The document provides a detailed analysis of the title sequence of a horror film about a stepfather who is a serial killer. It analyzes elements like camera work, sound, mise-en-scene, editing, plot, characters, and credit order. Specifically, it notes the panning and tracking camera shots, minor key music that builds suspense, Christmas décor that contrasts with the murders, flashbacks, casual cutting between mundane and gruesome items, and a storyline where the stepfather methodically kills countless families. The credits follow a typical order and introduce the middle-class American family that is the target of the killer main character.

1. Step Father
Title Sequence Analysis

2. Micro Analysis
Camera
• Panning shots of the man
• Tracking shots of the car
• Classic horror movie establishing shot – low angle of the house
• Close up shots of the shaving cream, and contacts
• Casually panning over the murder tools
Sound
• Music is n minor key/ off key. Gives hits that something is off about this house
hold
• The music Starts before the film
• The music builds up suspense
• The music is soft at the start, and gradually gets louder and heavier as the
scene unfolds.
• Uses multiple sound bridges.
• Heart beating – creates a sense of tension
• Dog barking – is considered as a bad omen
• Christmas music - emphasized when the dead bodies are raveled. Highlights
the contrast.

3. Micro analysis
Mise-en-scene
• Location – suburbs, normal everyday scene
• Props – Contrast. From everyday house hold objects ;dishes, to coloured
contacts and murder weapons.
• Lighting – gets darker as the character moves down to the living room, where
the dead bodies are. This creates a musky atmosphere.
- Warm lighting at times create a homey atmosphere
• Christmas décor - Christmas is associated with unity and family bonding time.
Creates a greater shock factor for the audience, when show a daed body
under the Christmas tree
Editing
• First person point of view.
• Match cuts- following the man down the stairs
• Casual cutting – pans from dirty dishes straight to murder weapons
• Flash back – special effect, using white flash of light
• Quick jump cuts, but slow paced title sequence. Creating suspense for the
viewer, yet conveying how casual the main character is about killing.

4. Macro Analysis
Plot
Family man kills the family. Step father is actually a serial killer who murders countless
families, then changes his identity so he never gets caught.
Order of storyline
• Chronological time
• Featuring a flash back
• The audience is full in the middle of the story
Characters
• The step father
• The family – introduced through pictures on the mantal and then shown the dead
bodies.
Social groups
• Middle class family – typical all American, white, traditional.

5. Order of credits
• Company eye dent
• Company distribution
• Film title
• Lead actors
• Supporting actors
• Remaining cast
• Casting
• Costume designer
• Music supervisor
• Music composer
• Editor
• Production designer
• Director of photography
• Executive producer
• More executive producers