The narrative of s tory is always created with a certain
layout that has to be followed in order for it to be seen as a ‘movie.’ There
are many theorists that have come up with ideas on how a film is constructed.
The first theorists was Todorov who came up with the idea
that a movie was created on the simple structure of equilibrium, disequilibrium
and resolution. The equilibrium is the beginning where everything seems fine
and the story is told to create the first scene and the characters are
introduced. The disequilibrium is the middle where all the problems start to
occur and characters usually die. The resolution is where everything is solved
and the final girl usually overrides the villain. This theory relates to my
trailer as I will base my trailer in the same way, I will add a small chunk of
the equilibrium and then the rest will be the disequilibrium where I show
different parts of the main events. However
this theory also doesn’t link t my trailer in the way that I will not show the
resolution otherwise that will give away the whole movie and the audience will
not want to go and see it.
The second theorist was Propp who suggested that there were
always these main characters within a movie that can be seen. The characters
were: The villain, the hero, the donor, the helper, the princess, the
dispatcher and the false hero. The idea that these characters are usually found
in a movie does show in my movie as I have the characters that he has listed. I
have the villains, the hero, the helper, the princess, the false hero and the
donor which shows that Prop’s theory is relatable to my trailer. However in
some cases this theory might not coincide with all horrors as it could be a
zombie film and they are a lone character most of the time.
Levi Strauss is the next theorists who created the idea that
in every movie there are binary opposites which can be seen everywhere. In
horror the main binary opposites are good vs evil however it can be seen in
simple things such as hero and villain. This coincides with my trailer as in
the trailer you will be able to see the hero vs the villain showing that the
theory of binary opposites is true. This theory also links across all the
sub-genres within a horror as there is always good fighting evil.
To conclude, I believe that all three narrative theorists
have made distinct connections between the basic conventions of a horror movie
to make their theories correct. All three have had an impact on my trailer and
can be seen when the trailer will be built.
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