Title: The Strangers
Directed by: Bryan Bertino
Year: 2008
Paradigmatic conventions:
Setting: House
Character: Just engaged couple
Villain: ‘The Strangers’
Props: Axe
Evokes fear: An invasion of our sanctuary, something endangering our happiness.
Plot synopsis: A couple having a nice romantic meal in the comfort of their own home, about to become fiancé to one another. When a loud noise occurs, slowly things begin to go downhill as outsiders begin to intrude into their happiness, and kill every sense of joy they once had.
Narrative time line:
Period of equilibrium
1.) Rose petals all over the house
2.) Lighting Candles
3.) Bathing
4.) Proposal
5.) Hugging
Moment of Disequilibrium
Sharp noise à Swing (1 min)
Period of Disequilibrium
1.) Axe through the door
2.) The man being stalked with an axe
3.) Rammed by a car
4.) Running in the woods
5.) Face to face confrontation.
“why are you doing this?”
“Because you were home”
95 camera shots
35 close ups = 1/3 shots.
Structure time line:
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