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Representation essay The trailer that I will be analysing is from ‘Splash slasher Productions’ and it is called ‘Never sleep again’, reason being is because they included multiple representation theorists that can be explored within their teaser trailer. Theorists such as Charles Derry, Carol Clover and Sarah Dobbs have all been located within the teaser trailer which helps follow the typical conventions of a horror trailer. Firstly I noticed throughout the trailer Carol Clover’s theory of the use of a final girl, due to the character being the last person to actually confront the source of evil itself. For example in the trailer the final was being dragged viciously across the ground by the antagonist which is evidence for the confrontation between the protagonist and antagonist. In other trailers such as ‘Cabin in the Woods’ the same character type is seen there as well which may imply that the female protagonist is adopting masculine features to overcome evil. Strengths of

Essay on Narrative Theorists Introduction The trailer that I will be analysing is from ‘Jumpscare Productions’ and it is called ‘The Collector’, reason being is because they included multiple narrative theorists that can be explored within their teaser trailer. Narrative is a story that is created in a constructive format that describes a sequence of fictional or non-fictional events.  Mostly Todorov and Levi-Strauss are seen exponentially in the trailer as they would mostly be classed as the foundations of a typical horror film teaser trailer. The fact that they allow the audience to only view the equilibrium and disequilibrium but disregard the resolution shows their knowledge on the narrative theorist Todorov. Paragraph 1:  Expanding on their use of the narrative theorist Todorov helped allow the trailer to develop a structured base which included the Equilibrium and Disequilibrium. Following this pattern allowed the audience to follow the trailer identifying the anta