Construction Linked to Theory and Storyboard

The images below show how our story board links with our trailer.

Summary:

When deciding on the basic story-line for our trailer we decided that it was fitting to create something which focused on the concept of moral panics- particularly the current topic of social media becoming increasingly intrusive. We decided to use four girls as the main characters, with a main character with a unisex name "Alex". We thought this was particularly fitting as it was also used as part of the "Final girl" theory by Carol J Clover.

We also decided to use a female villain character "Her" to include the "Monstrous Feminine" theory element which was created by B.Creed. Many of the shots used throughout the trailer were those which appeared quite intrusive and mirror that of a "Male Gaze" as mentioned in Laura Mulvey's theory. This was done to make audiences feel almost uncomfortable with their personal viewing position and insight into the lives of young girls in the home environment.

In our storyboard, we included elements featured in the film "Scream", this included the use of the telephone ringing and marking the start of disequilibrium in the trailer. Moreover we used elements from the film "Drag me to hell" which features the main characters sitting and chanting around a table during a stage of repairing the disequilibrium. The use of these factors highlight our use of "Todorov's Narrative Theory" and how it complies with our trailer.