Deconstruction of a Film Screenshot:

Deconstruction of a screenshot from 'The Others':

Out of the numerous screenshots available, I chose to analyse the one below from the film The Others, which is seen as a Drama, Horror and/or Mystery.

Screenshot from 'The Others'.

~ This is a two shot image from The Others with two children, a boy and a girl, in the centre of the shot, peering through the banisters of a staircase. Their faces are pale and they don't look healthy, almost as if they've been ill for a long period of time. They seem to be in shock, maybe by looking through the staircase, they've seen something that's surprised them and they seem scared.

~ This image has low-key lighting as the two children are the only things visible so the focus is meant to be on them. The boy is wearing old fashioned pyjamas and the girl is dressed in an old, white nightdress, hinting that the film was set a while ago. 

~ They appear to be clinging onto the banister, as if it is their source of safety and that it will save them from whatever they've seen. On the other hand, the way that they are holding the banisters resembles prisoners in jail so maybe they are the ones who have done something bad and are not allowed downstairs, which could explain why they are looking down.

~ This screenshot reflects the genre(s) as we don't know what's happened to these children and that gives an air of mystery to the scene. As their faces are pale, they don't look like 'normal' healthy children and that makes them slightly creepy as if something's wrong with them. Something major has clearly happened, as shown by their facial expressions and body language, which adds to the drama sub-genre.