The group produced a sci-fi thriller film trailer about a relationship with an abusive partner who is stuck in a time loop that repeats the day with increasing danger. They conducted research including audience interviews and a questionnaire to incorporate elements viewers wanted, such as action, suspense, aliens and a plot twist. The trailer fits the sci-fi and thriller genres through the time loop concept and murders. Conventions like soundtrack, camera angles, costumes, props and locations were used to move the plot and create realism and meaning for the audience.

2. Myself and my group, which consisted of Scott Cook and Rhys Birch, produced,
edited and directed our own film trailer where we had chosen a genre and
created a brand new plot which fitted that genre. The genre that we had
specifically chosen was Sci-Fi Thriller. As a group, we decided upon this genre
because all 3 of us thought that it would be interesting to film as the genre is
of Science Fiction and Thriller, which we think makes it that little bit more
challenging but we wanted to challenge ourselves as a group and tackle filming
The trailer. plot of our production was centered around the relationship between tw
the basic
people and we decided to base our trailer on the different problems and issues th
may occur during the relationship and how one party can become very abusive to
their partner and friends. But myself and my group wanted to add a twist and add
some science-fiction into it so we added a "time loop" where the abuser gets put
into a situation where she's stuck in the same day which repeat's itself and each
time the day repeat's, the more danger she is in.
Here is our finished film trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wFDohu8Ubc

3. What have you learnt from
your audience feedback?
The audience was vital in our trailer because without them, we wouldn't have
known what key moments and conventions to add into our trailer. Our target
audience for the trailer was 15 and we decided it would be best suitable for 15
year old's because there were scenes of violence in the trailer e.g. when Rhys
got pushed up against the lockers, when I got pushed through a door, when
Steph got hit across the face with a hammer and when she also got hit by a car.
When my group conducted an interview with two other media students, Craig and
Ryan to determine what we shall include in our production, we learnt from them
that they would like to a plot twist where either the hero dies at the very beginning
and the villain takes over the world. We also discovered that they and perhaps
other audience members would like to see bright colours, realistic but effective
stunts and special effects are what the audience may want to see in our trailer.
Because we wanted to meet our chosen audiences needs, we decided to take
some of the information we gathered onboard and decided that the killer would
Ryan Rheeston bright orange hoodie to make him stand out.
wear a Audience Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojMMmYfrTQY
Craig Fallows Audience Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ-zmd8w0BQ

4. Here is the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) and it's
where people decide on the correct age rating for a particular
film:
http://www.bbfc.co.uk/

5. ......
Not only did we conduct an interview, but we also carried out a questionaire to find out
what the students in our sixth form would like to see in our production and these are
the results:
From looking at the questionaire results, you can see that our audiences wanted to
see a lot of aliens and space but we decided to go with having a time loop as we
thought it would be more interesting. Also the results tell us that they expect a Sci-
Fi Thriller to include moments of action and a lot of suspence which is something
we worked at to include into our trailer.

6. In what ways does your media
product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real
mediathat myself as i mentioned previously was Sci-Fidid in factI fit our
I believe products?
chosen genre which
and my groups finished production
Thriller. would
definitley say that we successfully managed to portray moments of the Science
Fiction and Thriller in our production by adding the time loop and the different
murders.
One of the main conventions of our trailer would be the soundtrack added. It has
to have a purpose and the purpose of having a soundtrack for my trailer was to
give the audience a hidden message. Due to the fact that our soundtrack that was
used throughout the trailer was called "Run To You" by Bryan Adams the
message that we wanted to show the audience was that even if you try and run
away from your problems, you will either end up running back or you'll never
escape no matter how hard you try to. I think that the music also has to create
suspense for the audience and make them want to carry on watching the trailer
and i believe our soundtrack did that because it fulfilled.
Here is the soundtrack "Run To You" by Bryan Adams:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCBASt507WA

7. Camera Angles- I would say that getting the right camera angles
and shots is very important in a production because you are able to
see a wide range of different emotions that are shown on the
characters faces and also what is occuring in the surroundings.
Some of the most common camera angles and shots we used
throughout the production was:
Close ups Medium Long shots
Birds Eye view Long Shot

8. Props and Costume - For our production, we decided that our
costumes and props used should be on a basic level,as we didn't
want to focus all of our attentions on the costumes but more on
the characters and plot. Also we wanted to make the production
as realistic as possible and not over exaggerate. For Steph, her
clothes were pretty basic throughout the trailer, she mainly wore
jeans, a cardigan and a coat. This is to show that she is just an
ordinary teenage girl. Her Boyfriend Rhys also keeps it basic by
wearing a jacket and jeans, but when his darker side comes out
during the trailer, you will see him wearing a orange hoodie to
show how his character has transformed.
Wearing a hoodie to
symbolise terror.
Wearing cardigan and
coat to symbolise she's
an ordinary girl.
Location - The location for our production was set at different places, some
bits were filmed at school, others on an industrial estate and the rest was
filmed in Scott's relatives house. Again we wanted to create a high
versimilitude for the production so we decided that the locations be really
easy to travel to and very basic.