Dawn Of the Dead (2004)

To create fear for the audience horror film link aspects of there film with the context in which is happening in the world so in the opening montage at the start of the film it consists of muslims, terrorism and hostages, linking with 09/11, creating fear to the American audience. This links with the original 1978 Dawn f the Dead, with there context being the rise of shopping malls, consumerism and greed of money. This is shown when Peter and Roger steal money from the shopping mall, even though they don't have to buy anything as the world is over run by zombies. Throughout the opening sequence is plays with religious themes of terrorism extremists the famous line of “when there’s no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth” and finally the quote from the news reporter 'God they're here' all have relies connotations, linking with the context in America. The music also has religious connotations linking with the old testament and the revelations. 

Dawn of The Dead (2004)

In this scene racial stereotypes are conformed too and broken. Andre (left, black top) is a conventional negatively represented black character, ex-criminal, also hints of a gangster past, represented by the way he shoots his gun, holding it side ways. However Kenneth, (right, white top) is an unconventional black character as he is a hero and a police officer. This links to the original 1978 dawn of the dead character Peter. However in the scene Andre is talking about how he wants to change his life as he has a kid on the way, i feel that looking at this shit Andre admires Kenneth. I think this because the way scene id framed with Andre lower than Kenneth and looking up at him showing Kenneth's power and good will. Andre's relationship also links with the 1978 Dawn of the Dead as there is hints that Peter and Fran (the only two survivors) have an interracial relationship which at the the historical context at time was highly frowned upon, however in todays context it isn't shocking or frowned upon. 

30 Days Of Night Trailer (2007)

30 days of nights is an action horror film about vampires attacking a village in the arctic circle where the sun doesn't rise for 30 days. By using a jump scare (conventional for an action horror film)it wakes the audience of the rest of the trailer and brings the audience to attention. looking at the mine-en-scene, the characters conventional to its genre, quick moving monster (the vampire) making it clear from the start what genre the film is to the audience. The cuts at the start of the trailer all fade to black, i feel this works well with the trailer as it adds suspense and connotes aspects of the unknown and fear. However when the collision cutting and montage takes place the fades stop adding suspense and quacking the tempo of the trailer to interest the audience. The inter-titles i feel work well containing enough information for the audience to understand the plot but not to much is given away. I also like the change in colour of the type, starting blue, then when the scenes of killing have been seen it changes to red, connoting fear and blood. However i feel that the music in the trailer doesn't fit the genre or the trailer well enough. The music doesn't fit the tempo of the trailer and i feel it is contrapuntal music. The shots consists of people being killed and under attack, when the music is slower than the shots, the atmosphere the music creates i feel isn't an iconic horror atmosphere.

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Dawn of The Dead (2004) trailer

http://youtu.be/8LUzJAsa-gg

I found this trailer disappointing i feel that it isn't a strong horror trailer. The genre of the film i feel isn't portrayed clearly. There isn't enough gore in the trailer and horror conventions to show the genre of the film. The film feels a little like an action film, showing fast car driving, explosions and lot of gun scenes all conventional of a action film. However the editing is conventional for a horror film trailer. Starting with slow cuts and not much sound, then picking the pace of the cutting up with a lot of sound (collision cutting). Already from the trailer one character is shown (Ana), the lighting and her soft voice whilst speaking to the girl represents her throughout the film and shows that she id good. However again i feel that this lighting doesn't show or reflect the conventions of the genre. The first three inter-titles i feel doesn't fit the trailer well and doesn't do anything for the trailer and no need for them to be in the trailer. I feel that the target audience will be disappointed with the trailer, the film being a remake people will know the genre and the plot behind the film, however i think the audience will feel that the trailer doesn't reflect the film clearly enough.

Pusher Trilogy Trailer

Overall i liked this trailer, the quick use of montages and collision cuts makes the tempo of the trailer quick keeping the audience intrigued. The trailer contains many clips as its trying to include all three films within it. By doing this it will increase the target audience of the film as it contains many genre conventions of horror and drug gangster films. The conventions seen in the trailer of horror are lighting, the lighting is all dark and has connotations of eerie, fearful atmosphere. Also the use of close ups, horror film contain many close ups, so the the audience can feel and see the emotion of the character on screen. I Also liked the unconventional aspect of having inter titles quoting statements about the film through out the trailer, this isn't often seen in a highlights trailer. However i do feel that doing a trailer for three films in one leaves out the plot line and i feel there isn't enough information about the films and what the narrative is.