The document discusses conventions used in horror media products and how the author has developed and challenged some of these conventions in their own horror magazine cover, film poster, and trailer. For the magazine cover, the author uses bold text and red and black colors which represent blood and death for horror. The film poster features a dark and sinister background with a creepy house in the center and smudged tagline. The trailer uses unsettling old-fashioned music and only features one character instead of many to make it unique.

1. Q1. The mastheadIuseddevelopsthe formsof areal mediaproductas I have usedthe same bold
textand inside one of the lettersIhave insertedasmallerwordbut,Ihave put it at a differentangle
to give ita unique anddifferentlookasitwill be eye-catchingforthe audience whoare observingit.
By changingitI have developeditasI onlygot the ideafromthe real mediaproduct. Iusedblack for
my mastheadbecause the colourlinkstothe genre whichishorrorand blackis linkedwith fordeath.
Above mymastheadIhave got writingtofeel atthe topwhichshowsa few movie.Ihave usedthat
froma real mediaproduct bykeepingthe exactsame layoutbut,Ichangedthe spacesin between
each wordby usingfull stopsinsteadof stars. Iusedfull stopsbecause starsgive ita more positive
effectandmymagazine issupposedtobe a horror-like magazine andblackfull stopsgivesitadark
and boldeffect. Ihave challengedconventionsof real productsasthe colour of my textiscompletely
differenttoanyothermagazine as I have onlystuckto twocolours.Redand blackare my main
coloursfor the textonmy magazine coverbecause boththe coloursrepresentmygenre.Redisused
because bloodisa knownfactorfor a horror filmandblackdenotesdeathanddeathisa main factor
inhorror films.
On mosthorror filmpostersthe backgroundandlayoutisknownforbeingverydarkand sinister
looking.Ihave usedthe same conventionsasotherpostersbecause the layoutwill have tobe dark
and sinisterlookingsopeoplerecognise itstraightawayasbeingexposedasahorror film. Ihave put
the house inthe centre of the posterso itcan be noticedanditis eye-catching.The restof the
backgroundiscoatedin darknessbecause the house isthe mainpriorityof the posterandthe
audience canlookat howcreepythe house looks. The darknessisusedbecause itshowshow creepy
and eerie the layoutandwhatthe outcome will be.Ihave developedformsof real mediaproducts
by creatinga tagline whicheveryone horrorfilmposterhas.Ihave displayedthe taglinebelow the
mastheadbecause Iwantto showwhat the filmiscalledandthe morale of the story.I have
developeditbypresentingthe layoutinadifferentwayandhave smudgedthe writingtogive ita
creepyandbloodcurdlingeffect.Ihave challengedconventionsof real mediaproductsbycreatinga
masthead,tagline andthe date andcreatinga differenteffectbysmudgingthe writingbecauseit
givesita disturbinglookbecause itlinkstothe posterasthe picture isverydark and spine-chilling
and theybothlinktogetherbecause itcreatesahorrificlook.

2. A horror trailerisrenownedforhavingcreepyandoldfashionmusicbecause itgivesasense of a
disturbance whilstwatchingthe trailerandthe musicisone of the main factorsfor a horror trailer
because wheneverhearingthe musicit’ll be knownforthe trailer.Ihave usedthe same conventions
for mytrailerwiththe musicas the musicis the same for the trailer‘Insidious2.’The reasonI chose
the musicwas because the musicisveryoldfashionedandishappyat the start to show the firsthalf
of the trailerispositive untilthe musicstopsanddisruptioniscausedafter.Ihave developedforms
of real mediaproductsinmytrailerby referencingthe Lionsgatesproductionlogobut,changingitby
callingthe production‘Mac Productions.’Before thatitsays‘fromthe producersof sinisterand
insidious’ because itshowsthatthe trailerisonpar withthe otherscary filmsthatare known.Iused
it because ittakesuptime inthe trailerand itgivesa professionalfeel whenwatchingthe trailer.
The impact on the audience isthatwhenthey’re watchingthe traileritlooksmore professionaland
lookslike the trailerisnotdone byan amateur. I have challengedformsof real mediaproductsin
my trailerbyonlystarringone personinthe whole trailer.Mosttrailerswill have more peopleinthe
trailerbut,I have chosento star one personbecause itmakesiteye-catchinganditisunique to
othertrailersasit standsout that one personisinthe whole trailer. Thisimpactsthe audience
because itgivesthemone persontonotice andtheycan get to know the character well ratherthan
more.