The Stepfather (2009)
It beings with a couple in a car pulling up to a house. The couple are early 20’s and seem to show being together. The girl is driving giving the boy to pause and look at the house showing importance of being his house or a new place. There is diagetic sound of dialogue and the car in shot as well as non diagetic music over the background giving the genre a feel of a happy relaxed tone. When arriving at the house they go to the garden were a surprise party is held. There are bright colours and people smiling giving the vibe of a happy place.
When meeting the boy’s mother’s boyfriend the shot is held on the handshake. This shows importance because it is held for a few seconds where as the other shots are much quicker. The shots also slow down when the ‘Stepfather’ is talking to him.
There is a fading transition to another scene were his new father figure is giving his mother flowers. Non diagetic dialogue is shown over the top giving a brief description of what is happening. When the father and son are at a bar/ restaurant the father is talking about building the family back together showing a disaster in the family. They are in quite a dark room showing mystery. They toast but pausing when the son corrects him saying step father. It pauses on this showing tension.
There is a fading out transition showing time passing. It then goes on to the son questioning weather other people like this new step father and they seem to really like him. They show clips of them playing games and watching television showing a happy side to what they see. When the step father is taking to the son again it shows it outside making it dark showing danger.
It then goes to a swimming pool with the son swimming. It is shown from a high angle shot by being under the water. This shows power. The music changes to be more puzzling and eerie. There then is a story cropping up about Americas most wanted with a ‘similar’ being of him. The family laugh it off except for the son who seems very creeped out by this. He investigates by going on the Internet. The music becomes deep and scary. It zooms up on picture showing a clearer viewing again with very loud deep music. After there is a montage of clips all together showing police signs and a scary face. Again montage happens about the neighbour who came to tell them about the most wanted but shown in black and white to show the past.
Fading transitions happens again showing the stepfather in a much violent side. As the trailer goes on it becomes more gloomy and since
re giving the audience a feel of anxious, fear and worry. It keeps the audience on the edge of there seat.2009 Poster
The poster of the recent film the stepfather 2009, shows a man gripping a red and white tie against a black background. The red and white tie could represent the balance between life and death meaning the red being the blood/ death and the white being the good/life. The gripped hands show a ring on the wedding ring finger showing married. This gives meaning to the name of the title. The red colour of the writing at the bottom shows a striking picture against the dark background. Red is shown as a colour of blood and horror.
The Stepfather 1987
The trailer begins with ‘The Stepfather’ in a deep red writing representing blood. The first film shot is a man wiping a fogged up mirror with his hand. The man is skinny with facial hair. There is a sharp tone over the top making it feel like some suspense. There is a Non diagetic voice over the top which then turns into diagetic when the next shot comes up with two men talking about a man who is on the loose. One of the men is represented as a police officer. This is because of the suit and police car he is leaning up against showing domination to the object. It then changes to a man in a suit looking at himself.
It then changes scene to a town, which seems to be a happy town. You can tell by this from having birds singing and children playing. It pans in to a families garden, they are having party. The man has his arm around a lady and she is smiling. This gives the impression of a happy well balanced family.
The music is eeary and spooky yet the scene is happy making the atmosphere unsettling. In between shots there is a man writing something on a mirror from the condensation. It says who am i here?
The music pace is more up tempo making it feel like its action packed. The shots are filmed in dark places. Knifes are put out on a table and when this happens there is a ambient sound of them clashing together. This resembles that its important in later in the trailer. Then at the end there is a smash of glass. This again is made ambient so it stands out.
It ends with the title the stepfather.
This film trailer poster shows a man looking in to a mirror but clearly seeing another male. On the fogged up mirror it has the writing Who am i here? showing an unknown clue to who the person actually is and who they are. Again red against black colour shows death and even murder. The mirror writing is the same as in the trailer also. Generic conventions of it being a horror movie are firstly the red writing. Secondly the stare from the mirror is unnerving. Finally also that the poster has an unsettling feel by having the quote at the bottom making you feel like what will happen.
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