Film Trailer Conventions

Title:

Chariots of Fire

Genre:

Drama/Documentary/Reality

Target Audience (with evidence):

Middle aged,40-60 years, because its a slow faced trailer. People who have seen the orginal film, as the audience can relate to the charactors.

Conventions included in the trailer:

- Quotations (from "NEW YORK TIMES"

- White to Black transitions.

- Fade to black

- Billing Block/Institutional information

- Male voiceover

- Emotive Language

- Inrteritles (Black with white writing/Capitals)

Title:

Skyfall

Genre:

Action

Target Audience (with evidence):

15-40 years because there's a wide appeal because of the "James Bond Legacy"

Conventions included in the trailer:

-Fast paced

-Availble in IMAX and 3D

-Dramatic music in sync with transitions

-Iconography of the logo- 007

-Release date

-Montage (non-chronological order)

-Production Company.

Title:

Diary of a wimpy kid

Genre:

Comedy/Family Film

Target Audience (with evidence):

Young children and families, its from the childrens books.

Conventions included in the trailer:

-Voice over (Deep middle aged man, usually american)

- Introduction to charactors

-USP (Links to the book)

-Unique titles

Title:

The Amazing Spider-man

Genre:

Action

Target Audience (with evidence):

16-24 males.

Conventions included in the trailer:

-Iconography- spider logo

-Voiceover- Monologue/Narration

-Fade to black and cuts

-Indication of release date

-3D

-USP- spiderman as a charactor

-Promotes main actors

-Non-chronological