Conventions

Convention of a Trailer

The basic convention of a film trailer is to introduction of the plot, establishment of the main characters, introduce the setting, establish genre, build tension and given an brief explanation of the situation the characters are in. We should aim to leave the audience with questions to gain their interest in the upcoming film and to keep

them thinking about it. Editing is very important in a trailer. The narrative structure should generally introduce (characters and setting) show conflict/ problem that characters have gotten themselves into, this is followed by the climax of the trailers where the problem is somewhat resolves.

Convention of a Film Magazine

A conventional film poster has a dominate image , Masthead (name of magazine), tagline, Coverline (this tells the audience what’s in the magazine, date and cover price and a barcode ( offers that help promote the magazine.

Convention of a Film Poster

Film posters generally have a tagline, a dominate image, the film’s title, release date cast/stars and the directors name. Some films posters may have all these however some only have a few.