TIMELINES

By Asmaa Tanveer

The Decent – Todorov’s Narrative

Theory

start End 2.05

Preview card 0-0.5 Production company

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0.06-0.08

Tone card –

‘claustrophobia’ 0.34 -

0.36

Tone card –

‘disorientation’ 0.52 -

0.54

Tone card –

‘hallucination’ 1.01 –

1.02

Period of

equilibrium

Moment of

equilibrium

Period of

disequilibrium

Quite, discontinuity

editing, scenes jump cut

from black screens.

Punctuate sound, diegetic

dialogue, echoing to

suggest memory. Happy

scenes take place as

everyone's enjoying

themselves.

Cave in which the

protagonists get trapped

in.

The reveal 1.20

Monster seen, cutting

speed is

increased, jump

cuts, sound bridging

and non-diegetic

sound.All characters are

introduced at 0.10

Road trip takes place,

at 0.14 atmosphere is

still calm therefore its

still the period of

equilibrium .

Period of

equilibrium

Scream– Propp’s Character Theory

start End 2.02

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Trailer automatically starts

at the moment of the

equilibrium , First character

(first victim) is introduced

at 0.05. Typical victim –

female, blonde resulting

her to be seen as a ‘bimbo’

Location is an isolated

house another paradigm of

a horror film.

Production company

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0.09-0.13

Moment of

disequilibrium at 0.30

The villain of the film is

introduced at 0.32, as he

jumps through the glass

door to kill his first victim.

False hero is

introduced the news

presenter at 0.37

The hero is introduced at 0.40,

can also be classified as the final

girl due to surviving near death

experiences on multiple occasions

.

The donor/ helper is

introduced at 1.28,

helps the hero catch

the killer.

Another victim, a

promiscuous

character at 0. 58

Tone card – ‘don't’

answer the phone’

at 1.34

Tone card –

‘scream’ at 1.55

Tone card – ‘don't

try to hide at 1.40

Disequilibrium at 1.40