A2 Media Blog Daniel Abeshin

Representation Representation in horror films is shown through the main characters and the themes of the film. There are five main representations in most horror films; the final girl, religion, male gaze, sexuality and monster. I’ll be applying these to my summer horror trailer.  The Male gaze  is a theory by Laura Mulvey referring to how women are identified in horror films. His theory suggests that women are seen from a misogynistic point of view, especially when the camera focuses on them. The camera usually focuses on the woman’s intimate parses much like how a man would. This gives birth to the view that in horror movies women are objectified and are only for visual pleasure. In my summer trailer there are no women so this theory does not apply. Although to improve my trailer the inclusion of a female lead would be vital as they are in almost all horror films.  The final girl is a theory by Carol Clover that refers to the last girl remaining in most classic horror films. Th

A narrative theory is the way a story is told to the audience. I will be using Terror House’s trailer 'Bedviled' and discuss the narrative theories in it. This was the best trailer out of all of the previous years' work in my opinion. It is well edited and includes different camera techniques and mise-en-scene. There is the narrative theory of Binary Opposites by Levi Strauss in the trailer. The trailer only reveals part of the equilibrium and disequilibrium. It does not give us the resolution because this gives the plot away meaning there would be no reason to watch the movie in the first place. My summer trailer is a perfect example of what not to do as we included too much of the equilibrium and not enough disruption. This made it not as scary as we wanted.  Todorov's theory is equilibrium, disequilibrium and resolution. In terror house's trailer they use disequilibrium for the montage scenes which a typical for horror trailers to include this all