Influential Film Noir and horror trailers (By Hayden Woodcock)

The jazz non-diegetic soundtrack throughout this trailer is effective because it matches the time period. The upbeat fast tempo matches the tempo of the music and helps to connote a mysterious mood. I personally like the imperfections from the film, seen through the sparkly white dots because they create a pleasant old fashioned stint to the movie, positive for the older demographics for reminiscence. The black and white colour is a key convention for Film Noir and it works well with the white iconography used throughout, matching the conventional third-person voice-over.

This trailer is influential because of the old and traditional transitions, due to the lack of technological convergence and advancement at this time. However, even though some audiences dislike this, I think that they are necessary for providing a unique selling point to the film and something we can personally relate to, through identity and social solidarity. Additionally, it is clear that they have followed the idea of a Detective as a protagonist from the theme of murder and the mise-en-scene, centered around him.  Lastly, the use of the gun as a prop adds variation and a modern day twist, perhaps edging the audience towards stereotypical males, that prefer violence and the action genre.

We are planning on replacing the Film Noir conventions we will struggle with, such as: a Femme Fatale with horror conventions, to create a hybrid film, that will not require challenges that seem almost impossible to solve. Therefore, I have been completing research into Classic Film Horror trailers to keep the period similar so that we are not blending different and complicated conventions.

This trailer is influential for many reasons. Firstly, it is a 1950 film set in a black and white colour palette because of the limitations of colour at this decade. Therefore, modern day conventions are not used and this trailer ultimately follows the traditions and conventions used in all genres during this decade, meaning that it shares many similarities with a classic Film Noir. Furthermore, sans serif typography is used to clarify the action, likewise all Film Noir's use this convention. Old fashioned transitions are used and we are planning on incorporating these in order to relate to the time period and the aesthetic look we want the audience to view. Lastly, a monster is used as an antagonist in this trailer so we are planning on following this convention to replace the Femme Fatale and the stereotypical villains in a Film Noir, but we are not planning on using a monster like this for obvious reasons! Instead, we are thinking of a Vampire or another monster that can easily be played by a male.