The trailer establishes disequilibrium and a sense of panic by not showing the villain's face clearly. It reinforces thriller conventions through the use of iconography like a bloody knife. Technical elements like low key lighting and fast editing are used to create fear and engage the audience. The narrative structure links to various theories around binaries, enigmas, character types, and disequilibrium to set up themes of good vs evil, innocence vs darkness, and whether the boy can escape the villain's control.

1. Bereavement Trailer Analysis
In the beginning of the trailer there is no Equilibrium because the trailer jumps straight into
dramatic acts of horror. For example, a depth of field reveals a stock character such as the
villain, the impact of this technical code creates a sense of panic for viewer’s because
audiences are not able to identify the villain’s face clearly this establishes the audiences are
consumed by the element of threat posed by the villain. Thriller conventions are reinforced
by the use of iconography for example; a close up shot portrays a stock prop such as a knife
(phallic symbol)covered in blood this enhances the audience to acknowledge that the film
falls within the queue of the slasher film because stock props are the common weapons
used in slasher films to enable audience’s to deducethe villain is a mentally deranged
psychopathic killer who slays and slashes his victims. The use of diegetic sound such as the
villain saying to a boy “like I showed you” passing him the knife to him, connotes that the
villain is forcing the young boy to butcher a young woman, this therefore creates a sense of
panic for viewer’s to recognise that the young boy is forced to witness horrific acts of
violence.
The use of diegetic sound such as crying of a young woman saying “no” and tied to chains
denotes that she is a victim of a stock character and will be slaughtered by the villain. This
conforms to horror conventions as horror films usually feature females who are exposed as,
defenceless, weak and helpless. A high angle reveals a boy looking outside of the window,
the camera pan left show the villain moving him away. This deduces audiences to
distinguish that the stock themes/issues of the film are, good vs. evil, and childhood issues.
This also connotes that the young boy has been captivated by the villain
An establishing shot shows an isolated stock location of an isolated farmhouse this enables
audiences to identify that a terrifying experience will begin for the young boy where he will be
forced to witness the brutal crimes of a mentally deranged villain. The isolated farmhouse
conveys a sense of vulnerability and entrapment for the boy because; this implies that the
boy will be unable to escape from the villain because no busy aspects of society are
concluded. A two shot reveals a young girl questioning her father about the farm house this
is established by the use of diegetic sound, “what is that place, I saw a boy there” this
distinguishes that the young girl is a protagonistbecause she has concluded something is
suspicious about the boy located in an isolated location.
Technical codes such as a Medium Long shots represents the villain tying another female
victim to a chain using a rope to increase the height of the rope to enhance the feel of pain.
The significance of establishing low key lighting whilst filming this shot is to heighten the
sensation of fear and anxiety for viewers because darkness denotes a visual meaning of,
hell, and calamity, this therefore conforms to horror conventions as horror films usually
feature low key lighting to create a sense of fear for viewer’s in order to keep them
captivated and engaged within the film.
Fast pace cuts of editing have been used of; knife covered in blood, and of female stock
characters screaming “let me go” and revealing the females facial expressions as terrified
and horrified. The disturbing impact of this fast pace editing invites the audience to
sympathise and empathise with the character’s emotions of the traumatization they are
going through, this also leads to an enigma questioning viewers who will survive and who
will not and questioning viewer’s reflecting whether the boy will escape the entrapment of the
villain.

2. A medium long shot establishes the villain forcefully pushing the boys pack into a bath
covered in blood, the implication of this outrageous verisimilitude –outrageous blood. The
implication of this stimulates the viewer’smood of a heightened level of, anticipation and
suspense for viewers denoting that the innocence of a child has been possessed and
controlled by the evil forces of a psychopathic, physically deformed villain, who reinforces a
disturbing impact on viewers witnessing the innocence of a boy deformed by a villain.
The Narrative Structure of the trailer links to different types of theories. For example, Claude-
Levi-Strauss's approach to the narrative theory of binary opposites is identified in the trailer;
good vs. evil, child vs. villain and dark vs. light and innocence vs. darkness. The trailer also
links to Roland Barthes enigma code questioning viewer’s curiosity whether the boy will ever
escape the living in prison of the villain evil possession.
The trailer also signifies that it relates to Vladimir Propp's theory of the limited number
of charter types, for example, the recognition that a villain exists in the film and other
characters such as innocent boy and sock characters of weak females. Significantly the
trailer shows a link to TzvetanTodrov’s narrative theory Disequilibrium. Final Girl theory is
constructed in the trailer of a last girl standing that confronts the killer and escapes from the
villain’s segregation. Laura Mulvey’s Male Gaze theory would suggest that the female
characters are established to be a sexual objectification for male audiences to objectify them
as a desire and be exploited for visual pleasure in a cinematic gaze.