The Official Trailer for the Psycological/ Thriller, 'Shutter Island'

This trailer is very effective and does its job extreamly well. I have already seen this film, so i know what to expect and the trailer makes alot of sense to me, but i think that through the eyes of someone who is yet to see this film, the trailer creates a sense of tention and confusion which would attract them instantly and intise them into watching the film. The genre of the film is obvious within the first few seconds of the trailer. It opens with a boat crossing the water amongst a dark sky and fog, which give a sense of confusion and mystery, as if the boat is entering the unknown or entering foreign ground. The time period is obvious to the viewer also, through the costume of the charatcers, there dressed in authentic police or federal agents outfits, which maybe relates to American Police in the1950's.

2010 - Shutter Island (Martin Scorsese) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130884/

http://screenrant.com/shutter-island-spoilers-discussion-vic-46052/

http://www.shutterisland.com/#/home - Offical movie website.

Genre Codes and Conventions Research.

Our Genre is  Psychological Thriller,

Psychological thriller is a specific sub-genre of the broad ranged thriller and Horror genres. However, it often incorporates elements from the mystery and drama genre, in addition to the typical traits of the thriller genre.

The conventions of the thriller genre are all too do with sound and editing. eg quick cuts and camera angle changes, music that gives tension and that sets the scene. It can be to do with lighting, especially the use of shadow,mirrors and stairs are also conventions of thriller movies.
Phonebooth in particular, is a thriller that does not play to the conventions, it avoids darkness and shadow etc. The one way to link it to standard conventions is to say that you hear and see the story from the killers point of view, you are made to feel sorry for the male protagonist and that you are told a story with the use of flashback and quick passed editing, otherwise the this film is unlike most thriller movies and avoids the main conventions and may even not be classed as thriller but psychological thriller as it plays with your mind rather than show you like a conventional thriller.

• Reality – The quality of being real. Characters often try to determine what is true and what is not within the narrative, this often results in the films core or the films twist.
• Perception – A person's own interpretation of the world around him through his senses. Often characters misperceive the world around them, or their perceptions are altered by outside factors within the narrative, such as visions, nightmares ect..
• Mind – The human consciousness; the location for personality, thought, reason, memory, intelligence and emotion. The mind is often used as a location for narrative conflict, where characters battle their own minds to reach a new level of understanding or perception.
• Existence/Purpose – The object for which something exists; an aim or a goal humans strive towards to understand their reason for existence. Characters often try to discover what their purpose is in their lives and the narrative's conflict often is a way for the characters to discover this purpose.
• Identity – The definition of one's self. Characters often are confused about or doubt who they are and try to discover their true identity.
• Death – The cessation of life. Characters either fear or have an interest in death and murder.

Filmography

2002 - Red Dragon (Brett Ratner) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289765/

1999 - Fight Club (David Fincher) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/

2010 - Shutter Island (Martin Scorsese) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130884/

The first draft idea...

We have decided to take up a challenge, by trying out a much tougher genre from what we did the previous year. We have decided to give the Pyschological Thriller genre a go, as we know it will pose much more of a challenge than the comedy genre did in last years project.

The Group ... (That we were forced into)

The Group

.Matthew Cartwright
.Nasema Khanum
.Ryan Knight

The Groups have been decided, and the 2 groups have begun to formulate ideas. The idea is just a draft at the moment, we have a basic story line, but we just need to fill in the gaps inbetween.

AS2 Media.

New blog, new year ...