R&P Romance Safe Haven analysis

The story conforms to Propp's narative theroy, with the hero being the character played by Josh Duhamel and the princess played by Julianne Hough. The story begins with a disequillibrium where by the princess is being hunted a balck figure and a detective and flees the city to find herself in a rural community. All this at the very start of the trialer set up an enigma code where by the audice are left wondering why the girl is running and who is chasing her; this links to the sub genre of the film, a romance thriller. The questions that arise from theese events at the very start of the film grip the audience making them want answers to the questions, which in turn, will make them want to watch the whole film. The resolution of the issue and the restoration is not shwon in the trailer as that would give away the entie film. Thet trailer shows enough of the plot to grip the auience, but not enough to give away the story.

The unique selling point of the film is the author of the book, Nicholas Sparks, who also wrote the best selling "The Notebook". This would mean that any fans of the book, would be interested in the film, which would help to attract an audience. The director of the film, also directed "The Cider House Rules" and "Chocolat". This means that the potential target audience is huge. Another was in which the producers tryed to attract an audience was the release date, which was February, near to valentines day, which means that people would be more interested in seeing the film. The fact that it is being released in Feburary is made very clear in the trailer.

The trailer uses contrasting lighting during it to make the place the main character was before getting on the bus and going to the "safe haven" .