HOW IS THE GENRE OF THE FILM CONVEYED?

THERE IS A CONSTANT FLASHING EFFECT THROUGHOUT THIS TRAILER, WHICH MAKES THE ACTION ON SCREEN SEEM SLIGHTLY UNCLEAR, LEAVING THE AUDIENCE FEEL UNEASY AND IN DANGER. THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DULL AND DARK LIGHTING AND MISE EN SCENE AND THE MIXTURE OF HEAVY AND SINISTER MUSIC GIVES THE INSTANT FEEL OF A PSCHOLOGICAL THRILLER.

HOW HAS THE TRAILER BEEN STRUCTURED? STRUCTURALLY, HOW ARE TEMPORAL SHIFTS DENOTED THROUGH USE OF TRANSITIONS? DESPITE THE PLOT NOT BEING GIVEN AWAY, WE ARE ABLE TO GRASP A FAIR IDEA OF THE STORY THROUGH THE TRAILER. IT STARTS OFF WITH LILY JUST BEING REFERED TO AS CAST 39. THIS THEN MOVES TO EMILY OFFERING TO TAKE HER IN, WHICH LEADS TO THE NEGATIVE CHANGE IN PLOT.

WHICH PARTS OF THE PLOT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED? HOW DO THESE SEEK TO ACHIEVE NARRATIVE ENIGMA? WE ARE SHOWN THAT LILY HAS BEEN REFERED TO SOCIAL WORKERS DUE TO THE EVENTS THAT OCCUR IN HER HOME. WE ARE ALSO SHOWN THAT EMILY (THE SOCIAL WORKER) TAKES HER INTO HER HOME AND LOOKS AFTER HER. WE ARE ALSO SHOWN WHAT HAPPENS ONCE EMILY MOVES IN. HOWEVER, WE ARE NOT SHOWN OR INFORMED ON EXACTLY WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. HOWEVER, WE

ARE LEFT TO QUESTION WHETHER WHAT HAPPENS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH LILYS PARENTS, OR EVEN LILY HERSELF. WHAT INFORMATION IS BEING WITHHELD FROM THE AUDIENCE? HOW DOES THIS SET UP NARRATIVE ENIGMA? WE ARE SHOWN SOME OF WHAT HAPPENS ONCE LILLY MOVES IN WITH EMILY, BUT WE ARE NOT INFORMED ON WHY THIS IS HAPPENING, OR WHO IS RESPONSIBLE. THIS LEAVE THE AUDIENCES QUESTIONING EACH CHARACTER, MAKING THEM FEEL PART OF THE ACTION. WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF THE PACE OF THE EDITING? THE EDITING IN PLACES IS VERY RAPID. THERE ARE ALSO MANY MOMENTS WHEN FLASH EDITING IS USED, WHICH CREATES A VERY UNEASEY AND EERIE ATMOSPHERE. WHAT CONNOTATIONS DOES THE USE OF COLOUR/MISE EN SCENE HAVE IN THE SETTING UP THE AUDIENCES EXPECTATIONS OF THE FILM? THE TRAILER STARTS OFF WITH BRIGHT COLOURS AND LIGHTING, WHICH THEN CHANGES AS WE ARE SHOWN THE NEGATIVE CHANGE IN THE PLOT. THE LIGHTING THEN BECOMES VERY DARK AND DULL. WHAT CONNOTATIONS DO THE USE OF CAMERA SHOTS AND ANGLES HAVE? THE CAMERA SHOTS AND ANGLES IN THIS TRAULER SUGGEST THAT LILY IS THE VICTIM IN THIS FILM, WHICH IN ACTUAL FACT COULDNT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. IN THE TRAILER, THE SHOTS ARE MOSTLY MEDIUM OR CLOSE UP SHOTS. THIS COULD SUGGEST THAT THE SOURCE OF THE DANGER IS CLOSER THAN THEY ALL THINK. THERE IS ALSO A SHOT OF EMILY HOLDING A KNIFE WHILST SKEPTICALY GOING TO OPEN A DOOR TO REVEAL WHAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE. THIS IS A HIGH ANGLED SHOT, MAKING EMILY APPEAR TO BE A VULNERABLE CHARACTER WHO IS IN DANGER. COMMENT ON THE USE OF SIGNS AND SIGNIFIERS WHICH ARE USED TO CONSTRUCT GENRE. -THE USE OF DIFFERENT WEAPONS SUCH AS AN AXE AND KNIFE SIGNIFIES THE GENERAL SENSE OF DANGER AND SELF DEFENCE. -EMILY VISITS LILYS PARENTS HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE AND DISCOVERS THAT THE PARENTS HAD 10 LOCKS ON THEIR BEDROOM DOOR. THIS COULD SIGNIFY HOW UNSAFE AND TRAPPED THE PARENTS FELT IN THIS HOME. -THERE IS A CLOSE UP SHOT OF BLOOD BEING SPASHED ON THE WALL WHICH SIGNIFIES DANGER AND DEATH. - THE MEDIUM SHOT OF EMILY SITTING ON HER SOFA SURROUNED BY FIRE SIGNIFIES HER BEING IN A SITUATION THAT IS COMPARIBLE TO HELL -EMILY FOLLOWS THE TYPICAL CONVENTIONS OF A HEORIC CHARACTERBLONDE HAIR BLUE EYES, WHICH SIGNIFIES HER VULNERABLITY

