Evaluation:

Evaluation questions

What were the aims and purpose of the TV trailer?

The aims and purpose of my TV trailer is to make a short 2 min trailer for a TV drama. The aim of my TV trailer is that I am marketing my trailer so the audience are encouraged to watch the TV trailer. I have to make the trailer important and realistic so the audience can enjoy it and watch it when it is out. The TV trailer that I will be filming will be about an hour long each episode and it will have at least 6 episodes.

How did your research support your understanding and influence the planning and filming?

I did a variety of different researches so that I can have an idea of what sort of TV trailer I might do and what sort of genre I should have. I wrote three case studies using different trailers such as: Scream queens, The level and Thirteen. The thirteen and The Level trailer were the same based genre which was crime based so I thought of making a crime based genre trailer. I also did a survey on survey monkey, so that people could vote which genre is a good genre for a TV drama. The research showed me that crime was the second best trailer out of 10 people who took part. I also did a Test audience research with 4 sixth former's and a teacher to show them two different trailers and ask them question. The two trailers were Sherlock Holmes and silent witness. This influenced me to make my trailer simple and fluent, it has also influenced me not to put in a lot of detail in.

How have you tried to use codes and conventions for a TV trailer?

I have used codes and conventions for a TV trailer. I will be using texts and sound which will appear on within the trailer maybe asking a rhetorical question to get the audience thinking and interested in the trailer. I will have non- diegetic sound within the trailer which may have a female/ male speaking of what happens, I will also have diegetic sound to show what sort of sounds will appear on the trailer. Also, I have thought of having costumes such as an investigator’s jacket or maybe a black jacket that would be worn by the three teenagers. This will establish the crime based genre.