1984 Trailer
Genre - The trailer tells us that this is a horror film by following the conventions of this genre. It includes a monster/villain, screaming and music building up suspense along with the chanting of a young girl. It informs us that the director is Wes Craven who is famous for film's such as 'The hills have eyes' and 'The last house on the left', so we know that this film is going to be scary and contain a lot of gore because of who the director is. The lighting is dark and a voice-over saying that nobody will survive which indicates what type of film it will be.
Narrative - The voice-over is a man's voice and doesn't give much away but does provide us with hints. For example, it does show us that people are being killed and that this is happening in their dream's but we do not know why. The death's are left unexplained which creates a lot of enigma to make the audience want to see the film and find out what happens.
Representation - The main character's are very stereotypical as they use teenagers, which is typical of the horror genre to use young people as the victims. The trailer focuses on one girl, who is the main character that the story is focused around and is used because girl's are seen as more innocent and fragile, so make a better victim for a horror film. Another representation is the young girl chanting a nursery rhyme type song about Freddy Krueger coming to get you which is also typical and used in a lot of horror films. The monster is not shown clearly to build up suspense as to what he look's like and we only see his silhouette or a claw-like hand.
Audience - The target audience would be fan's of the director Wes Craven and his other films. The audience would most likely be adults as the film is very gory and scary.
Media Language - Blood red font is used for the title's which fit's in with the horror genre and makes the title's seem dramatic and to stand out more.
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