Monday 7 November 2011

Analysing Film Trailers


Analysing Film Trailers

Film trailers encode their texts with signifiers so the audience will know what type of film it is in a short space of time. You are now going to watch a selection of film trailers and explain how they have been encoded to communicates the genre. You should make notes as you watch them, then write a paragraph explaining how you know what genre the trailer belongs to. Remember to use the word genre signifier throughout. You should think about:

  1. Music
  2. Setting/location
  3. Costumes
  4. Props
  5. Pace of edit (how fast the shots are put together)
  6. Shot selection (what type of shots are in the trailer)

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