A2 MEDIA BLOG

In horror films and trailers, according to theorists Bordwell and Thompson, narrative is “a chain of events in a cause-effect relationship occurring in time”. Narrative can be organised in a sequence of events that are in chronological order, to create conflict or realism and mystery for the audience. I will be using my trailer, The Last Ones Left, to apply, analyse and evaluate how the narratives fulfil their purpose. The first narrative theory I will be applying is Todorov’s three act structure; equilibrium, disequilibrium and resolution. However, in most trailers the resolution isn’t shown in order to create suspense and to coax the audience to wanting to see more by going to watch the film.  In the trailer, The Last Ones Left, we displayed the equilibrium through found-footage style editing to give the audience an idea of the plot and what the film would entail. The sounds of the sirens during those first ten seconds did lead into the disruption because in reality we associate si

Genre is a tool that helps study audiences and audience responses by dividing them into different categories based on common elements that they share. In this essay, I will be identifying and analysing the way the concept of genre is presented in a trailer by previous media students from the production team, Jawsplitter, called The Enthrallment. In this trailer, the genre is revealed to me from the establishing shot of the stain glassed windows with Jesus depicted on them. Jesus is a major symbol of religion, specifically Christianity, and having that image there suggests the genre of the film is a psychological horror because common conventions in that sub-genre is to have a religious symbol present in the film to presumably fight off or repel the evil. Chandler, established the meaning of genre, as explained in the introduction, and in The Enthrallment, they’ve evidently exhibited common elements. Neale argues that “genres are processes” that can evolve and change overtime which