Friday, 20 September 2013

Analysing Movie Trailers in terms of Conventions and Iconography

My Sister's Keeper 

Conventions 
  • Includes name of the film 
  • Includes Credits 
  • Includes Production company 
  • A climax including visuals and music 
  • A strong, effective ending  
  • Includes a dialogue from the film that acts as a voice over  
Iconography  
  • An emotional love song with an almost dramatic base 
  • Scenes of crying/happiness 
  • Young, attractive cast  
  • Use of bright colours as well as dark, shows contrast of emotion within the drama

    Charlie st Cloud

Conventions 
  • Shows production company  
  • Shows actor's name 
  • strong ending  
  • Includes a dialogue from the film that acts as a voice over  
  • Includes name of the film 
  • Includes Credits 
Iconography  
  • young, attractive cast 
  • use of bright colours at the start, then dark after the accident, followed by a mixture towards the end 
  • 'normal' day to day clothing worn 
  • an emotional soundtrack 
  • scenes of happiness/stress/grief

    Prisoners

Conventions 
  • includes credits 
  • shows production company 
  • shows actor's names 
  • Includes dialogue from the movie which acts as a soundtrack 
  • strong, dramatic ending 
Iconography 
  • Dramatic soundtrack which builds up to a climax at the end  
  • No soundtrack at the beginning and just shows dialogue from the movie, making out they're in a normal situation adding emphasis to the fact it could happen to any family, appealing to a wider audience 
  • dark colours reflecting the dark storyline 
  • wears plain clothing showing they are in no mood to care about appearance

    The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo  

Conventions  
  • Use of a voiceover 
  • use of text  
  • strong effective ending  
  • shows credits 
  • shows film name 
  • graphics match film theme 
Iconography  
  • dramatic, tension soundtrack  
  • dark, dramatic actions 
  • quick cuts present actions 

    The City Of Bones 

Conventions  
  • strong opening/ending 
  • use of voice over and text 
  • includes credits 
  • shows production company  
Iconography 
  • tension/dramatic soundtrack 
  • use of dark colours 
  • young, attractive cast to appeal to their target audience 
  • they wear dark clothing to focus on what's happening  

No comments:

Post a Comment