More trailer reviews

Its the first day of the new year at school and I am currently working on a powerpoint reviewing more horror trailers, ones in which are similar to what I would like to produce. I will post it soon!

Theories

Ive been doing some research on horror films and trailers and i came across Todorov's Narrative Theory. Izeta Todorov was a Bulgarian structuralist linguist publishing influential work on narrative from the 1960s onwards. He suggested that stories begin with an equilibrium or status quo where any potentially opposing forces are in balance. This is then disrupted by some event, setting in chain a series of events. Problems are solved so that order can be restored. 

Todorov suggested that conventional narratives are structured in five stages:

- A state of equilibrium at the outset.

- A disruption of the equilibrium by some action.

- A recognition that there has been a disruption.

- An attempt to repair the disruption.

- A reinstatement of the equilibrium.

This type of narrative structure is very familiar to us and can be applied to many 'mainstream' film narractives.

I also came across Propps theory. Propp was a Russian critic, he was interested in the narrative of folk tales. He noiced that often many Folk tales were similar in a variety of areas, he identified a theory about characters and actions as narrative functions. According to Vladimir Propp, characters have a narrative function; they provide a structure for the text.

The typical characters he found were:

-The Hero- a character that seeks something.

-The Villain- who opposes or actively blocks the heros quest.

-The Donor- who provides an object with magical properties.

-The Dispatcher- who sends the hero on his/her quest via a message.

-The False Hero- who disrupts the hero's success by making false claims.

-The Helper- who aids the hero.

-Her Father- who acts to reward the hero for his effort.

In a struggle scene Propp suggested this theory:

- There is a struggle between the hero and the villain.

- The hero is branded.

- The villain is overcome.

- The state of disorder is settled.

And the recognition scene:

- At this stage in the film the hero is recognised.

- or the false hero or villain is unmasked.

-As well as the false hero could be punished in this scene.

- Or the hero attains the reward and they live happily ever after.

Soundtrack Ideas

This is one of the songs i would like to use in my trailer, I would like to use the start of it at the end of the trailer as the title comes up. I would like the end of my trailer to be a very fast pace and then everything stop and go silent, this is when i want this song to play.

This is another song that i could play at the end of my trailer, these are my options as they are both very dramatic.

However, i also think this song is an option as it is has a good tone to it.

Video Update

Plan and Ideas- First Draft

Horror Trailer- Plan/Ideas

Plot So Far

I plan to film some of my trailer at the River Tyne and also the sea as Andy, who is going to play the murderer in the trailer kills Olivia and leaves her in the water, she will then come back to get revenge on him by haunting him. The police have been searching for Andy for years as this is not his first murder, Olivia leaves notes etc for Andy to find, trying to make him feel guilty enough to turn himself in. However, Andy refuses to turn himself in.

Locations So Far

The factories near the river

The River Tyne

South Shields Beach

Filming My Trailer

Over the summer i have seen certain places that i can film my trailer, as i have chosen to do a horror trailer i will be filming later in the day as i want it to be dark. A few of my friends are happy to help and be in my trailer, in fact, we are all pretty excited to film it now, as i have a clearer idea of what i want the story to be. My friends Andy and Olivia are going to be the two main people in the trailer, we are going to go to the beach and film near the see as Andy is the bad guy and kills Olivia and leaves her in the sea, as the trailer goes on the audience will see that its a paranormal horror as Olivia will haunt Andy. This is only the outline of the story i am hoping to do and hopefully i can expand on it.

Locations Powerpoint

Trailer locations from EmHall