Disruption: This is the part of the film where the equilibrium is disturbed. The normality of the scene begins to become distorted. Things start to take a turn for the worse.
Recognition: This is the part where we realise that there has been a disruption.
Repair: This is the part where there is an attempt to to repair the disruption, specific events occur in order to try and tackle the problem.
Resolution: This is the part where the disruption has come to an end and the problem has be solved.
Todorov has produced a theory that involves 5 stages which many films adhere to however this does not apply to many conventions of trailers. This includes the trailer to Victor Salva's Jeepers Creepers. The trailer begins with a settling car journey which enforces a state of equilibrium.
Secondly, there is a disruption of the equilibrium in which the unknown figure is mysteriously throwing dead bodies down a hole which is also complimented by the slowly traveling text on screen and thus building up a state of tension and panic.
The disruption above is later recognised and there is an attempt to resolve the situation. This is shown when the two individuals look out of their car and see the protagonist dumping the dead bodies down a tube.
In an attempt to repair the situation the antagonists rather un cleverly go to see what the protagonist threw down the pipe and to see wether or not they may still be alive or flee from the area once they recognise its not safe.
However, the theory only applies to films die to the fact that trailers do not show the ending of the film, or in other words the resolution to what has previously happened. If trailers were to show the resolution there would be no point in watching the film and therefore the trailer would not be a good advertising tool to get paying customers to watch the film.
Todorov has produced a theory that involves 5 stages which many films adhere to however this does not apply to many conventions of trailers. This includes the trailer to Victor Salva's Jeepers Creepers. The trailer begins with a settling car journey which enforces a state of equilibrium.
Secondly, there is a disruption of the equilibrium in which the unknown figure is mysteriously throwing dead bodies down a hole which is also complimented by the slowly traveling text on screen and thus building up a state of tension and panic.
In an attempt to repair the situation the antagonists rather un cleverly go to see what the protagonist threw down the pipe and to see wether or not they may still be alive or flee from the area once they recognise its not safe.
However, the theory only applies to films die to the fact that trailers do not show the ending of the film, or in other words the resolution to what has previously happened. If trailers were to show the resolution there would be no point in watching the film and therefore the trailer would not be a good advertising tool to get paying customers to watch the film.
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