Ill Manor Q&A

What are the typical codes and conventions of film trailers? What information is usually provided?

The typical codes and conventions are;

Production companies logo
Film Title
Websites, Twitter ‘hashtags’, Facebook Pages
Certificate from the Board of Film Classification
Introduction of Cast and Crew
Voice Over
Release Date
Directors Name
Tensioned full/Main scenes
Where they can access it, Cinema
Ratings

How are the trailers distributed?

Youtube/GoogleVideos
Radio Broadcasts
Cinema
Television
Adverts on Youtube

How does Ill manors use trailer conventions?

Age Certificate
Names of Cast
Name of Director
Release date of the film
Ratings
Voice over – Plan B Rapping

Who is the target audience? Does it have a unique selling point or use particular techniques to appeal to the audience? Consider the way the scenes are edited together – does the trailer give away any clues about the narrative? Are the main stars visible in the trailer? Is there information about the director of the film? Is there information about the release date? Is a narrators voice over used?

Ill Manors target audience is a variety of teenagers aged from 16 – 19, and is also aimed at those men and women aged from 20 +. This is because the messages that they convey within the film, are directed at all of them, looking at the fact that Ben Drew, wanted to show that children are the way they are due to what has happened to them in the past, not because they are and for the teenagers it shows the consequences of making mistakes. Ill Manors has a USP as it is a film, which represents exactly what goes on in estates in the different urban areas. The trailer does give away clues about the narrative of the film, as it shows a whole lot of drugs in it, this gives the image away, that the film is going to be based wholly on them. The way in which they are handling the drugs, full of tension, and stressed, also conveys that they are misusing it, and it is going to be full of action. The release date is shown clearly, and a voice over of Plan B has been used, when he is rapping.

How has the genre of the film been represented through characters, settings, lighting, colour, music/dialogue, camera shots/ movements/ angles and editing?

Ill Manors genre, appears to be an action crime/drama. The reason for this, is because it has been shown through the characters emotions and expressions shown throughout the film. The way in which the estate itself has been portrayed, is very dull and dark, and helps in order to represent exactly what the area is like. Showing the estate, and the way in which the characters live, conveys the message of the characters not having much money as the houses are shown with a lot of rubbish, and shows that the children/youths have not really been brought up in a good way, hence the reason drugs are shown throughout as well. The music in the background as well helps represent the genre, as it involves rapping, in which a lot of slang has been used and a lot of swearing, when listening carefully to the rap, one will realise that it is purely about violence, crime, trouble, altogether, which outlines exactly what the film is about.