Evaluation - Code and Conventions
My A2 production of a film trailer is for a science-fiction
and adventure film, with some links to a thriller. I’ve tried to stay
conventional to the sci-fi genre by including elements that represent the genre
such as robots, spaceships, portals, and special powers. To conform to the
adventure genre, I used different locations in my trailer such as the woods, cities,
space and on another planet – like the dark rocky planet and Aurora which is
represented by the large planet in the sky. The short fight scene is a link to
a thriller because of the use of mise-en-scène by the characters. The
characters are shown fighting with swords, and their clothing are dark black.
As well as their clothing being black, the antagonist’s faces are blacked out
which adds mystery. The use of low-key lighting in these shots creates a scary
and sinister feeling, and the large explosion lighting up the scenes shows the
binary oppositions between good and evil.
My ancillary consisted of two products – a film poster and a
magazine front cover. My first draft film poster tried to show the binary
oppositions between good and evil but using light colours in the top and dark
colours the bottom half. I chose his to stay convention to the sci-fi genre, as
there is usually a stark contract between the protagonists and antagonists, as
generally a key point in the film. In my final film poster, chose to scrap the
binary opposition, by making the whose background a dark starry sky. As well as
changing the background to one that’s darker, I added the main actor’s names at
the top. End the end, I chose this theme for the poster to stay convention to
other film posters. Having analysis different film poster, they all follow a
general trend of having the actor’s names at the top.
To stay linked to the science-fiction genre, I’ve used
spaceships and antagonists to help promote the genre. The antagonists have red
rings as faces, indicating they are dangerous and evil; these are connotations
of the colour red. They also wield swords and spears which may indicate an
action, however, coupled with the low-key lighting and dark colours in the
poster, my intentions were to also suggest a thriller. I used the planet in the
sky, the dark rocky landscape and the starry background to indicate an
adventure film. Adventure film posters usually show a location that is out of
the ordinary, and ones that the target audience will usually not have seen. For
example, for a film set in the forest or desert, it may be advertised as an
adventure film to a target audience who mainly live in urban cities. As my film
is set for a demographic of 13-mid 20’s who may live in urban cities, my poster
depicts a dark and rocky planet which will appeal to the audience.
For my magazine cover, to stay conventional to other
magazine covers, I only depicted one main character in the cover – the main
protagonist. To indicate he’s a protagonist, I used a light colour scheme and
low-key lighting in show this. A medium shot depicts the protagonist using
direct mode of address which subconsciously makes the reader drawn to the
magazine, and makes them want to purchase it. Direct mode of address is a common
convention used in almost all modern magazine front covers, and is the reason
why I chose to include this.
The use of Enigma codes is utilised throughout my
production, in both the trailer and the ancillary text. In the trailer, we find
out that the main character has special powers, and was the son of a powerful
father who saved the planet of Aurora. In the fight scenes, including his dad
and several antagonists, we are not told why the antagonists were there and
this raises questions/enigmas among the audience. In the film poster, it is
evident that the teenager at the top is the main protagonist. From this we
still aren’t sure how his role in the film is going to be played, or how he is
going to defeat the antagonists. The audience are left to hypothesise the
outcome of the film, and these enigmas makes the audience more curious to know
what happens. For their questions to be fulfilled, they will go and see the
film to see how the story pans out.
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