What I have learnt form my research

History of Horror- Through looking at the history of horror I was able to see how horror films have

changed and expanded with time. But horror films have always been popular, people have always loved to be scared but in the comfort of there own home or local cinema. Form books about ghost to vampires to Dracula becoming a box office film and a house hold charter. I was also able to learn about the genre change and the charter changes. From prime animals like the werwolf who was based of Hitler and the Nazis to slasher movies and the famous production company Hammer Horror. I also learnt about the sub genera and hybrid genres like action horror, apocalyptic, slasher horror and sci-fi horror, romance horror and wester horror. Learning about these also allowed me to see and analyse the code and conventions of different sub/hybrid genres.

Narrative structure- Tzvetan Todorov suggested that that there was three point to a narrative structure. It starts with the initial equilibrium which is when any potentially opposing forces are in balanced. Then there is a disruption which is the disequilibrium this then send off a chain of event until the disruption is sorted out. This then causes a new equilibrium. This is called the 'classic hollywood' or 'classic realist' narrative structure. I have been able to recognise these three points in horror films and state if film follow or breaks Todorov narrative theory. I have also leant the different charter types in narrative structure from the theorist Vladimir Propp. He looked at old folk tales and from then he was able to identified 8 different charter types. I also learnt about Binary oppositions that are sets of opposite values e.g: Good vs Evil, Known vs Unknown, Earth/Space. The theorist Claude Levi-Strauss looked at the narrative structure in terms of binary oppositions.      

Representation of women- I have also learnt about the representation of women in horror films. We have research two main theorist and there theories the 'male gaze' and 'final girl'. The male gaze is stated in the famous essay 'visual pleasure and narrative cinema' by `Laura Mulvey. The male gaze is the way women are portrayed like objects in films for the male pleasure. The final girl is the female survivor in a horror film. The final girl has protocolar trait, she will be a tom boy and normally have a unisex name, be and virgin and have relations with the main male protagonist.

Trailers- Last we leant about the conventions of horror film trailers. By doing this research I am able apply these conventions to make my own horror film trailer. Trailers must indicate the genre, name and production values of the movie. Horror film trailers must attracted there target audience straight away by showing convention of the pacific genera. They must set a scene and show the main protagonist and their relationship but with out giving to much away. By researching all these things I am able to analysis horror films/trailers and use the research towards my own horror film trailer.