1. Question 1. In what ways does your
media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of
real media?

2. The genre of my trailer is Romantic drama. Most films in this genre focus around an
obstacle that is preventing the love of two people. Like the films I have looked at I have
chosen a big obstacle that prevents my characters from being together.
In the research and planning stages of my trailer I looked at existing media trailers to
identify codes and conventions of the romantic drama genre.
In the film ‘Dear John’ the two main characters are separated when the male character
goes off to fight in the war. Like ‘Dear John’ I have chosen war as the obstacle in my
trailer. My male character Jay goes off to fight in the war, leaving behind his childhood
sweetheart Rosie.
I have followed the codes and conventions of a romance drama as
my characters are separated because of this obstacle. In most
Romantic drama films the ending involves the lovers separating
because of the enormity of the obstacle - this is a convention I have
followed as my male character Jay dies at war separating the two
lovers because of the severity and devastation caused by war - the
obstacle.

3. My trailer is set in the 1940’s. To get an accurate idea of the costume and styling of this
time I used old photographs and other film trailers.
In ‘The Notebook’ the time period is set in the 1940’s, I analysed this trailer in my pre
production stages as this gave me an idea of not only the costume and style but the
narrative and behaviour of characters at that time.
The female style was particularly important to get right as I think it is easy to notice the
1940’s time period through the clothing they wore.
• The use of red lips on the character here is a
convention of the 1940’s style that I have stuck too.
Young women in the 1940’s often wore red lipstick
and this made them look older than they were -
which was the overall style at the time.
• The hair is twisted as the front and tied back which
keeps the hair off there face and again like the red
lips makes them look older than their years.

4. In ‘The Notebook’ Like the character
the female Allie’s dresses, my
character Allie character Rosie’s
wears fitted tea dresses are pulled
dresses. She wears in at the middle
a combination of and have buttons
bright and subtle down the front.
colours.
In my film trailer I
have applied these
I have also used conventions of the
the codes and 1940’s costume. Like
conventions of the ‘The Notebook’
1940’s style from character Allie, my
‘The Notebook’. actress wears tea
dresses in similar
styles.

5. The conventions of a teaser trailer are to ‘tease’ the audience before the film is
released by giving them short clips of the film to entice them and make them want to
watch the film. A teaser trailer does not give away too much about the film and does
not contain any ‘spoilers’.
My teaser trailer involves very short clips which do not give away too much away about
the film. However, I have challenged this convention of a teaser trailer as my trailer
does include a clip of a telegram - as my male character goes off to war it could be
argued that I am giving away the ending of the film - that he dies at war.
Unlike some of the trailers I looked at - ‘The Notebook’ and ‘Dear John’ which all
contain only teaser clips in their trailer - my teaser trailer could perhaps give away the
ending.

6. In my trailer I have given the audience with a potential ending and outcome for the
film through the clip of a telegram and ending clip of Rosie putting a cross by a field of
poppies.
This follows the conventions of the teaser trailer ‘Letters To Juliet’ which reveals a lot
to the audience. In the 59 second trailer it is revealed to the audience that the main
part of the story is to find an old ladies lost love and that her grandson Charlie and
female character Sophie do find him, and it shows the audience that Charlie and
Sophie fall in love. The trailer gives away the majority of the film plot in a short
period of time however this still fits in with some of the conventions of a teaser
trailer as the audience are still enticed and may still want to watch the film even if
they do know the outcome. Therefore in my trailer not only have I challenged the
conventions of a teaser trailer as I give a hint about an important part of the plot, I
have developed this because I have still done it in a way where the audience are
‘teased’ as they do not know for sure that my male character has died and is not just
missing nor that the telegram is necessarily for him.

7. On my film poster I have followed a lot of the conventions of other posters I have
looked at. The credits are at the bottom, the title is clear and the main image is striking
and prominent.

8. My credits are at the bottom of the poster -
like on one of the posters I analysed in my
pre production stages. Like ‘The Notebook’
film poster I have also included the date in
which the film will be released, and the
production and distribution companies
logos.
I have also made my title the focus of the page
by making it a bold colour against the
background and bigger than any other text.

9. In another of the film posters I analysed the
male character at the top appears to be
slightly faded out, giving the impression that
the couple have split or he has moved away.
This I have developed in my film poster as I
have faded an image of both the male and
female character to represent that the
happiness of the couple has been lost.

10. I have placed the tagline at the top which is where I have kept the title at
the magazine ‘STUDIO’ places it so that it stands out. the top of page so that
it stands out and is
I have easy to see - this fits in
placed the with the typical
date, price conventions of
and issue magazine covers.
number at
the top out I have challenged
of the way the conventions of
in small the magazine covers
print - this is I looked at as I put
done on other images on my
most magazine cover
magazines aswell as my main
so that it image. I did this to
does not entice the audience
obstruct a and give them more
story. hints about the film.
I have placed the
barcode at the bottom of
the page which is where
the magazine I have
analysed have placed
theirs.