What iconography do you expect to see in the genre thriller?

Sunday, 21 February 2010

How does your trailer compare to a real media text? (be specific)

I think that my trailer compares to a real trailer in many ways like the disequllibrium aspect of the trailer conveys the intrigiung and empahsises the confusion, tension that many trailers display to the audiences.

I feel that the storyline is very similar to other media texts, like there are many trailers that consist of similar stories, with a murder being dispalyed
and rhe audiences being kept in the dark about who the murderer is.
This kind of media text creates suspense and confusion which is solved whilst watching the film. Therefore, my trailer also hides the killer, and the killer is not revealed. This kind of films tend to be thrillers. As I have found out within my individual investigation, the genre is also a thriller. Afterschool, Disturbia and Brick are all thrillers.

From my research investigation I found that:
Similar to my trailer, Afterschool and Disturbia's trailer also consist of a murder, where the killer is not revealed, also present in my trailer.

However, in contrast Brick contains a crime investigation where the murder is not presented. Therefore, despite all three being thrillers, including my trailer consisits of the same genre. However have differences as well as similarties.

Whilst doing my trailer, I realized that the two trailers that I had invesigated in my research, Afterschool and Disturbia are very similar to my trailler.

For example: The starting of these two trailers and my trailer all start in a normal, safe envirnment.

My trailer= In a college, students see a "film club" poster and are excited over it, conveying normality.

Afterschool = Also starts in a school, presenting the protagnist in school. Normality presented with the iconography of the school bell, school uniforms and classrooms.

Disturbia = Starting is in a neighbourhood, displaying the normality of the young in his teens protagnist who is presented as a normal guy.

All three show safe, normal settings whhere 'unsafe' things accur.

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