Genre: Paranormal Activity 2

  (Excuse the french subtitles)

Key Character Types
At the beginning there is a baby which the audience can assume is around 1 or 2 as the baby is standing up in their cot. The baby is crying suggesting he is vulnerable and wants attention. This also tells the audience that the baby's parents aren't around suggest they are ill reasonable and careless to abounded a child at this young of an age, making the audience feel sorry for their baby and instantly makes  the audience know the baby is the protagonist due to the baby's size and i'll capability of a ordinary stereotypical baby, However the baby shooks the audience by getting out the cot and opening the door which with a baby that young is unheard of, suggesting the baby has some sort of special ability or power linking to supernatural. The birds eye view shot of the bedroom shows how small the baby is and how much bigger and powerful everything is about him. The birds eye shot of the baby crawling down stairs and running around the house suggest their is a ghost or some kind of supernatural creature. The fact the baby is running around without any guidance stereotypically makes the audience feel the baby is in danger instantly putting the supernatural creature as the Antagonist.

The birds eye view shot of two adults suggest they are the parents of the child. The quick reaction and running shot of the woman concerned about the baby instantly shows the audience she is perhaps the mother due to the stereotypical response of the mother caring for her child who is in need. while the man what looks like the father of the child due to the connection with the mother leaves the child, However later on the father acts in a concerned and panicked way as what sounds like his other daughter comes in. The argument with the daughter shows the father's personality to the audience and how he has mankinline traits due to how he is the one using power and controlling the situation, instantly undermining the girl showing a stereotype of woman being weak and vulnerable, showing the audience she is the
victim. The father and mother also look like the victim of this situation, concerned about their children and what happened suggesting they are also the protagonist characters as they are completely unaware of the antagonist controlling the baby.

Stock Character
The girl isn't shown in the opening suggesting she is the stock character as is shows she may not be important to show just yet, however she may be the victim in this situation suggesting she could be in danger as the film continues by the antagonist as girls are stereotypically the ones in danger. From the opening the audience can gather she is perhaps a ill reasonable person as she was not there to look over the baby suggesting she is lazy and perhaps careless when looking after the child, this also shows the little respect she may have for her parents and her family as she allowed the little child to become in danger by the antagonist,

Narrative And Stock Situations
The antagonist is affecting the protagonist child when the other family members are not there suggesting the child is an easy target. The antagonist maybe affecting the child mentally or physically to request revenge or order the child to complete a deed that they can't complete alone, affecting the family more as the film continues. Making the parents more protective and concerned about whats happening to their child, trying to stop the antagonist from happening putting them in more danger. Mean while perhaps the stock character tries to solve whats happening. due to the realist home style camcorders around the house links to how she is going to record the supernatural events that are occurring.

Genre Iconography
The beginning of the film starts with a blue blurred out filter affect to make the film more realist when the lights are turned out and also to inform the audience that no one else is home. The diegetic sound at the start makes it more realistic to link to the idea of a homemade video. The opening cuts to a lounge setting of what looks like the down stairs by using s panning shot of the house showing the audience is an ordinary house suggesting the events can happen to anyone. The prop of the dog going up stairs makes the scene more realistic to what would actually happening and creates tension in the audience thinking a creature or something scary is going to happen. The blue filter makes it almost hard to see the baby creating for tension as the audience doesn't know where the baby might appear. As the parents appear the lighting changes as they turn the lights on suggesting they are safe as darkness links to danger, this shows the audience the atmosphere change and makes it more of a calm environment as the audience can see where everything is clearly . The blue burred filter is used again in the baby's room suggesting the baby's in danger and unsafe as the atmosphere changes, suggesting the antagonist is harming the baby. The scene with girl uses a tilted angle to show only the mother and father and not the girl suggesting she isn't the important one in the narrative.

Themes Of Genre
Moat supernatural horrors use the theme of revenge this may be the case for this opening. Perhaps the antagonist is trying to get revenge from the family by affecting their baby. The supernatural events in this film link to the idea of a ghost or spiritual creature affecting the mind and being of the victim.The antagonist may be a past or historical creature  haunting the family. The blue filter is a link of darkness and danger linking to a stereotypical horror.