GCSE MEDIA STUDIES

PRACTICAL PRODUCTION

THE BRIEF – Windmill Films loved your work last year and
think you are ready for more of a challenge. We need
you to produce the following:

3. A 120 second trailer for a feature film aimed at a specific

audience and from one of the following genres – horror,
comedy or romance
4. A 5 minute studio based film review programme which will
air the trailer – this might include competitions,
interviews, movie news, film star gossip, exclusives
5. No more than 12 pages of planning (storyboards, scripts,
logs, textual analysis of existing trailers)
6. An 800 word evaluation of the production process and the
work itself
STUDYING TRAILERS
Recap – Conventions

Technical – Camera, Editing, Sound, Mise-

en-Scene

Content – Narrative, scenarios, themes

When trailers go wrong…………..

What makes a bad trailer?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5B8sSBkRF0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkcBu8ZKStI
TERMINOLOGY EXPLANATION – WHY USED?
Type of Shot – why used?
Type of Shot – why used?
Type of Shot – why used?
Type of Shot – why used?
 So you need to
use a range of
shot types…what
else?
Type of Angle – why used?
Type of Angle – why used?
Type of Angle – why used?

This might be a new one…..

 Type of
Movement
– why
used?
 Type of
Movement –
why used?
 Why do
trailers use
a lot of
movement?
Type of
Edit –
why
used?
Type of
Edit –
why
used?
Type of
Edit –
why
used?
Type of
Edit –
why
used?
Type of
Edit –
why
used?
Type of
Edit –
why
used?
 A03 – Practical Skills
Use of Camera and Editing

• How has the camera and

editing been used?

• How does it create meaning

for the audience?
Count the Number of Cuts
Why so many?

More at the beginning or the end?

What effect does it have on the

audience?
 What techniques are used in these
trailers?
The Road The Orphan
Write up an analysis of how camera
and editing are used in a trailer from
the Teaching Trailers resource
• Pick out 4 different shots
• Pick out 1 movement
• Pick out 1 angle
• Pick out 2 edit techniques

• Denote and connote how they are used and

the effect they have on the audience