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1. Narrative Enigmas In Trailers
By Kelly Morales

2. Psychological Thriller Trailers
• Shadow People
• Black Swan
• Devoured
• The Ring

3. What Are The Narrative Conventions?
In a psychological thriller the narrative conventions are usually based on a mystery death or
hallucinations
which affects the characters emotional states and tends to attacking them mentally.
Some of the themes that are center of story in a psychological thriller are:
• Death
• Reality
• Identity
• Existence
Shadows trying to steal the
characters soul attacking the
characters with their thoughts

4. What Is The Narrative Structure?
There is a non-linear structure
• The equilibrium – Usually at the start of the trailer, which introduces the character and the location of the film. This gives
information to audience about the characters, what's happening to the character or what's the situation.
• The disequilibrium – Shows the exciting and unexpected parts of the film which are mostly relating to the plot.
• Towards the end psychology thriller trailers leave the audience with an enigma of what is happening to the character. Often
at the end it shows the transformation of the character and how it has affect them.
A flashback is used in
"Devoured" to make the
audience aware of what's her
story.
In the black swan trailer it shows
the ‘’transformation’’ of the
main character from a Sweet Girl
to the actual Black Swan.
At the start of “ shall
ow people” it lets th
e audience know tha
t they shallows are a
fter the characters.

5. What unrestricted narrative is there? (what do
they want you to know)
In a Psychological thriller the unrestricted narrative is the introduction to the story letting
the audience know what the pilot it is usually shown at the start of the trailer with a voiceover
or a dying character letting the audience aware that there's a cause for death in the film .
In “shadow people” a character
kills himself and reveals the shad
ows are after him
A voiceover is used to show that
tap is which courses death in 7
days
A flashback is used for the
audience to know the reas
on why she's there.

6. What restricted narrative is there? (what
do they not want you to know and why?)
In a psychological thriller the restricted narrative is the mystery of what is
attacking the characters mentally. Which it creates the enigma of what is
happening
In “devoured” the credits show
n make it mysterious as its not
normal what's happening to her
In “the ring” trailer they don’t want the audience to kno
w the story behind the tap. Also they don’t what the aud
ience to know who's calling them.
In “ Black Swan” they don’t w
ant they audience to know w
hy or how she's transforming
in to a swan.

7. what are the enigmas the audience is left
with?
In the ring the enigma the
audience are left with:
Who calls them?
Why 7days ?
Why do you see a hole
when you die?
Where did the tap come
from?
“ black swan”
What's happening to
her ?
What is she turning t
o?
Why did it happen to
her?
“Swallow people”
How are they dying ?
Why are the swallows
after them?