Media homework-trailer questions

1.       The sub genres this Action Adventure trailers includes are fantasy, quest and disaster.

2.       The conventions in this trailer include suspense and jeopardy, these are shown through the music/sound effects. The first part of the trailer involves the mysterious letter written by Peter’s mother, during this you can hear the sound of a clock ticking which gives us a sense that in a short amount of time, something is going to happen. When the part of the letter is read out that says ‘I promise that you will see me again, in this world or another’. The music all of a sudden goes silent and Peter’s eyes then looks fearful as he repeats the words ‘or another’ suggesting something terrible was about to happen and he was going to leave the world he is living in. Suddenly, the music starts again but louder and more intense as mysterious creatures begin to steal Peter and his friends out of their beds and take them to a new world.

1.    3.   The child in this extract appears as the hero. He is not a typical hero as he is a child, stereotypically the hero is a strong grown man. However, the villain is very stereotypical. The villain in this extract is Captain Hook so is an evil pirate. When he is first shown in the extract he shouts in a very frightening way which helps us know before we have even heard this character speak, that he is someone to be frightened of.