This document provides timelines that analyze two horror film trailers using Todorov's Narrative Theory and Propp's Character Theory. The first timeline breaks down a trailer using Todorov's concepts of equilibrium, disequilibrium, and new equilibrium. It traces the road trip setting initial equilibrium and leads to characters getting trapped in a cave, causing disequilibrium. The second timeline applies Propp's character archetypes like the villain, victim, and helper to identify when these character types are introduced in another trailer.

1. TIMELINES
By Asmaa Tanveer

2. The Decent – Todorov’s Narrative
Theory
Tone card –
Tone card – Tone card –
Production company ‘disorientation’ 0.52 -
Preview card 0-0.5 ‘claustrophobia’ 0.34 - ‘hallucination’ 1.01 –
logo 0.54
0.36 1.02
0.06-0.08
start Period of End 2.05
Moment of Period of
Period of Road trip takes place, disequilibrium
equilibrium equilibrium
equilibrium at 0.14 atmosphere is
still calm therefore its The reveal 1.20
still the period of Monster seen, cutting
equilibrium . speed is
Quite, discontinuity Cave in which the increased, jump
editing, scenes jump cut protagonists get trapped cuts, sound bridging
from black screens. in. and non-diegetic
Punctuate sound, diegetic All characters are sound.
dialogue, echoing to introduced at 0.10
suggest memory. Happy
scenes take place as
everyone's enjoying
themselves.

3. Scream– Propp’s Character Theory
Another victim, a The donor/ helper is
False hero is promiscuous introduced at 1.28,
introduced the news character at 0. 58 helps the hero catch
presenter at 0.37 the killer.
Tone card – ‘don't
try to hide at 1.40
Preview card 0-0.4
Production company
logo
0.09-0.13
start The hero is introduced at 0.40, End 2.02
Trailer automatically starts
Moment of can also be classified as the final
at the moment of the Tone card –
disequilibrium at 0.30 girl due to surviving near death Tone card – ‘don't’
equilibrium , First character ‘scream’ at 1.55
experiences on multiple occasions answer the phone’
(first victim) is introduced at 1.34
at 0.05. Typical victim – The villain of the film is .
female, blonde resulting introduced at 0.32, as he
her to be seen as a ‘bimbo’ jumps through the glass
Location is an isolated door to kill his first victim. Disequilibrium at 1.40
house another paradigm of
a horror film.