MEDIA CODES AND CONVENTIONS OF A TRAILER

 

Media Codes and Conventions of a trailer
Name of the movie.	The inheritance			1 point
Production companies. List all!	Ingenious	Southpaw entertainment	Redline entertainment	6 points
	Highland film group	White Comet Film	Convergent media
Writer of film	Vaughn Stein			1 point
Director of film	Matthew Kennedy			1 point
What do you think the movie is about?	Family drama	Murder	Dark secrets	1 point
A trailer usually begins with a movie clip, music, or written code (text). Document the conventions of the trailer and describe how the trailer starts.	Trailer beginning (short answer) Description (long answer app. 3 lines)   The trailer starts with a funeral, then the images show Lauren Monroe sitting in a room, thinking about the moments that she spent with her dad. After that, we see a black man handing over the envelope to Lauren and say: ‘’ your father left that for you’’. Also, in the background there is that mysterious music that keeps playing. Furthermore, we see appearing the word ‘’ signature’’.			4 points
What is the film’s genre?	The genre of the movie Is thriller (mystery).			1 point
Film genres are various forms or identifiable types, categories, classifications of films. Objects, facial expressions, events, atmosphere/mood of film, character, setting, color, music, sound etc. help to identify film genre. List (3) identifying genre codes and conventions that indicate your choice of genre, and how do they communicate the genre in the trailer.	#1   Written codes:   Throughout the trailer, we see 2 expressions that appeared on screen. These 2 specific expressions are signature and the secrets you keep. These 2 words already gave me a general Idea was about mystery. The expression ‘’ the secrets you keep’’ specifically demonstrates that the movie is a thriller because it shows investigation and suspense.                               (2 points)	#2   Suits In the movie almost everybody wears expensive suits. This already implies that the movie concerns a rich family. This convention is connected to the genre of the movie, because it already shows that the Monroe family is wealthy but keeps a lot of dark secrets.                               (2 points)	#3 Symbolic codes :   During the trailer, we see Lauren Monroe breaking a picture of her and her dad, then screaming: ‘’ This is my inheritance! This scene communicates the genre in the trailer because we can already guess that she has discovered her dad’s past and that even though is dead, she is mad at him.                             (2 points)	6 points
Character and story arcs are the nature of people on screen and their roles in the film. List (5) major characters in the movie, the roles they are playing, and the actors who play them.	#1 Lauren Monroe, the main character of the movie, is the daughter of Archer Monroe who  died. She is also a lawyer. The character is played by Lily Collins.       (3 points)	#2 Morgan Warner is the man who was kept captive for years by Archer Monroe. This character is played by Simon Pegg.       (3 points)	#3 William Monroe is the brother of Lauren and a politician. The character is place by Chace Crawford.       (3 points)	15 points
	#4 Catherine Monroe is the sister of Lauren and William Monroe. The character is played by Connie Nielson.       (3 points)	#5 Michael Beach played the role of Harold Thewlis, the lawyer who was in charge of the case of Archer Monroe.       (3 points)	(N/A)
Setting is the time and place of the narrative. Document a scene that communicates the time and place of the movie. Where is the movie located and major place/space shown in the trailer?	(Long answer)   In the trailer, the scenes mainly take place in the basement where Morgan was held captive by Monroe (the father). Also, during the scene, we see that Lauren goes to see Morning very often during the afternoon when it is almost dark. She does want anybody to see her. And also, the basement does not have any color that could have show some happiness. Everything has a bland and cold color. Thus, the clothes of Morgan are extremely dirty.			2 points
Representation is how the people, places, and times are constructed. List (3) visual images or scenes (highlights) that stood out the most in the trailer.	#1 Lauren screaming and breaking things.	#2 The lawyer handing over the envelope the dead father kept for Lauren.	#3 Lauren talking to the man who was kept captive.	3 points
Sometimes trailers have written codes embedded in the sequence of their composition.   Document the (2) written codes used in the trailer.	#1 Signature			2 points
	#2 The secrets you keep!
When did the title of the film appear in the trailer?	The title of the film appeared almost at the end of the trailer; exactly at 1 minutes and 57 seconds.			1 point
Trailers usually have lines that stand out in the movie. List (3) spoken lines that stood out in the trailer.	#1 ‘’ This is my inheritance!”	#2 “Your dad left me to you.”	#3 ‘’ Stop asking questions you don’t want answers to!””	3 points
What do you think about the movie trailer?	I think that the trailer of the movie was excellent, because of the way the scenes were outlined, the spoken lines that stood out (they gave me an Idea of what the movie was about).			1 point
How long was the trailer?	The trailer is 2 minutes and 16 seconds long.			1 point
What date and year was the film released?	The movie was released on May 22, 2020			1 point