Trailer analysis

The first thing we hear is two children saying happy fathers day to their dad. This is a common convention of one of the genres of this film which is horror. We then see a man with his family which connotes the feeling of worry in the audience as the audience don't want something bad to happen to the children, in this scene we see the happy family man this establishes what the norm should be. We then get some of the story told to us by the wife and kids as the father is unable to go on a family trip with them. We then get the first real sign that this is a thriller as the lighting changes and the the sound changes we see that it is a dark night and that it is raining this already builds suspense and then we have the sound of thunder this is a foreshadowing device uses to show that the man is about to get shocked or something bad is about to happen. We then see a few close up shots of the man looking worried in the low lit room this shows that he is in possible danger. We also see the mans dog bark, this shows that the animal knows something bad is about to happen. After this we see two girls waiting at the mans door, although would usually be seen as a good thing the music suggests that these two girls may be our antagonists. We see the nice side of the character as he lets the two girls in to use his phone, while he talks to the girls we see that the man is very trusting as he says that the girls don't look dangerous, this tells the audience that he is a character they should like as he is very trustworthy but also naive which is a characteristic most audiences like in a main character. We the see the darker sides to the girls as in a montage of shots we see them trying to seduce the man, this shows the audience through the use of shots and the what is being said that the man is in danger but they are still unsure of what they are doing. After the man is seduced we cut back to the morning with him laying in bed waking up to the girls laughing and playing in his house we also see the realization of what he has done, the fact that the man gave into the girls may lose him some female audiences as he cheats on his wife. We then see the man kick the girls out with the tensions getting higher as the music builds in the background. We then see the character again in the low lighting night scene, this shows that he is in danger still. In this shot we see the mans expressions change as he hears a diagetic noise outside. We then see the character go into another room in the house and find a picture of his family smashed on the ground as he goes to pick it up he gets hit over the head by one of the girls, the two girls then tease the man. We then see the directors name which may bring in fans of that directors work. This then shows the girls tying up the man, this shows us that he is in immediate danger. We then see a major chase going on between the girls and the man with the voice over of the girls saying how the man needs to be punished.