*No longer than a minute
*Title
*Quite often, not much text, doesn't give away too much to the audience
*Sometimes doesn't even show the main character
*Usually shows a recurring symbol
*Antagonist- or a sign of the antagonist is usually shown
*Released long before the film is released
*The pace usually is fast or starts slow and picks up
How my teaser trailer has conformed to conventions
*My teaser trailer is only about 45 seconds, so about perfect amount of time.
*The clocks within the trailer were my recurring symbols.
*The antagonist was shown often within my trailer- in fact you see the antagonists before you even meet any of the protagonists.
*They are then shown again later right at the end of the video.
How I didn't conform to conventions
*My trailer ends slow paced- I thought this was good to build tension within the trailer and would have made people wanting more. It creates more of an enigma code- what is going to happen next? sort of feeling.
*I've included a bit of text in it- Time is Ticking, although in teaser trailers, you often see a bit more text- or have a narration, however with the editing, I could not fit it in- especially since when I had changed it (so text was within the trailer) the music had been already made, meaning that if I changed the positioning of any clips, it would have made the music out of sync. However I also thought that only have a bit of text did not 'clutter' the trailer- as it would have meant too much information would have been included in a short amount of time- in the end with more text- it would have made my trailer look rushed and just filling in some space.
*You saw two of my protagonist characters (out of the seven that would have been in it)- this is unusual because teaser trailers often only focus on one character or even not have a protagonist at all and purely focus on the antagonists.
The conventions of Sci-fi/Thriller genre
How I did conform to conventions of these genres
*The music is usually a massive give away to what type of genre the teaser trailer is- often it is the only clear indication of what genre the film is! My music was eery, there were lots of overlaying of sound. The clock sound told the audience that time was running out. Although the music was a bit eery- it did not have any sudden jumps within it which meant it strayed away from the horror genre. The sort of music that was most appropriate for my teaser trailer would be like the soundtrack of Moon- a famous sci-fi film- the conventions of this soundtrack match my teaser trailer- showing that the music made the trailer sound more sci-fi!
*The trailer was enigmatic- this usually matches both Sci-fi and Thriller genres, because Thriller is usually based around suspense and 'what's going to happen?!' whilst Sci-fi genre/films often about the discovery of something such as a new world or a revolutionary experiment!
How I didn't conform to conventions of these genres
*My trailer could have included a lot more 'jumps' in it to match the thriller conventions as you almost always have one jumpy part in a thriller trailer. However as it is a hybrid genre- I didn't want to make it more a dominant thriller trailer than sci-fi/thriller. Also, I wanted to stray away from Horror conventions and I thought too many jumps would have made it seem more like a horror film.
I conformed quite a lot to the conventions of Sci-fi/Thriller- purely because as Sci-fi especially is a hard convention to portray on the level of quality film we have (no SFX!!), it's quite hard to convey them.
Other information about my idea/trailer/genre
Here's some other information about my idea/trailer/genre! One of the things that had influenced my idea was Surrealism- I think that surrealism is very interesting, and often works well with the sci-fi/thriller theme! I like the dark theme of surrealism and the fact that it's out of the ordinary, Salvador Dali being one of my greatest influences with 'The Persistence of Memory'(it even has clocks!)!! My Film Poster and Magazine front cover best show surrealism- as the fact the face in my poster is made out of lots of different people's body parts! Also my Magazine front cover had a face (Tick) within the clock face!
If my trailer had been made into a full film- there would be a lot more surrealist traits- I mean the world of these people to start off with is artificial!
That's all I have to say! Naomi out!
