This document discusses conventions in drama film trailers and what inspired the analysis of various drama film trailers. It describes elements like slow pacing and title transitions that were effective in one trailer. Another trailer inspired through its use of many props, CGI effects, and involvement of many people. Special effects showing a burning plane, transitions, and mise-en-scene fitting the actions and scenes inspired analysis of another trailer. Common conventions discussed include murder mysteries, forbidden love causing affairs, dramas being based on true stories or novels, and films including innocent children characters or characters suffering from illness.

1. Research of Trailers

2. Side Effects
What inspired me :
-The slow pace and transitions made it romantic even though it is in the drama genre.
Another thing that inspired me was that the title was fading away. (effect)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFEou3MBLi4

3. Conventions
Murder - Usually someone gets killed and
that’s what the whole film is about (Killed
wife and husband tries to find the killer
and get revenge) – EG momento
Love- A couple who is in love untill
something goes wrong with one of
them. Suffering from being apart
from each other.
Investigation – The director of the
film usually makes people think
it’s the wrong person that’s been
accused of murder, at the end the
killer is the most unexpected
person.

4. The Great Gatsby
What inspired me :
- It was very energetic by the use of many propps, CGI effects and that many people
were involved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rARN6agiW7o

5. Conventions
Forbidden Love – A couple that can’t
be together but its always true love
and that’s what cause the drama &
…
Affairs – Forbidden Love will
always cause the affairs.

6. Heaven Is Real:
What Inspired me:
-The glowing effect on some scenes and the credits suit to the title because its in the
topic as heaven is pure and Holy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-ewaCVARtM

7. Conventions
Drama films are usually based on a
true story which always makes the
audience more interested in
watching it. EG- 12 year slave, The
Impossible
A Child is a main character because
they are innocent and they always
have a story behind the plot.

8. My Sisters Keeper:
What inspired me:
- The beginning their was a different footage used. Also through out the trailer
different music was used.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP4NxUFgFrs

9. Conventions
Someone is suffering from a
serious sickness and is at the
risk of dying, at the times when
it gets worse it rises tension to
the audience
Based on a novel – Drama films
can be are usually created from a
novel but are little bit different to
it. EG – The Notebook.

10. White House Down
What inspired me:
- What inspired me was the special effects used to show a burning plane. The
transitions used and the mise-en-scene was well fitted to the actions and scenes.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wonLfgO5p8

11. Conventions
A child to save- The main character
has their child in danger (hero). So
they do anything to save them. EG -
Taken
There’s always that one hero that
survives and saves everyone.