The Stepfather Poster Analysis

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By Georgia St.

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IMAGE
The grip of his hands implies that this person is masculine as he seems strong and powerful. The wedding ring suggests that the person is part of a family.

The fact that it is a tie insinuates that he is out to ruin his family and destroy or kill his childrens childhood.
The strong grip suggests he is manipulative and is the dominant one of the family insinuating that he is the reason for the destruction of the foundation of their family.

The twisted style of the tie suggests this idea of inner turmoil and the destruction of lives. Moreover, denotes the concept of murder through strangulation.

TYPOGRAPHY
The dripping of the text alludes how much blood and danger this film there is and the mortal brutality it exhibits. The red colouring of the text connotes the concepts of endangerment, insecurity and death highlighting the psychological thriller. The serif font emphasises the classic and professional look suggesting that this film adheres to the typical horror or psychological thriller conventions. This tagline proposes the idea of the patriarchal society and the idea of male dominance daddys home.

Furthermore, the fact that no actors are shown suggests that there were no well known actors within the film.

Moreover, the fall implies that there is going to be the destruction of something that is the foundation of life as we know it FAMILY.

COLOUR
The white writing on the black background implies that there is some innocence in the film behind this barrier of evil that is manifested within the man. The dark background insinuates that the person is synonymous with evil and has recognised and embraced it.

The contrast of the red and white of the tie indicates the juxtaposition of danger, murder with vulnerability and innocence.

LAYOUT
The fact that there are no critics included suggests that they are asking the audience to be the opinion leaders. Institutional, cast and viewing information is placed at the bottom in very small font suggests that it is an independent company and so is well known.

The image is in the centre of the page making it the focal point of the poster the text is either at the top or the bottom suggesting that this picture has more significance than the texts.

NARRATIVE
The tightness and the twisted style of the tie suggests that this is going to be used as some kind of weapon to perform an unnatural act creating the feel of the psychological thriller genre inner turmoil. The uncanny feel of the unknown person creates the sense of narrative enigma as there is no hint of the type of character the protagonist is. The fact that you cant see the character makes you unable to relate to them therefore making them want to go and watch the film so they can understand the character and try and associate with them .

The ring insinuates the disruption of a family, the basis of humanity and the fall of the people in the family because of the manipulation of this central protagonist.

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