Theories

• Our film trailer follows the first part of 'Todorovs narrative structure'. Both the equilibrium and disequilibrium are applied to it, although a new equilibrium isnt reached. By doing this the plot of the film is not given away too much so is only seen in the actual film and not trailer to keep a narrative enigma. By leaving the audience wanting to find out more about the narrative,it increases the likleyhood of them spending money to see the feature length film.
• Karl Marx says there are certain dominant ideologies which are natural and maintained by those in power, the ideology of a horror film is stereotypically that theres a male killer, a brunette inocent final girl and a sexually active scream-queen all of which our film trailer has. By anchoring these elements of the theory into our trailer we are able to simultaniously anchor the genre for the audience.