(Part 2) In what ways does your media products use, develop and challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

 Like my poster and magazine my main inspiration for my teaser trailer were other teaser trailers and other trailers of a similar genre, 28 Days Later and I Am Legend were my main inspirations and they were my main inspirations when I was creating my trailer.

Use

• I used low key lighting in my trailer, although I was just following the conventions of a horror film these are also prominent features in the two trailers I chose as inspiration. 

• I used a lot of fade to black editing transitions, these are a prominent feature in the 28 Days Later trailer especially when the trailer begins to speed up.
• I used a lot of jump cuts in my trailer, these are a common editing transition because it speeds up the action, these coupled with the high and low angles show the characters panic.

• Like the I Am Legend trailer my trailer is isn't about the action and doesn't include it.

Develop

• I was inspired to create video blogs by I Am Legend, the video blogs weren't in the trailer but they are in the full film. I decided to add them into my teaser trailer.  In a character driven narrative it's important for the audience to interact with the character.

• The title slides from 28 Days later were an inspiration for me when I was creating my trailer. While they counted through the stages I picked up on important dates for my main character, I think they are a good way to create tension and set a time for the film to take place.

 Challenge

• I never shown any of the zombies, judging by the other trailers I have seen of the same genre it is uncommon not to show the threat in a trailer but I have done it because I want it to be a teaser about the character.

• My trailer doesn't show any of what happens in the actual film but instead acts as a prologue to it.
• In the trailer I have used very low key lighting, this can be seen when he is putting the papers in the bag, I did this because I wanted it to be as realistic as possible and the only light I wanted was to be coming from the lamp. I used it in challenge because I have made it very dark.