Now that we have decided what task we are going to do and we have finished the Preliminary Excersise we have to start the research into the Main Task. The Main Task for the video task is a 2 minute video for the opening of a new film. Therefore our research must look at the beginning of different films and the forms and conventions of their genres that they have used.
The first films that I have researched are ones that are of the horror genre. I have reseacrched other AS Media Studies Main Tasks that I have found on You Tube. In my research I am looking for genre we are going to use in our film. Whislt researching these videos that display the opening of a new horror movie, I have been looking for the forms and conventions of a horror genre that they obtain. I have found in some of these videos that the use of music has been used to create suspense and a eary atmosphere, that is conventional to a horror genre. Also I have found that some of these videos have used the effect of darkness to build up the horror atmosphere. Lastly something that I have noticed in a few videos is the use of the dialling tone of a phone call, the phone call itself and the end of the call as non-diagetic sound to create a dramatic and eary effect. I have found this technique the most successful in my reseacrh and I think this technique fits the forms and conventions of the horror genre and in the videos I have seen it has made a hugely positive effect on the conventions of the genre. These two links are very good examples of the videos I have researched as they show well how the forms and conventions of a horror genre and how they can be used to create the horror genre effect.
AS Media Studies 'The Hunt' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bklkHHKI_1s
AS Media Studies 'Obsession' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwqJk8WTBkU
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