Research and Planning: Film Trailer Analysis 2

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'Disturbia'
Genre
Andrew Sarris says that each genre has a recognisable style that draws in an existing audience, this is the case with this film. It is a thriller/horror which involves a character with physciatric problems, an attractive female and a male hero. The trailer gives us a clear indication of what the genre is throughout due to the fast paced editing.
Representation
Each character is a stereoptype- The main character is a typical, trouble making teenager who has got into trouble with the police and put on house arrest. The female is your typical girl-next-door, the film could have been made without her but she brings in a male audience and adds to the plot to create a romance with in the film. Eventhough the characters are stereotypical they are put in an unstereotypical situation making the film very exciting. The murderer seems to be an average misunderstood 'creepy' neighbour at first glance however people's speculations are true and he is in fact a twisted killer. We can see that the 'male gaze' theory slightly comes into play during the beginning of the trailer as the as the main character who is male has his sights on a girl who is wearing a bikini.
Narrative
The main character could be an anti hero as he is in trouble with the police so seems to be unruly. We assume that he is the hero as he is the main male character but we do not see how he saves the day. The killer only seems to be killing women making them a passive part of the narrative, it is portraying them as week and unable to escape the killer as they die. The males are active as one is killing women showing that he has some kind of strength and the hero resolves the equilibrium in the end.
Audience
The main target audience of this film would be teen from the age of 16 to 19 as it involves characters of this age and also this is the type of activity teenagers would get involved in when they are trapped by boredom and they also crave to hear or see gossip. However, there is some thing a lot more serious than trivia gossip- there are twisted murders occurring which makes the film horrific and scary. I do not think that the audience have to stay active during the film as we seem to be contained in the same area with the characters through out the trailer watching their neighbours- there doesn't seem to be any puzzles or problems to solve which may make the film very easy and simple to watch.
Media Language
Cinematography: The shots are long at the beginning of the film to show how bored the character is as he is on house arrest, they them get faster as he becomes more entertained when he see's the girl sunbathing in her garden. We see point of view shots from the main character also showing that we are trapped in this small area with him, we cannot get any further than him.
Editing:
We see dissolves at the beginning of the trailer to show the passing of time as the character is bored. Mainly straight cuts are used showing that these murders inside the house are happening within a very normal quiet neighbourhood- no one would no what was happening if it wasn't for Kale being on house arrest.
Sound: Non diegetic sound at the beginning just seems normal and then becomes faster when the male first see's the girl which shows that he is less bored than before. Then the music seems to change completely as the trailer becomes darker and scarier as it progresses. The sound of Kale's tag is vivid as it disturbs him as he is about to progress for example, when he goes to kiss the female and when he attempts to catch the murderer.
Mise-en-scene: To show that murders are surprising to both the audience and the characters the film is set in a typical quiet neighbourhood.