Trailers

Texas Chainsaw Massacre:
Characters & their Representation
In Texas Chainsaw Massacre we learned that there are two women representing two different characters for example we saw that there was an intelligent blonde girl, this was understood as she was reading an astrology book and even though her clothes were revealing she was mainly covered up. However the other girl was was extremely revealing with what she wore which therefore tells us that she is the bigger sinner. We also understood that she isn't as intelligent as she is playing with her hair the whole time. Therefore we can gather that the more intelligent girl will be the one who survives at the end over the girl who sins more. The amount of male characters also dominates the amount of females in this trailer.

Setting
For the setting at the equilibrium it is calm to begin with, its a group of friends in car through through a green environment which is usually related to calm and relaxed, the lighting is also quite bright connoting happiness and summer. However when we get to the disruption of the equilibrium the character enters the house which seems quite creepy and the lighting is dim creating a dull atmosphere which allows us to understand that something bad is going to happen. This is a typical stereotype for horror movies, having a house which looks abandoned and slightly odd. There are always people who tend to go inside even knowing that its dodgy.

Narrative 
From this trailer we can understand that its about a few rebellious teenagers this is understood from their clothing and behavior as when this film was made this behavior seemed to be common in teenagers. These teenagers are on a road trip and everything seems to be normal until they come past this odd house which looks weird and quite creepy. One of the male teenagers go inside the house unknowingly closing the door behind him and entering chaos. Slowly one after the other goes in and gets chased by this man who is trying to kill them so that he can eat them, he captures one by one until it gets to the last girl. At this particular time in Texas there was a big issue on cannibalism as how they had found many cannibals therefore the movie is partially based on facts from that time period. From the trailer the girl seems to have gotten away as we only see her running away from this monster and his sinister plan. 

Theories linked to the trailers
we can link the theory of sadistic voyeurism by Laura Mulvey as we can say that the man who is killing these people to eat gets pleasure from doing these activities even though they seem wrong and vile to do. This therefore adds to the horror genre for this film as people may find this disturbing which may allow the horror aspect to be enhanced. This movie is also linked to the final girl theory by Caroline Clover, this theory supports that the intelligent girl is always the last one standing and seems to get away. This is supported through the trailer as we see this girl to be wearing less revealing clothing which makes her seem more pure over the other one along with the fact that she is reading an astrology magazine supporting the fact that she is intelligent and at the end she is the last character that we see.

Types of shots
In this trailer we also notice the use of POV shots which allow us to understand where the character is coming from and any potential feelings they may have. For example when we feel as we are the girl running through the woods trying to get away from this monster so that she doesn't end up like her friends we understand that she is scared and will do anything to get away from this man. This shot allows us to feel and see what the trailer doesn't directly show us therefore giving the audience a better insight on the story line.

I spit on your grave:
Characters & their Representation
In the trailer I spit on your grave we first see a young women who is firstly presented a violent due to the fact that she fires her gun at the man, she is also wearing grey which suggest that she can defend herself. However in the next scene she appears to be portrayed as a sexual object as she is wearing a white bikini and laying in the boat. This bikini is orange she suggest that she is happy and cheerful therefore contradicting what she wore and her behavior in the first scene. We also see three men chasing her one who wears a grey jump suit, the other shirtless which makes us assume that he isn't intelligent and a labor worker and we don't see much of the final man.

Setting
For the setting at the equilibrium it is intense to begin with, the scene starts outside where she has a gun towards the man who is questioning her. Then we see a slight disruption of the equilibrium when we see the men looking at her whilst she is laying in the boat on the lake. This contradicts to what is happening in the scene as the setting portrays nice and relaxed environment however what is being planned on her is far worse. When we see a clear disruption of the equilibrium the women is being chased by these men which is shown trough the woods where the lighting also appears to be quite dull. Then again the setting changes to the house after these men have left her and when she gets revenge the setting changes from the bathroom to outside until she has got her revenge on the three of them.

Narrative 
From this trailer we can understand that its about a a young girl who has recently moved to a new area and has been picked on this man however she shows that she can defend herself. One day she decides to go down to the lake so that she can relax and enjoy her day however once she leaves she finds herself in a situation running away from these men as they are trying to rape her. However sadly she trips over and these men get what they pleased therefore leaving her in shock and unhappy. Therefore she feels to seek revenge in order to feel herself again. So one by one she kills these men who perform this horrible event on her which results in them getting back what they did to her, by doing this she feels better as she knows they are gone.


Theories linked to the trailers
we can link the theory of sadistic voyeurism by Laura Mulvey as we can say that the three men who rape her in the first place get pleasure from it, they get pleasure from spying on young girls which can scar them for life. However this also links to the girl as we can say that she gains pleasure from killing them. Knowing that they are out of her life for good and knowing that they can no longer harm her. We can also see the Male Gaze by Laura Mulvey linked in as these men are sexually spying on this girl and she isn't seen to be of the same class to them due to her gender, they may also think that she will not be able to do much about it.

Types of shots
In this trailer we also notice the use of POV shots which allow us to understand where the character is coming from and any potential feelings they may have. For example when we see that these men are chasing her towards the end the director puts us in her shoes so that we can see her urgency to escape these people and to see if she can get away. When she can no longer run we are taken out her shoes and see the character fall from a long shot therefore signifying that she has lost the battle.