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Here is the official trailer for 'The Shining' a horror.  
Here is a re-cut version of the trailer that has been created by someone else in order to change the genre to comedy.



Analysis of both of the contrasting trailers.
Both trailers open with very different themes,the re-cut version has been changed to the genre of comedy.The re-cut opens with a voice over with an upbeat tune as the camera focuses on the main character (Jack Torrance),this is opposed to official trailer for 'The Shining', Where tense non-diegetic music sounds establishing shots and slight tilt shots in order to show a reveal of domineering and powerful character (Jack Torrance).Therefore both trailers immediately set different paths with regards to the genre which kind of distorts how we interpret the film.

The trailers is cut in many different ways.The re-cut versions is much more focused on the characters which gives us an understanding of a depth to the characters and with help from the narration is presents a happy feel to the characters.Now from that kind of back-story we know this is a horror about a man murdering his family therefore the contrast that we have between the official trailer and the re-cut is very different.The official trailers either uses wide establishing shots or close ups of the characters whereas the the second one used lots more medium shots which reveals the characters fully so that we as the audience can get a better understanding of them,which helps to create the comedic feel to it.

The actors and actresses also have different view points with regards to how the trailer has been re-cut from the original. Within the re-cut there is more focus on the character who is played by Jack Nicholson which at the time was quite a funny and famous actor therefore emphasising the family feel good genre that's created within the re-cut.However this is taken away from the original trailer which is a horror as the comedic element is not a common feature of a horror film which is why there is less character focus within the official trailer.

Within the post-production stages there is the edited image of the title of the film that appears in both trailers.However in the first one it appears with the connection of a church bell much like you would associate with a horror movie and the re-cut has a upbeat audio reading the title to the audience making it feel family friendly.This is in complete contrast to as it's seen in the re-cut version as the text is not 'The Shining' it's 'Shining'.The word on its own symbolises the brilliance of something,which does not have the same context as 'The Shinning' and again just emphasizing the evil tone set in the original trailer.

So we can see throughout watching and analysing the official and the re-cut version that they are two different genre's.The original movie is a horror and the re-cut is a romantic comedy.the events have changed dramatically throughout these two trailers in the official trailer is making out that the main character (jack) has a mental breakdown which in turn is the dilemma that the plot faces whereas in the re-cut the trailer makes out the Jack is going to adopt a child and he's happy.We know that the first one is a horror as there is mention of a killer and weapons are clearly shown all through the trailers however,we know that the re-cut is a family friendly movie as no weapons are shown and mainly shows the characters in two shots showing the developing relationship between the two characters.Furthermore,because the events have changed the whole story presented in the trailer gets distorted which does give us the impression of different genre's.

The editing within the re-cut trailer is done within quite long takes with brings sort of narrative to the trailer which overall presents a pleasant family feel good feel however within the official trailer there is a lot of jump shots to different locations within the trailer which shows a distorting pace to the rhythm of the editing.