A2 MEDIA BLOG

I have developed my research and planning skills across two years with the production of my AS music magazine and A Level coursework of making a horror trailer. I understand that research is essential for knowing how to construct my work by using specific software and design but it also helped me understand what conventions to follow for an accurate and successful final product in both years. In AS my preliminary task was to design the front cover of a college magazine to demonstrate my creativity and understanding of conventions. In order to do this task I was given a template to follow but I also had to learn the components that form a magazine such as the masthead, subheadings, dominant image etc. However, for this preliminary task there was no planning done into the type of audience I would be aiming my magazine at except the fact it was for college so I couldn’t be as imaginative with the parts like the framing of pictures I took, as they had to be mid shots. Also the colour

Media Language is the codes and meanings of a specific text. The use of mise-en-scene, camera movement, editing, sound and semiotics all convey a significant meaning to the audience. In this essay I will be analysing and evaluating how symbolic, technical, audio and written codes have been used effectively in my trailer ‘The Last Ones Left’. Symbolic codes are props, motifs and colours that are used to convey the theme or character of the horror trailer and its genre. In The Last Ones Left, the characters costumes are mainly black, which has strong connotations of death, suggesting that death will be a prominent theme in the film or that the character wearing the colour will be the first to die. One of the male characters is wearing a blue shirt which suggests that as he is male, he will take on stereotypical masculine characteristics such as being courageous and assertive and try to act as a hero which is common in the horror genre. The trailer is intended to be a part of the