Saturday, 24 September 2016

Teaser Trailer Conventions & Conclusion

After looking at 5 different teaser trailers, I found out that they all contained same conventions regardless of what the type of movie/genre it is. Below is a list of bullet points of the conventions which I found from analysing my five teaser trailers:

  • Production Company
  • Images from the film
  • Title of the film
  • Release dates
  • Indication of genre- through music, voiceover, mise-en-scene.
  • Website
  • Cast/crew/director credits
  • Music- reflects the genre but also synchronises with the images.
  • A variety of camera shots/movements.
Although, analysing these five teaser trailers, I was disappointed to see that some more of the conventions didn't show up in the teaser trailers. Below are the conventions which were not seen in the teaser trailers that I analysed:

  • Reference to source material of what the film is based on
  • Tag lines
  • Quotes that reference other films- for example 'From the director of...' or 'From the producers of...'
  • References to wards that cast/crew/film may have won or been nominated for.
  • Possibly references to other films or other films that have been directed/produced by the same people.

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