I have watched 3 movie trailers of three different genres and have written the coventions i have noticed.
HUNGER GAMES (action)
-Distributor shown ( Lionsgate)
- Outlines the story through extracts of characters speaking in the movie. This is done in chronological order.
-Non-diegetic music
-Title of film and date
-Drums
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (horror)
-dark lighting
-non-diegetic music increasing in pace as action increases
-Distributor shown
-Words on screen talk directly to viewer
-chronological order
-drums
-date
-outlines story through characters
AMERICAN PIE (comedy)
-Begins with non diegetic music
-Distributer
-guitar
-characters outline story
