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Please ensure that you have written up your notes on your blogs in detail by Tuesday's lesson.

Remember that you are focussed on the Conventions of a trailer, and the specific conventions of the genre used.

Areas which you must comment on:

• Editing: types of cuts used (straight cut, fades to white or black, dissolves from one image to another), pace of editing, rhythm, whether it mirrors the sound cuts of not, freeze frames and other special editing effects.
• Sound: diegetic or non-diegetic, use of music (including well know songs), voice over/narration (either by character or the 'deep voiced movie trailer man'), synchronised dialogue
• Titles and written language: use of titling and credits, use of written language on screen either over picture, black or another background, position timing and font of titling, how narrative, theme or tome are conveyed through the written language (or not), titles for film marketing including credits, representation of institutions, individual etc.
• Picture: use of camera shots/angles/movement, mise en scene including costume/set/location/lighting etc., acting and moments of drama/comedy/etc. shown, casting (importance of cast and how they feature)

Remember, the more detail you write now the better your research will look later.