Within this trailor of the horror 'The Orphan,' we see many conventions of the genre. This film is based on a young russian orphan who is adopted by a family who were struggling. Esther- the 9 year old orphan kills Siser Abigail (the head of the orphanage) when she over hears Kate (the Mother) on the phone to her when Sister Abigail is warning her of Esther, saying that Esther seems to be around a lot when things go wrong. Esther creats conflict between Kate and John by breaking her arm and blaming it on Kate as Kate seems to start realising that something is up with Esther. John automatically takes the child side and this leads Kate (Recovered alchololic) to turn to the bottle once more. However, after a strong fight Kate pours the wine down the drain. Esther gets John drunk and tries to seduce him and when he tries to call someone, Esther stabs him to death.
It has the typical conventions of a horror film with the child in the woods. The film covers religion, insanity, evil, childhood issues, revenge and insanity.
In this shot, we see her run mascara and her eyes are red.Red is associated with danger and evil, mirroring what we know about her.Not only does this give the impression that she has been crying, but what is striking about this image is that she shouldn't be wearing make up at the age of 9. This is the kind of thing that older woman do, not 9 year old girls, which is when we question her. This is a Close Up shot emphasising the run make up on her face.
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