Are We There Yet?

Genre: Comedy

'Are We There Yet' starts with upbeat music; this introduces the movie as a lively film. We see a guy come out of an expensive car; this implies he is quite rich. When we see him come out his clothes reassure the idea that he is wealthy as he is wearing a beige jacket [Suit]. As he walks up the path to the house, a little boys over voice says ‘Mom says we have to be polite to her dates and we will be .. If he makes it to the door’. This immediately tells us that the child is going to attempt to sabotage the mothers’ relationship; this reinstates the idea of a comedy film. The lighting also connotes the film will be have a comic side to it as the Christmas and porch lights illuminate the area, this also represents the ‘joyful’ season. A low angle shot shows us a string readily placed for him to trigger something [or trip over]. This is a typical convention that represents ‘practical jokes’, there are many of these ‘joke’ conventions, like, water balloons, marbles etc. Another convention used was the idea of the children outsmarting the adult by humiliating them without violent ways. This status difference is shown when the children as higher up [at the window] while the ‘guy’ was lying on the floor, covered in glue, looking up at them [high angle shot]