1. To understand the codes & conventions of film trailers

2. Codes & Conventions of Trailers
What are the codes and conventions (typical features) of film trailers?
Create a checklist of features you expect to see or be told in every trailer.
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3. Codes & conventions of trailers
Film production logo
Film title
Plot summary
Character introductions
Camera shots
Cuts
Mise-en-scene
Music
Voice over
Cast captions
Release date
Social media
Talk about format of release
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4. Pirates of the Caribbean
Watch the following trailer, and answer the question allocated to your group:
Group 1 – Colours
Group 2 – Story/Narrative
Group 3 – Characters
Group 4 – Location/Setting
Group 5 – Camera Shots/Angles/Movement
Group 6 – Sounds
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5. D.C.S.E Exemplar Paragraph
In this shot from the trailer, the camera is positioned in a low angle, looking up from underwater at mermaids and the bottom of a ship. The angle connotes danger and mystery, as if an immediate attack is about to take place. This is signified through the audience’s knowledge that mermaids are circling the ship underwater, and are only seen as silhouettes. As a result, the audience view the mermaids as an evil force, while sympathising with the unsuspecting crew on the ship.
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