the film a sense of innocence even though there is some form of murder/killing taking place.
Audience; Men seem to be one of the main audiences for horror as it's exciting and something of the unknown. Also young adults from 16 upwards would be interested possibly by the horror genre as it's not typically something you'd come across in everyday life, so it essentially takes you to a parallel universe.
Settings; For a majority of horror film the setting is quiet similar, there is generally always a creepy looking house in the middle of know-where, possibly near a graveyard. Popular settings also include woods, alleyways and dark streets.
Themes; For a horror film to be successful it needs to conform to some of the typical themes, themes such as;Sin vs Purity, Known vs Unknown, Alive vs Dead, and Light vs Dark.
Style; Conventional lighting for a horror film is quite low key, dark and gloomy with a smokey feel to it. They have allot of use of extreme close ups and high angles shots, to create tension. Another way of creating tension is through the use of sound, typically you'd get organs playing, or low key chords from a piano playing.
Iconography; An iconic item you'd find within a horror film would be some form of knife, and of course most defiantly blood.
Narrative;
Audience; Men seem to be one of the main audiences for horror as it's exciting and something of the unknown. Also young adults from 16 upwards would be interested possibly by the horror genre as it's not typically something you'd come across in everyday life, so it essentially takes you to a parallel universe.
Settings; For a majority of horror film the setting is quiet similar, there is generally always a creepy looking house in the middle of know-where, possibly near a graveyard. Popular settings also include woods, alleyways and dark streets.
Themes; For a horror film to be successful it needs to conform to some of the typical themes, themes such as;Sin vs Purity, Known vs Unknown, Alive vs Dead, and Light vs Dark.
Style; Conventional lighting for a horror film is quite low key, dark and gloomy with a smokey feel to it. They have allot of use of extreme close ups and high angles shots, to create tension. Another way of creating tension is through the use of sound, typically you'd get organs playing, or low key chords from a piano playing.
Iconography; An iconic item you'd find within a horror film would be some form of knife, and of course most defiantly blood.
Narrative;
Thursday 22 September 2011
Understanding Genre
Genre is something that confines a film buy its conventions and Mise-En-Scene. It concludes what sort of film should fit into each category(genre) depending on it's content, for example if a film has cartoon characters with unrealistic features, and unrealistic story lines then we would categorise that as a family film or an animation.
Monday 5 September 2011
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