1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

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7. This website contains ideas about analysing movie posters but these could also be helpful to think about when creating one too >>>

11. My Poster: Main image of girl – linked to the other texts – looking away makes her less relatable Tag line to promote genre and feel of film Main title large and in an obvious place Review as an incentive to see it (persuasive language) Festival awards as incentive to see it (persuasive language) Credits to acknowledge those who worked on the movie Creepy image promotes genre – cool tones fits with the trailer and helps set the mood Release date to inform audience (here no date shows it’s in stages – a ‘teaser’ poster

12. What’s not so conventional?: - I think the only minor thing that could be seen as unconventional is that the image of the trees in the poster doesn’t actually occur in the teaser trailer – this doesn’t mean that it won’t occur at some point the actual film however it does break the strong link between the texts that could’ve been if a different image had been used.