BLOG POST 3 Coursework Questions Blog Discussion

1.    TRAILERS

Trailers usually start off with some slow scenes and then more action happens so the pace of the scenes quickens and shorter scenes are used. The whole of the trailer is just a montage of different scenes of the drama to give you an idea of what the drama is about and what genre it is in and make it appeal to you. They usually contain enough information to get you hooked on the drama and make you want to watch it. But not enough to make you know exactly what happens so there’s no point in watching it. They use a lot of fade in and fade out scenes which indicate the genre of the drama. This can determine if you will watch it or not depending on the genre of it. They use sound (diegetic and non diegetic) and technical features like high and low key lighting to signify the genre and voice overs. They also edit the clips to be really short and snappy to signify maybe an action or horror genre.

2.    PRESS RELEASES

Press releases contain a brief synopsis of the drama and tell you a bit about the characters and what happens without giving too much away. It is like a trailer but in written form. They have a sentence or two at the beginning to tell you what genre, channel and what it is to draw you in. Then they have a brief synopsis of the drama, which tells you a bit about the characters and the plot but doesn’t give away anything major. The synopsis is the part which sells the drama to the reader. Then they give brief information about the cast of the drama, a bit about their background and how they came to be involved in the production. Then a list of the actors and the characters they will play will come at the end of the press release. This could attract people to watch the drama because an actor they like is a role in the drama.

3.    TELEVISION CHANNELS

I have learnt that BBC Three play a lot of programmes for young people. The target audience for BBC Three is younger people, male and female. About 16-25. They make a lot of documentaries, dramas and comedies. The documentaries appeal to young people who are interested about the world, they might fit into the explorers category. They broadcast a wide variety of different dramas and comedies that appeal to all of them.