The Stepfather

The genre of this film, is not clear from the beginning, we see a normal family life, in the first 40 seconds we understand the whole situation, and the music is an upbeat song, which suggests that this is not a thriller, however there is a sudden cut of music and the music becomes much more tense and the cutes become quicker. By the end of the trailer the cuts are quick and the sound is tense.

Conversations between characters gives us the majority of the information, the trailer gives near to the full extent of what happens, just in the trailer, this although builds tension, however shoes too many vital shots in the 2 minutes. However, because of the good reviews, it meant that on the release date the word of mouse was much more popular, and well known.

The way's in which the trailer firstly starts not as a thriller, but climatizes as one in the end, in the way that the beginning is introducing the characters and the settings etc, and then it leads on with everything including lighting, sound and editing becoming much more tense ad dramatic. But also is not dramatic throughout, differs from the way in which i am planning my trailer. the dramatic scenes are built up, which is simular to mine however in this particular trailer the building time is much onger than i anticipate mine to be. However, the dramatic scenes towards the end, with the quick cuts and up tempo yet dark music and sound effects are exactly the way in which i imagine a trailer in the genre if a 'thriller' to be like.