Waving At Cars, David Beauchamp, 2008
Camera Work
* The depth of field at the beginning is very interesting because everything is out of focus so there is nothing the audience can relate to. However, when we see our main characters the depth of field turns into a wide depth of field, this then gives the audience realization of who we should be focusing on.
* We realize there is a problem with the couple when there is a close up of his hand grasping her to the trolley so she can't escape, you can really see the strength he is putting into it.
Editing
* A good transition is used right at the beginning when they show all the out of focus shots dissolving into each other which shows that each one is related to each other. The dissolve transition is very rarely seen and so it was good to see it being used and what made particularly better was that each shot worked with each other. Making the transition smooth.
* There is a use of time manipulation I believe when the Tory (main female character) sees a young child, the focus on this child seems to move in slow motion there seems to be some kind of connection with her and this child, whether she reminds her of herself when she was young or the fact that its just something that the fact that this child's mum has her hand pressed up against the trolley just liked Isaak (main male character) did to Tory.
Mise en Scene
Sound
*The beginning is interesting using diegetic sound over the top and a sound bridge is used to link all the images together. Having normal shopping sounds, like tills bleeping, the movement of rattling trolleys, the speaker announcement, talking the normal sounds you would hear when food shopping which gives a good sense of realism.
* The dialogue used between them is very aggressive "will you hurt me?" "I haven't decided yet". He has a very aggressive tone towards her and has a dominant role over her and knows that she will do anything he asks and he knows she will never leave him.
* The is a good use of sound when the little girl appears, when time seems to slow down everything goes silent, this could mean there is a connection with her and the little girl. Silence really builds and atmosphere and I believe that it is one of the best sound techniques you can use.
The structure of this film I believe is very good, the way it has been put together and by the end of it the audience really sympathizes with the character. In this six minute film that is very hard to do. It has many issues in it but mainly it is about domestic abuse and the relationship they have for at the end when she had a chance to leave him she runs after him and kisses him on the cheek. I think audience's can really relate to this film seeing as domestic abuse is an everyday thing and this emphasizes the sense of realism.
I found this film on the website BBC Film Network. It is easily accessed and can be found by anyone who wants to watch it. I think the target audience for this film however, is for 18 and above, defiantly and older audience.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/films/p004pvxg
The Archivist, James Lees, 2008
Camera Work
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* I liked the close up of the damaged stair case there is no camera movement but it shows us more information about the location. I like the depth of field as well although its wide depth of field we still focus on the shaking piece of wood. I would like to use something like this in my short film, I like the idea of certain objects close up, and making the audience concentrate on these things and take that piece of information in.
* I liked the straight cuts from one object in the room to another all medium close ups and close ups shows that each one has a certain importance in this film.
* The medium close up of them in a shop I liked very much, the jewelry is hung in such a way that it looks like she is wearing it, when in fact she isn't but this is because of the camera shot size and angle, I would like to use this shot in my short film.
* The change in field is very clever the way it has been done making the audience focus on one thing and then another this has been done quite a bit throughout the short film. It is a very clever technique and because its smooth it doesn't hurt the eyes.
* After every item that gets vacuum packed we see an extreme close up of these objects, the strangest item he vacuum packed would have to have been the cat and then his girlfriend herself. The interesting camera size really picks out the certain details in some of the objects having a long shot of each one I believe wouldn't have the same effect upon the audience.
Editing
* The straight cuts from one object to the next are quite quick going from one to the next showing that each one has a certain importance.
Mise en Scene
* The colour/ lighting in the flashbacks to the present have a major difference. The present time is very gray and saturated, whereas in the flashbacks, they are full of colour and have high key lighting. I believe this could be representing their emotions because as the flashbacks go on the lighting and colour become duller and the emotion they portrayed in the flashback showed that her feelings got less and less for him.
Sound
* The titles when they get shrunk down you hear a very faint noise like they being sucked in. It is very quiet but it really works with the theme again. This is a very clever technique and I would like to use it in my film.
