Real Media Texts (RMT)

In the following pages of this PowerPoint I will be defining the term Real Media Texts, explaining and analysing the common conventions of a horror film trailer, relating and linking them to well known theorists.

What are Real Media Texts?

Real Media Texts is any piece of media text you use, weather it be in day to day life or apart of a working employment scenario. For example, Newspapers, Videos, Magazines, Posters, Music, TV Programmes, Films (especially Horror films as this PowerPoint is related to them) are a media text because they are a part of the Media industry.

Scream 4 Trailer

Scream 4 Trailer

Scream 4 Trailer

Scream 4 Trailer

Editing

Scream 4 Trailer
Conventions:
The scream 4 film trailer includes the following conventions; - Jumpy, tense and suspense music that follows the horror genre mood and exaggerates the reality. - Fast, jump cut editing. - Montage style trailer. - Close up of victims facial expression. (Shocked and/or Scared). - Contains a hero/villain, heroin and other key well known characters. Relating to narrative theorist Vladimir Propp. - Helpless woman, stereotypical character because shes young. - The trailer follows parts of Todorovs theory of Equilibrium Disequilibrium Equilibrium and we get the sense that the film relates to the theory almost exact. - Involves blood, gore and death. Typical of a horror genre film. - Very pretty and gorgeous actors, relates to Laura Mulveys Male Gaze theory. - Manipulates the idea of innocent teenagers which gives a strong scare factor as they are too young to die, dont deserve torture.

Nightmare on Elm Street Trailer

Nightmare on Elm Street Trailer

Nightmare on Elm Street Trailer

Nightmare on Elm Street Trailer

Nightmare on Elm Street Trailer

Nightmare on Elm Street Trailer

Nightmare on Elm Street Trailer

Conventions:
The Nightmare on Elm Street Trailer film trailer includes the following conventions; - Typical ugly looking supernatural male villain, common in Horror films. - Manipulates the idea of innocent teenagers which gives a strong scare factor as they are too young to die, dont deserve torture. - Fast, jump cut editing. - Montage style trailer. - Close up of victims facial expression. (Shocked and/or Scared). - Involves blood, gore and death. Typical of a horror genre film. - Very pretty and gorgeous actors, relates to Laura Mulveys Male Gaze theory. - A lot of darkness used in both the film trailer and the film. - Each even that happens in the film trailer has its equal opposite, which relates back to Claude Lvi-Strauss Binary Opposition theory. - Relates to the typical young kidnapping/child molesting bad experiences we here all over the news today. This links into Stuart Halls developed audience theory of the Reception theory.

Piranha 3D Trailer

Piranha 3D Trailer

Piranha 3D Trailer

Piranha 3D Trailer

Piranha 3D Trailer

Piranha 3D Trailer

Piranha 3D Trailer
Conventions:
The Piranha 3D Trailer film trailer includes the following conventions; - Supernatural beings in the film, thousands of killer Piranhas. - Lots of dark spooky clips towards the beginning. - The element of the unknown. - Out of the field of vision tension. - Typically young, dumb and nave teenage victims. - Isolated desert and lake area, no major authority. - Un-stereotypical Hero police woman. - Exaggerated sound effects, typical convention to add the element of terror and horror. - Blood, guts, gore and death. - Good looking male and female characters, hardly any overweight or ugly characters, links into Laura Mulveys Male Gaze theory. - Story styled trailer, which in a way reveals far to much of the film. What we dont see in the trailer we can fill in the gaps, leaving no reason to go to watch the film.