During my time researching Horror movies and distribution, I have increased my knowledge of the history of horror. This includes how the genre has evolved and changed to suit the growing market. I also found it interesting with how women shown in horror has changed to support the changing views on womens rights. But also how people have responded to these changing ideals and the ever changing horror genre. I have also expanded my knowledge on subjects such as the comedic horror and classic horror conventions, along with the overall film conventions and theories such as Todorovs theories. This has also introduced some new theories to me, such as the final girl theory and male gaze theory, which I had a small idea of prior, but had no idea as to the extent that it goes throughout the horror genre films and how important it is to some films. I found it surprising as to how many ways both theories can fit into a film and just how often they are used in the horror genre.
I have also expanded my knowledge of horror trailers from the previous year, with new information such as the overall structure of these trailers including many quick cuts, with most being a second or 2 max, and that after the equilibrium has been show, the event is shown and small parts of the resolution will be shown in a disordered and quick selection of scenes. They are generally designed to do nothing more but suggest the overall genre and any possible sub-genre along with using a few tricks to cause possible consumers to become interested and possibly watch the film when they may have not otherwise.
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