The Orphan
I have decided to deconstruct a Psychological Film trailer, although i have noted the conventions of horror trailers in a previous blog, i want to analyse this trailer in more detail. Analyzing this trailer to a greater extent with allow me to gather some kind of idea of what kind of shots, sounds and colours to show in my own trailer. It will also allow me to develop an opinion on certain memes, and allow me to decide whether I want to contrast them or not. In particular i want to focus on shots, iconography, sound and editing.
MISE EN SCENE
The first thing i notice is that the lighting is extremely bright, this is used as a form of pathetic fallacy, as its reflecting the characters moods. The lighting also resembles a child's innocence, bright lights showing everything suggest that she has nothing to hide. However when the clips shown on the trailer take a turn for the worst, the lighting dims, reflects the negativity of what is being shown on screen. This also acts as a contrast to the families previous happiness and the child's previous innocence. Also, the lighting used is always in a natural way, this is the same as the make up and costume. This relates to the story, a normal american family, living in a normal house and going to a normal school, there is nothing artificial about the setting or characters and this is shown through the mise en scene.
SOUND
The sound at the beginning of the trailer mirrors the lighting, its light, airy and upbeat.In particular the sound of a piano being played reflects this, the high notes relate to positivity and in my opinion reminds me of Esthers supposed innocence. I would say that 'The orphan' follows a film trailers typical conventions because it has taken dialogue from the film and used it in a way the reflects the story line of the movie in a short space of time. Again the dialogue at the start and end of the trailer contrasts each other, with it being positive at the beginning and negative towards the end. The tension in the characters voices and what is spoken increases as the trailer goes on. Eventually it result in the sound of screams just being able to be heard, i would imagine that this would attract anyones attention towards the Tv and almost demand that they watch the rest of the trailer.
CAMERA SHOTS Establishing ShotAn establishing shot is common of all moving pictures, whether it be a music video, tv program or movie trailer. So it comes as no suprise to see that the trailer of 'Orphan' follows this trate. The Establishing shot is shown at the begining of the trailer, to establish the scene, which in this case is an orphan village. It also helps to connect shots together, for example the next shot is of a nun at the orphan village and kids running round, without this shot you may have been confused as to where its set. Also it allows the viewer to see the families car pulling up to the house, this automatically portrays the contrast in life styles as its clearly an expensive car (like a land rover), it shows that the families life style will be completely different to that of Esthers (the orphans).
Close ups appear frequently throughout the trailer, i feel that its because it allows viewers to clearly see characters emotions and because it heightens the tensity in certain scenes.. eg, mother screaming.It also means that producers can influence the way the viewer sees a character, for example an extreme closeup to Esthers face as she drops her smile and has a more sinister look can indicate to the audience that she isnt as innocent as she seems. It also makes them feel closer to the characters in the way that they may fear for the other childrens safety after seeing her face drop. The close up is especially effective and memorable when esther is screaming into the camera. In addition extreme closeups to childrens playground toys such as swings, give a sinister approach to something innocent, when i first watched it i kept expecting something to jump out as the pace had significantly slowed down compared to what it was previously.
High Angle shot
This shot is used when esther is shown throwing a young girl off the top of a climbing frame, you see her pale face at the top looking down at what she has just done. This has connotation of Esthers abililty to dominate others and her power. It suggests that she is above anyone else and is able to do anything she wants.
Birds Eye ShotThis shows the new 'mother' of Esther on the phone being told "There's something you need to know about Esther". She is shown with an exhausted expression and the camera looks down on her. This is done so that her emotions are reflected... She feels helpless and trapped. The birds eye shot connotated the she feels almost like bate, waiting to be caught by a bird, she is completely defenseless.
High Angle shot
This shot is used when esther is shown throwing a young girl off the top of a climbing frame, you see her pale face at the top looking down at what she has just done. This has connotation of Esthers abililty to dominate others and her power. It suggests that she is above anyone else and is able to do anything she wants.
Birds Eye ShotThis shows the new 'mother' of Esther on the phone being told "There's something you need to know about Esther". She is shown with an exhausted expression and the camera looks down on her. This is done so that her emotions are reflected... She feels helpless and trapped. The birds eye shot connotated the she feels almost like bate, waiting to be caught by a bird, she is completely defenseless.
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