Genre/Narrative

The film "Deranged" was conformative to other Horror/Thriller films of the 15 classification in some ways but diverted from them in others such as the plot.This was in order to make our trailer unique and standout from others in that genre, as that is what catches the audience's attention, something that is different and intriguing whilst still fitting in well with the horror genre.
The narrative of the trailer is the utmost important component of the trailer as it is what sells it to the audience and ultimately provokes them to go and see it in the cinema or buy it on DVD. The narrative can be presented in many different ways throughout the trailer, through camerawork, framing of shots,lighting,dialogue and positioning. In the trailer for deranged the camerawork presents the narrative adequately, the weather in the shots was captured to show darkness and dreariness and so it looked more downcast to the audience signifying a dark twist as at first the shots were fairly bright but throughout the shots it has always been cloudy representing that that ghostly figure has always been haunting them and has been there from the beginning. but it turns significantly darker towards the end of the trailer showing things have got the worst that they can possibly get. The speed increases inducing panic for the audience which is what the audience is meant to feel whilst watching something from the horror genre. I think the audience feel both sympathy and resentment for the boy because of the way that he is portrayed, he is portrayed as being possessed and victimised by these evil forces but also as a predator towards the end of the trailer when the audience realises that he is the reason for the murder of his parents. There are high angle shots of the bodies throughout the trailer making it seem as though the murderer has lots of power, the camera also flashes over these bodies without a lot of delay and their faces aren't clear and so making them seem insignificant and that these aren't the only bodies that have been found. They repeatedly flash on the screen throughout the trailer showing that there are high numbers of murders and that this is the result of the boy changing and being possessed.
The mise en scene also gives a lot away about the narrative and genre as does the lighting. In the beginning the boy is wearing everyday clothes that a normal boy his age would wear but toward the end of the trailer you can see that his clothing becomes much darker as in the shot where he is walking around in the dark he his wearing a dark hoodie so that his face isn't showing adding to the sense of mystery. Obviously the lighting changes as this is stereotypical of a horror film that it becomes dark and intense. But in our trailer we challenge these conventions as normally all the shots towards the end of a horror trailer are dark whereas in ours there is a few lighter shots still portraying the young boy's vulnerability like when he is in the forest and is turning round, which i think still makes him look quite innocent,and still showing that it is aimed at a audience of a lower age.

There is a theory that every narrative follows a 3 way structure in the beginning there is a balance, an equilibrium then there is something that disrupts the balance resulting in disequilibrium and then there this gets sorted out so that it then becomes balanced again to a certain extent. In deranged there is this clear narrative as the starting equilibrium is when Josh is in a normal family and just carrying out normal activities that a boy his age would do, and this is shown by the montage of shots at the beginning of the trailer showing him having dinner and him watching TV with his family in a normal family setting. The disequilibrium is when his parents are killed and he gets possessed this takes up most of the trailer portraying this story, the shots of the bodies are shown to show that the murders have taken place and we also show blood which is also a convention of the horror genre. Also the boy being possessed is quite a common plot for many horror's examples being insidious and paranormal activity so again the genre is really clear. We also show the phone call having dialogue expressing that hes changed and something has happened to him. But in the trailer we can't show the balanced equilibrium again, we have to leave that to the audiences imagination so that they have that sense of mystery that leaves them guessing so much that they have to see it to find out what happens. The balanced equilibrium of the narrative, and ultimately the ending, would be that the audience would find out the reason why hes changed and what actually happened to his parents and if he ever escapes this evil ghost figure.
Often narratives often include the same themes of characters as well as usually there is always a victim and always a villain and sometimes in a horror the police in deranged there is a villain and a victim but they are the same person making the film different, there are police detectives to add to the sense of mystery as well.In fact there are almost 2 villains as the possessor is a villain as well, so some could say it is actually the possessor that is the villain as they are inside the boy and controlling him.