The “Face Of Fear” Trailer Lasts For Around 2 Minutes, 34 Seconds. Face Of Fear Is About A Group Of Friends Lost In The Middle Of Nowhere. A Psychopath Is Then Shown To Be After Them As He Wishes To Slaughter Each Person There. This Trailer Appeals To People Who Are Into The Theme Of Horror. This Is Because, The Trailer Shows Clips Of The Psychopath Wanting To Slay The Friends, Therefore, Following Wherever They Go. As A Result, This Creates An Enigma For The Audience As It Shows A Lot Of Suspense, Leaving The Audience To Question What Is Going To Happen Next.

The length of the trailer for ‘Face of Fear’ is two minutes and 34 seconds. Face of Fear is a horror movie trailer produced by a group of 6th form students who went on to win the runners up position for the best horror movie at media awards 2008.The plot of the trailer is about a group of normal teenagers trying to survive the night from a deemed psychopath who is trying to get rid of each person one by one, and pick them off when there by themselves. Within the trailer there are a lot of media connotations which create a dynamic effect, relating back to the genre of the movie and really brining it out for the audience to enjoy.There are also a lot of questions which the audience are left with after viewing the trailer due to the enigma creating a lot of suspense, so they are left wanting to watch the rest of the movie to find answers to those questions.

There are many different features of the trailer that makes it a successful trailer.
Firstly the sound of the trailer attracts the audience in even more closer than they already are, there is a use of Diagetic and non- Diagetic sound. The use of both of these sounds in the trailer is very successful, as by the audience listening to the diegetic sound it helps them to understand more clearly what is going on in the trailer. Also the dialogue language used in the trailer is referred to as slang, for example: “you think you’re bad yeah… Show me what you got”

Within the trailer many aspects of the media connotations are used and brought out to really bring out the genre of the movie. To start of with, there is both diagetic and non diagetic sound in the trailer.The diagetic sound used in the trailer includes things like dialogue, footsteps from the actors and sound effects from the actors like when a bottle is smashed. The non diagetic sound which is used within the trailer is the soundtrack. The soundtrack played in the trailer is a classical/techno beat which reflects the courageous side of the struggling MC finding it hard to come to terms that the music industry is no easy place to compete in. The track is also upbeat which keeps the viewer tuned in as they would want to watch the film to see the outcome of the MC

I have chosen ‘Apologize’ as the trailer I want to analyze given that it has cleverly used and covered a lot of the media studies skills and key concepts although it is a music video. The title of this music video ‘Apologize’ creates a question in the audience mind as they are looking forwards to video to find out what the situation for this apology may be

Although the music video ‘Apologize’ is not a trailer but a full music video, it still includes most of the key concepts studied in media and the important connotations, which has helped make this production successful. The title itself creates a dramatic effect as the audience is left thinking what has caused this situation where someone has to apologize, and what the apology could be for.