Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Horror Trailer Research


The portrayal of Horror when it comes to film teaser trailers varies in terms of the narrative of the film as well as the age group. 18 rated films contain an extensive amount of gore and effects that are either made to psychologically disturb its target audience or physically manipulate them into wanting to watch the film. The difference with a 15 rated film is that the actual purpose of the trailer is to entice its target audience to feel unsettled when watching the trailer as well as encouraging them to view the film. Within my coursework I have decided to focus my genre of a Horror Teaser Trailer on 15 rated films as I feel the age group is best suited when trying to get a positive form of feedback when watching the trailer. The rating of the film depends entirely on the narrative as well as the misenscene included within it content. There are a range of different sub- genres that appear within the genre Horror and these may come in the form of Supernatural, Science fiction as well as Thriller each all different forms of Horror to be depicted. In my teaser trailer I have decided to focus my work on the sub-genre of Supernatural, I feel that it allows me to When it comes to me actually researching into areas within my production I have to focus on the fact that the ratings of some trailers effect the way in which a film may be portrayed entirely.When researching the techniques used within film trailers for the genre of Horror I have looked at all the specific and most important aspects that make up the trailer and allow it to be successful.

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