Introduction

Welcome to the second year of my Media studies course, throughout this final year I will be learning a range of diverse media concepts in order to help me create a slasher movie trailer. Creating this trailer I will be working in a group of three. Whilst filming I will also be constructing a magazine front cover similar to what I have done in the AS year and also an actual poster for the film.

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