The document compares the narrative structures of film trailers and full films based on Todorov's Theory. It analyzes three sample films - Black Swan, Split, and The Babadook. It finds that film trailers typically show more of the "Disruption" and "Realization" parts of the narrative and less of the "Repair Damage" and "Restoration" sections. This is because trailers aim to intrigue audiences without revealing too much of the full plot. Based on this analysis, the trailer for the proposed film Todorov's Torn would similarly focus more on the disruption and realization aspects of the story.

1. Film Narrative

2. TODOROV’S Torn
(our own movie)
Black swan Split The Babadook
Equilibrium 18 Year old andrew is very
religious and innocent but suffers
has split personality disorder but
does not realise. This is due to his
hard upbringing.
Nina dreams of being
the white swan in the
ballet performance
‘Swan Lake.’
Casey and her friends are all out
shopping and are about to leave
with their dad dropping them
home.
The story starts with a
mother who looks after
her troubled son.
Disruption Andrew’s bad side kidnaps a
female and tortures her. HIs Good
side realises he is linked to this
some how?
Nina finds competition
with another ballet
dancer who also wants
to be the white swan
lake.
The girls get kidnapped by a male
who takes them into a locked
room.
Her son gets possessed
by an evil spirit from a
child's book and makes
him do horrible things.
Realisation His side switches in the middle of
the torture and realises what he
has done.
Her bad side comes out
in a split personality
make her suffer and
causing pain to others.
They realise their kidnapper has
many split personalities and try to
communicate with one of them.
She then realises what
is happening and the
spirit possesses the
mother.
Repair
Damage
He releases the female and prays
for forgiveness.
Nina realises she wants
wants be the white swan
so kills lilly in order to be
so.
The girls escape through using the
child side of his personality.The
bad side comes out and hunts
after the girls to kill them.
The child tries to get the
spirit out of the mother
and succeeds.
Restoration Andrews bad side takes over
again and destroys the good side
then kills girl.
Ninas becomes the
white swan in the play
but dies at the end.
The bad side kills all the girls apart
from Casey who releases her as
she is damaged as well.
The mother and child
are free and happy,
they look after the spirit
in the basement.

3. Trailer Narrative

4. TODOROV’S Torn
(our own movie)
Black swan Split The Babadook
Equilibrium We will begin with views of the
church and andrews religious
background showing innocence.
The trailer starts as Nina
being a successful
ballerina.
In the beginning the
girls are with Casey's
father and are about to
leave from the shops.
The mother is introduced
with her son who is
reading him a bedtime
story like a normal family.
Disruption Andrew will notice things are
going wrong as he searches for
are connection between him and
the disappearances.
Competition is shown as
another dancer emerges
and Nina starts to
struggle.
You are introduced to
the kidnapper who
attacks the girl.
The boy acts up by
creating weapons and
having trouble at school
Realisation We see the killer, who is andrew,
kidnapping and torturing his
victim.
Tensions rise and you
see that she suffers from
some sort of physical
and mental abuse.
The trailer shows the
environment they are
being held showing
they have been
kidnapped.
Stress builds up and you
see the mother burning the
book. She starts going
mad and sees the
babadook.
Repair
Damage
Glimpses of andrew battling
himself
Not Present Later on in the trailer
you see the girls
struggle to escape.
Not present
Restoration Not present Not Present Not present Not present

5. Film VS Trailer
TODOROV’S Torn
(our own movie)
Equilibrium We will begin with views of the church and
andrews religious background showing
innocence.
Disruption Andrew will notice things are going wrong
as he searches for are connection
between him and the disappearances.
Realisation We see the killer, who is andrew,
kidnapping and torturing his victim.
Repair Damage Glimpses of andrew battling himself
Restoration Not present
TODOROV’S Torn
(our own movie)
Equilibrium 18 Year old andrew is very religious and
innocent but suffers has split personality
disorder but does not realise. This is due to
his hard upbringing.
Disruption Andrew’s bad side kidnaps a female and
tortures her. HIs Good side realises he is
linked to this some how?
Realisation His side switches in the middle of the
torture and realises what he has done.
Repair Damage He releases the female and prays for
forgiveness.
Restoration Andrews bad side takes over again and
destroys the good side then kills girl.
Comparing the the trailer narrative and the film narrative in the three films I have studied it is clear that in the trailer, parts of
Todorov’s Theory is not used. The sections we see less of is the ‘Repair Damage’ and ‘Restoration’. Therefore in our trailer we
will follow the same conventions and use more of the disruption and realisation. The reason trailers follow this method is because
the creators don’t want to reveal too much but at the same want the audience to be amazed by the film so they only show
important highlights.