Friday 28 September 2012

(EXAM) - Analysis of a Trailer

HORROR; The Woman In Black




This is the trailer for a horror movie 'The Woman in Black'. This movie fits the horror genre conventions really well; 

- Good verses evil
Daniel Radcliff is the good guy and he is trying to find and stop the ghost of the woman in black who is making children commit suicide.
- Religion
There are some religious connotations in the movie that some of the characters refer to in the movie.
- Revenge

The ghost of the woman in black is seeking revenge on the bahalf of her son being taken away from her.
- Childhood issues

The woman in Black gets into childrens heads and convinces them to commit suicide.
- Supernatural
The woman in black is in fact a ghost of a woman.
- Zombies
The woman in black's dead son comes alive from the swamp and walks towards the house. The dead children also come to the haunted house where daniel radcliff is.
- Insanity
The ghost of the woman in black is mad, when she was alive she had a lot of anger inside of her because she wasn't well enough to look after her son so her sister took him into her care.




ROM-COM; The Back up Plan


This is the trailer for a romantic comedy 'The Back Up Plan. This movie also fits the rom-com genre conventions very well;


Monday 24 September 2012

(EXAM) - Character Theories.


Seeing as I used the animated movie Shrek to show an example of the timeline, I have used it again to give and example of Character Theories.



  • Shrek is the hero, who is usually male. He is the agent who restores the narrative equilibrium often by embarking upon a quest (or search which Lord Farquard sends him on). Propp distinguishes between the victim hero, who is the centre of the villain's attentions, and the seeker hero who aids others who are the villains victims. The hero is invariably the texts central character.
  • Lord Farquard is the villain who usually creates the narrative disruption.
  • Donkey is the donor gives the hero something, it may be an object, information or advice, which helps in resolution of the narrative.
  • Donkey is also the helper aids the hero in the task of restoring equilibrium.
  • Fiona is the princess (the victim) is usually the character most threatened by the villain and has to be saved, at the climax, by the hero. The father's (who in fairy tales was often the king) role is usually to give the princess away to the hero at the narrative's conclusion. He may also despatch the hero.
  • Lord Farquard is the dispatcher sends the hero on her or his task (who can typically be the princess father)
  • Dragon is the false hero appears to be good but is revealed, at the narrative's end, to have been bad Characters can fulfil more than one sphere character type, for example; a princess may also be a helper.