Audience thoery- Utopian Theory

Audience Theories (The Utopian Solution Theory )

Richard Dyer states that entertainment texts offer audiences a ‘Utopia’ or perfect idea that they can access through media consumption. This ‘Utopia’ is in contrast to the imperfections and difficulties audiences face in their own lives and offers a perfect alternate dimension. Evidence of the "Utopian Solution Theory" can be seen in the popular film series of the "Hunger Games" as the audience are positioned to see Katniss Everdeentry overcome great odds and succeed in winning the tournament-while protecting her loved one, allowing the audience to take pleasure from her triumph

This does not link in to our film as the audience want to see the protagonist succeed and be the hero or heroine but in our trailer this inst the case as the killer succeeds by killing at least 3 people and not being caught. This maybe a bad idea as this means that by the audience seeing the trailer, they may feel that they don't want to watch the film as they don't see who they want to succeed.