Research into Similar products: Mother!

I have decided to look into the codes and conventions used in the film trailer "Mother!". This is a horror film with an age certification of a 18 and brought out in 2017.


    

• Genre; horror and thriller 
• Non diegetic sounds - quite eeiry music is used
• Length - The film trailer lasts 2 minutes 15 seconds
• There is a strong sense of Juxtaposition between the start and the end of the film trailer as it starts off almost in a romantic way as it is quite naturally light and includes a close up of the two main characters kissing and it has a voiceover which are codes and conventions of a romance film. 

The close up used to fool the audience maybe into thinking the film is a romance rather than horror or thriller

This long shot gives a more dark tone to the film trailer as they are being attacked by loads of people who are after them

• Camerawork:

This is a medium close up of all old photographs being burnt. The photographs symbolise something strange going on in the house as they are old pictures of the husband. The audience do not know why the photos are being burnt so the film trailer isn't giving away too much.

A close up is used when a mysterious black thing covers the house. The audience are given another cliffhanger as they don't know what it is and why it is taking over the house. 

  

A close up is used to emphasis feelings of the character through the photo of her eyes which allows the audience to feel something similar to the character

• However towards the end of the trailer, it takes a dark and sinister tone to it as blood is involved and there is a long shot to emphasis the amount of people trying to get into the house
• Cast - The two main characters are played by actress Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem. These actors are quite generic to the genre of thriller that the film is.
• Target audience - mainly older teenagers and adults but can be seen from any age over 18 as it contains strong violence
• Editing - mainly fast paced editing is used to add a sort of weird and uncomfortable tone to how fast the trailer which is used so the audience cant take everything in at the one time
• Props - blood is used to highlight the genre of the film and make the audience feel quite nervous and unsettled towards the whole film and an old photograph that the wife finds and questions her husband about but there is something strange going on when the people visit them