* There is a sound bridge when there is the first flashback, he reaches for the doll and it sounds like it begins to laugh but however, it leads us into the first flashback when they are laughing and they are mucking around on the bed. The connection with the doll is when she grabs it to make room and throws it off the bed. Its almost now like when he reaches for the doll is laughing at him for loosing his girlfriend.
The structure of this film is very clever, the way its been constructed and how it really connects with its synopsis. The audience for this would be quite a young audience dealing with love although the film is quite psychopathic it has a good sense of comedy in it. This is very hard to achieve but James Lees has managed to do this. Again I found this film on the BBC film network website which is very easy to access.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/films/p004pvn9
The end of the Line, Max Pugh, 2005
Camera work
* I like the camera movement how it tracks and pans our main characters, I think this is because the audience can then make a distinction about who is our main character.
* The good use of the long shots of the woman when she thinks in her mind she is walking towards the sea and then the close of the mans face when all he sees is her walking towards the other platform is very interesting because it almost confuses the audience but then we see that she has a mental condition and then she finally jumps onto the train line when she believes she has just jumped into the sea.
Editing
*When the lights are put across her face this was very interesting because of her condition the lights in the tunnel are bothering her and this I think allows the audience to connect with this, and they sympathise more with her.
Mise en Scene
*The colour changes are very interesting because at the beginning the audience are meant to believe that it has been filmed in black and white however, at the end when the women thinks she is at the beach everything turns into colour I think this is because it is highlighting the one thing that makes her happy, and this also, happens when the postcard is shown and also, when the billboard has a large picture of the beach this is shown as colour.
Sound
*At the begining there is a continues soundtrack introducing us into the short film. It is very slow and quite depressing music setting the audience up for something that is going to be upseting and this is not going to have the classic happy ending.
*There is a good use of foley sounds for example the the security camera noises, the rustly of papers and his foot steps as he runs down the stairs. Everything is in time and doesn't seem out of place.
*The dialouge the old women speaks allows the audience to know there is something wrong with her. She mumbles under her breath and makes no sense when she talks.
This short film has a beginning, middle and end it is a completed short film and has not got an unknown ending. It is quite emotional although it is only 6 minutes and 51 seconds long the audience really connects with the main character and also, the other male character. I believe this is because the audience can tell there is something wrong with her and the fact that she thinks she has finally made it to the beach but then jumps onto the train line instead, but then we are taken to the woman's memory of her at the beach kind of makes the short film have a happy/sad ending.
I found this film on BBC short films.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/films/p0059r2r
Mixtape, Luke Snellin,
Camera Work
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* There is an extreme close up of the tape rewinding itself basically introducing the film straight away it matches the film title and is also, the main prop in the film along with the main characters because if it wasn't for the mixtape they wouldn't be connected.
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* The long shot shows the distance that he has to walk to deliver the mixtape in this case it was only to next door. This made me think of another genre for the film and this being a comedy also, it shows the connection with the characters as how they know each other and its not some random girl where he has to walk miles to meet her.
* The birds eye view of the girl singing I think worked really well especially when she looks at the camera while she is singing, its almost like she is trying to connect with the audience. I like the fact that it is also, a close up of the character so we can see her emotion towards the tape and the fact that she is enjoying it.
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* The movement when they are both dancing is very slow and he has decided to have a low angle upon the girl in the film. I think this worked really well because the audience can see the connection between the two characters.
Mise en Scene
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* The tape is the first prop to be used which again connects with the title and is the main prop through out the film. There is always a reference to it through the film which is good because the audience can never forget about it and realise that it is one of the most important things in the film.
* The location is very interesting the fact that its not in the middle of nowhere but in fact it seems like its in Brighton just between two houses. I like this because the normal short film they would try and find a desolate location to maybe make their film look more high profile, this technique however, is something we have used.
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Jenni - real potentail here. Your analysuis of the first few films is really good - you have cherry picked and considered the "How" of construction. You have used a good sprimkling of technical terminology as well and your images relate to what it is you are commenting upon. Do a couple more and you could get into level 4 territory which would be great.
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