Analyzing title sequences (task 13)

The Stepfather

Title credits: 

1. Screen Gems presents
2. Mavericks Films
3. Title: Stepfather
4. Dylan Walsh (Main actor)
5. Sela Ward (Actress)
6. Penn Badgley
7. Amber Heard (Actress)
8. Sherry Stringfield (Actress)
9. Paige Turco (Actress)
10. Jon Tenny (Actor)
11. 4+ actors
12. Casting directors
13. Costume designers 
14. Music supervisor 
15. Music composer 
16. Editor 
17. Production designer
18. Director of photography 
19. Executive producers
20. More producers

Micro Analysis:

Camera:

• Close ups
• Over shoulder shots
• Panning upwards/right
• Wide shots
• Over head
• Low establishing shot
• Tracking
• Canted angle

Mise-en-scene:

• Suburbs
• Shaving accessories
• Bloody weapons
• Grey/Blue lighting 
• Shadows
• Christmas tree
• Presents/Cards

Sound:

• Eerie music
• Heart beats
• Christmas music
• Dog bark
• Minor key
• Sound bridges  

Editing: 

• Editing from perspective 
• Match cuts
• Flash back
• Simple editing
• Slow pace

Macro Analysis

The key plot idea is about a man, the stepfather, who becomes apart of a family and kills them at Christmas time and then moves on to his next victims.

The story line is in chronological order.

The first character introduced is the Stepfather and then the dead family.

A white american, stereotypical, middle class family are represented.