In Media we analysed a clip from The Stepfather and selected sections from it which we found made the film most successful.
This shot effectively compliments the Stepfathers personality, we see the range of tools is a resemblance of a laboratory and that it is also a sign of OCD which encourages us to be afraid as the slow shot moving across the line of tools is frightening. It also links with the non-diegetic sounds which compare to something you would hear in Hannibal Lector, quite mysterious and surreal. Also mirroring the psychotic Doctor which we see is being portrayed within this shot.
This big close up demonstrates his intimidating features such as his harsh eyes and snarling mouth. We also see that this is his transformation and him changing identity. The trickling blood could be perceived as a foreshadowing of events and what happens when he is given tools. The blackening look in his eye gives him a more violent look which reflects the arched pause in his mouth.
In this shot we see that he puts on Silent Night before reaching for the phone. The use of Silent Night playing is very ironic as we learn that even though it's Christmas there is soon a shot of a dead boy on a table. That in fact, there is a Silent Night because he has murdered the family. In this present shot you will see that there is a phone, I found this effective because the siren of the phone sounded like an alarm of police siren. And him dismissing it by putting it down, is a demonstration of how he escapes reality and avoids confrontation.
