Another Me Trailer
Theory Analysis
Barthes Enigma code:
The enigma
in the trailer, is the mysterious figure always following the main character.
The father of the girl says ‘She’s here, she’s always been here, in the
shadows’ and as the audience we want to know who she is.
Todorov’s theory of narrative:
The
equilibrium at the beginning of the trailer is the main girl going about her
everyday life in her town with her friends. It is also being told in the form
of snapshots. The moment of disequilibrium is when the girl takes a photograph
of herself, and sees a figure who looks very similar to her in the background.
The period of disequilibrium is the girl slowly going mad (cutting off her hair
in a mad frenzy) because she feels like someone is following her. We then start
to see shots of the figure behind the girl constantly, and the very last shot
is of the figure right in front of the girl.
Levi Strauss Binary opposites:
The most
striking contrast within this trailer, is between the girl and the figure. The
figure is almost like a evil reflection of the girl, so they both almost
represent light/dark (visually because of the figures dark eyes) and good/evil
(the way they act)
Propp’s eight character types:
In this
trailer, there isn’t any main character types. But from the visuals I can tell
that the main girl would be the hero, her love interest would be the helper and
the figure would be the villain.
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