Shania Media 2 - Mr Bush

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Film poster conventions Do some generic research on film posters. 1) Lis t the k ey conventions of a film poster. a main central image from the original media product Film posters are a form of promotion just like a film trailer. Because a film poster is a physical piece and is not a film piece, the posters can promote the film in a lot of different places. Known places for film posters to be seen are on big billboards, bus stops, on buses, underground stations and of course, around the cinema to show future film releases. Because film posters area physical thing, there is no limit on where they can advertise films.  Icons have an important role in film posters because audiences only have the one poster for them to understand the genre of the film, which will result in them either liking the poster or ignoring it. If the story/theme and most importantly genre are not clear in the film poster, there is a risk that the film will lose out on an audience Image Film posters

For my film trailer, I will be producing a 90 second to a two minute trailer which will present a low budget British horror film. In terms of my narrative, the main protagonist throws a dinner party for his best right hand men and their next of kin, which shortly turns into a torture game. Included in the letter sent to the businessmen, it mentioned that they must bring their 'Next of Kin' with them to make the event more memorable. I will be communicating my genre and narrative through specific factors such as mis-en-scene, lighting, and sound. Some factors is am going to include within my trailer to meet the brief is having three locations – the room they are first taken into, the dining hall and lastly the front of the house when Mason and a couple other people escape and run away. Throughout my trailer, I will also be using diegetic and non-diegetic sound. For diegetic sound includes the voices of the characters and sounds made whilst filming, and for non-diegetic sound