What are the conventions of your chosen film genre and which aspects of trailers in this genre influence you?

The majority of trailers involve the classic and recognizable good conventions within a trailer, these include, voiceovers, used to give clues and also too express information. They also showcase the actors to us, mainly expressing who the main characters are, and also involve one-liner conversation between characters this is too give that little bit of extra information. Although most key points are often shown through some kind of title sequence.

Dramatic camera angles are often used to showcase events or characters. The whole point is to create atmosphere, which is then developed and helped by specific music chosen to accompany the images. The music and shots then build to a climax and it builds up towards the end of the trailer, which usually ends, especially in the duration of a thriller, with a dramatic ending, normally leaving it on a cliff-hanger, therefore meaning that it attracts audiences to go and see it.

The Majority of the trailer conventions mentioned I will be using in my trailer. The genre I have chosen is a thriller, I will be designing a ‘classic’ thriller similar to others like, ‘The Strangers,’ ‘When a stranger calls,’ and finally ‘Hide and Seek.’
I will be using a montage and conversations between characters to give information, however the conversations will lie over separate footage from were the conversation is, in particular parts during the film, a sound bridge.

A trailer building too a climax, is even more important in a thriller trailer as it is all about the fear factor. The way I intend to do this, is by using dramatic camera angles to dramatize the more eventful shots of the trailer. For instance specifically in ‘The Strangers,’ when the main girl in the film is standing in the kitchen, and the man comes into shot, without the girl knowing, this specifically plays on the idea of the unknown.
Also similar too the trailer, is the key points that are conveyed through the titles, however they will be used to cause atmosphere. This will be done by relating the situations in the film (trailer) to everyday life.

Finally, instead of using music to create the tension, rather, I might use sudden sound affects and tryout using complete silence to build tension and also add a sense awkwardness and a feeling of being uncomfortable. In terms of characters, it will be based around one main character, a girl, and work around the fact that another girl fails to arrive at a house in the countryside. This is a similar theme too ‘When a stranger calls,’ which again plays with the idea of a girl being alone in a house in the middle of nowhere. Specifically showing things that the audience can see however she cannot.

All of these aspects are used to build to a big climax, the classic ‘baddie,’ in a thriller will be unknown throughout, and hardly seen throughout also, we will also never know who he is throughout the duration of the trailer. This again is a classic convention of a trailer particularly for a thriller, and also plays with the idea of the unknown.