He explains that most narratives start with a state of equilibrium, in which the protagonist leads a 'normal' and happy life.
Equilibrium, Disequilibrium, Attempted Repair, New Equilibrium.
Aristotle's Theory of Tragedy is also applicable to our trailer genre. He said that all narratives can be divided into 3 sections: the Protasis, Epitasis, and Catastrophe. The German novelist Gustav Freytag then split these up into 5 parts: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action and Denouement.
Because of the fact that this is a Teaser Trailer, and is the first time the audience will get a glimpse of the film, it wouldn't make sense to end with Denouement- especially considering the genre is a Psychological Thriller. We plan to end our trailer on the climax, so that the audience will want to find out what the falling action and denouement consist of.
The Rising Action shows a number of related incidents leading up to a consequence.
This consequence is the Climax, which changes the protagonist's fate. The situation changes from good to bad for the character.
The Falling Action stage contains conflict between the protagonist and others.
The Denouement should eventually create a sense of catharsis, ending the conflict.
Roland Barthes was a French Philosopher and Literary Theorist was said that texts are either open or closed, and are influenced by 5 codes:
Hermeneutic Code/ Enigma Code- this relates to clues and subtleties within a story. It leaves the audience wanting to know more which is exactly what a teaser trailer should do.
Proairetic Code- contains sequential elements of action in a story. These add suspense to the ambience, which adheres to the purpose of our genre: Psychological Thriller.
Semantic Code- these are aspects of the story that have more than one meaning. Since the trailer is so short and shouldn't give too much of the plot away, the audience will be able to interpret our trailer in a number of ways.
Symbolic Code- this refers to symbolism within a text, certain aspects of mise en scene can be used to show contrast, create greater meaning, create tension and add character development.
Referential Code- this code probably applies the least to us, and refers to cultural, historical and scientific knowledge.
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