Project Brief

For my Advanced A2 Media Production I have chosen to do the following;

2) A promotion package for a new film, to include a trailer along with the following options:

• A film magazine front cover, featuring the new film. 
• A poster for the new film. 

FINAL PRODUCTS: Film Trailer - "Killer Next Door"

             

FINAL PRODUCTS: Film Magazine Front Cover - "Killer Next Door"

FINAL PRODUCTS: Film Poster - "Killer Next Door"

EVALUATION: Question 1 - In what ways does your product use, develop and challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

EVALUATION: Question 2 - How effective is the combination of your main product and your ancillary products?

EVALUATION - Question 3: What did you learn from your audience feedback?

What did I learn from my audience Feedback? 

From my audience feedback I learnt that the plot was conveyed clearly and efficiently in a 2 minute time frame. This was due to the prominent archetypal figures (the victim vs the killer)who anchored the diegesis and made it simple and easy for the audience to understand the dynamic of the narrative. As well as archetypal features, the plot was also made clear through the continuity of the shots as well and the locations of the shots. With the genre being based on thriller, the location of a spooky and isolated wooded area was a typical place in which a thriller film would take place. 
The genre was made specifically clear due to, again, the archetypal roles in the trailer; the victim vs the killer. In terms of post production, my audience made clear that the use of the fast paced editing during the tense and frightful chase scenes, once again anchored the diegesis and helped to portray the scary/eerie feel to the trailer. This ultimately made it clear that the trailer was classified within the thriller genre. Another key focus in the editing that the audience highlighted was that the fades to black made it very clear it was part of the thriller genre. This is because it adds a heavy presence of fear into the trailer as the audience are left not knowing what will appear on the screen next; the killer may appear at any moment and danger could arise. 
The haunting music was a also a major point which the audience brought up and they made it clear that the ambient sound, non diegetic and diegetic sounds which were used the whole way through the trailer allowed for the moving images to be tied together and helped confirm the genre of thriller.