Genre Research

I've had a thought about what genre of film my teaser trailer is going to be for.

I played around with the ideas of:

- comedy

- rom-com

- sci-fi

- horror

Due to resources like props, locations and actors etc i thought that horror would be a safe

option, as the conventions are pretty straight forward.

I then decided to research some horror/thriller trailers to get a feel of their conventions as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOTlpQStC18 - Paranormal Activity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK8eFme6qzY - Saw VI.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp276DOPQw0 - Friday 13th.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpUH19mRNi8 - My Bloody Valentine.

Just as i found out in my last research the film production company is always shown first.

- the narrating voice is that of an elder person, often with a creepy tone.

- Paranormal Activity and My bloody Valentine showed actually footage of an audience watching the film,

depicting how scared they were.

- fast editing of scariest scenes (only lasting a second or less) add to the suspense

- a lot of dark locations were used

- screaming and generally loud sounds were played throughout each trailer