WHEN DOES THE TRAILER CONVEY INSTITUTION INFORMATION? (PRODUCTION COMPANY, DIRECTOR, CAST) WHAT ASSOCIATIONS DO THESE CREATE? PRODUCTION COMPANY- 8 SECONDS IN DIRECTOR- NOT INCLUDED IN THIS TRAILER CAST- RENEE ZELLWEGER IS INTRODUCED AT 1:46 RENEE ZELLWEGER IS THE ONLE CAST MEMBER THAT IS INTRODUCED BY A TITLE IN THIS TRAILER. THIS IS AS SHE IS THE MAIN ATTRACTION IN THIS FILM. WHAT KIND OF AUDIENCE DO YOU THINK THE TRAILER ATTEMPTS TO APPEAL TO? WHAT OTHER FILMS WOULD THIS BE IN LINE WITH? CASE 39 IS VERY MUCH A FILM THAT CAN BE MISSLEADING AS THE ENDING ISNT WHAT YOU EXPECT IT TO BE. (ESPECIALLY ACCORDING TO THE TRAILER) THEREFORE, THIS FILM WOULD ATTRACT AN AUDIENCE WHO LIKE TO QUESTION CHARACTERS AND THEIR MOTIFS THROUGHOUT THE FILM AND THEREFORE GATHERING AN IDEA ON WHO THEY THINK THE REAL VICTIM AND VILLAIN ARE. AUDIENCES WHO WOULD ENJOY WATCHING THIS FILM WOULD ALSO ENJOY WATCHING FILMS SUCH AS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN AND NUMBER 23, AS THEY ARE ALSO PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS. HOW HAS SOUND BEEN USED? IS THERE A VOICE OVER? WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF THIS? AS THE SHOTS RAPIDLY CHANGE FROM ON TO ANOTHER, THERE IS A FADE TO

BLACK TRANSITION IN BETWEEN, ALONG WITH THIS THERE IS A THUD NOISE. THIS COULD SUGGEST THAT SOMETHINE NEGATIVE HAS HAPPENED INBETWEEN THOSE TWO SHOTS (I.E. SOMEONE HAS BEEN INJURED OR EVEN KILLED) THERE IS ALSO THE USE OF ASYNCHRONOUS SOUND OF LILLY SAYING IM SCARED WHICH IS PLAYED ON TOP OF A SCENE OF OTHER CHARACTERS BEING PUT IN DANGER AS A RESULT OF HER, WHICH CREATES SENSE OF IRONY. WHAT KIND OF MUSIC HAS BEEN USED? TRY TO BE SPECIFIC IN DESCRIBING THIS AND ITS EFFECT? IN THE FIRST 36 SECONDS THE MUSIC IS SLIGHTLY MORE UP BEAT, BUT STILL VERY EERIE. IT SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO AN OUT OF TUNE VIOLIN WHICH CREATES A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE SOUND. THIS THEN CHANGES TO A SOFTER PIANO PIECE AS EMILY COMFORTS LILLY. THIS COULD BE TO REPRESENT EMILY FINALLY BEING ON LILLYS SIDE, OR PERHAPS BEING EXACTLY WHERE LILLY WANTS HER. (LILLY CONTROLLING EMILY) THERE IS THEN A FASTER PACED PIECE OF MUSIC AS THE ACTION BECOMES MORE INTENSE. THE BEAT I THIS MUSIC IS COMPARIBLE TO A FAST HEARTBEAT. WHAT CONNOTATIONS DOES THE FILM TITLES TYPOGRAPHY CREATE? WHEN DOES THE TITLE APPEAR? THE TYPOGRAPHY USED FOR THE TITLE CASE 39 LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO WRITING PRODUCED BY A TYPWRITTER. THIS COULD REPRESENT THE CONSTANT WRITING AND REPORTING THAT SURROUNDS THIS VERY HAUNTING CASE.