Coursework: Summer Project 2018
1) Research: Film trailer analysis You need to write detailed 250-word close-textual analyses of six film trailers in your chosen genre. For each film trailer, focus on a different aspect of media language, and embed each one on your blog: Film trailer 1: Narrative and genre How is narrative and genre communicated quickly and clearly to the audience? 1) The Conjuring In this trailer, enigma codes are utilised to portray a sense of mystery, this is shown in the middle of the trailer where the investigators are trying to discover the evil spirit that has taken over the house and the people within it which causes the audience to possess numerous unanswered questions and feel an urge to find out what happens next (Roland Barthes - codes). This has a typical hero and villain story line as the heroes are the ghost hunters/paranormal researchers and the villain is the evil spirit taking over the house and possessing the people within it (Vladimir Propp - seve...