Wednesday, 14 December 2011

Narrative Theory Structure within my film trailer

Within our film teaser trailer, there is not much evidence of a multi-strand structure other than the fact of the characters getting separated within the mine, however that could be argued to be Point of View (POV) as it shows as it shows the pov of the characters rather than multiple people. I would say that our film teaser trailer is an open-ended trailer, as it doesn’t give away anything within the film but lets the audience have their own interpretation on what is going to happen; however most teaser trailers would have such cliff-hangers within the trailer as the aim of it is to “tease” the audience and make them want to see more and find out the situation. Also on this point you could say that a cliff-hanger like we have at the end of our trailer is very common within the genre type chosen of our film, as it has elements of action and thriller as well as the psychological-drama, which really needs the end of the trailer to be up for personal interpretation; on this note the trailer is very much represents the themes of the film as well, as the trailer ends on a cliff-hanger which mirrors the narrative structure of the film as we want it not to end with it set in stone and everyone lives happily ever after, but left on a note which would make the audience think after the film, therefore making it more intriguing. I also think within my trailer it gives quite an concept of verisimilitude, as within the narrative structure and plot of our film it shows a creation of a realistic world, with a plot that is also realistic which I think would make the film more effective as if a situation like our film implies could actual happen in the real world. Our trailer is also effective in a sense due to some of the rules of Todorov, as within the trailer it shows the equilibrium of the characters being fine, going on a bike ride and everything is under control, then it leads to the disruption as shown through the editing of the handheld camera where a dark figure shadows the outside of the mine, portraying the decent into darkness to come, the following shots show recognition of this problem as shown through the characters faces and the music creating the tension, however within the trailer there is no repair or a new equilibrium as that is something you must find out whilst watching the film and leaving you on this cliff-hanger really intrigues the audience to find out what’s going on.

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