Short film research: (Interpretation/Thriller)

 The short film starts off with a couple walking down a dark alleyway at night. And the scene uses diegetic sound of cars driving past in the background to immerse the characters in the environment. The camera cross cuts from a two shot of the assumed main characters to a three shot of men walking across the street. One style choice that is becoming apparent is that the genre uses a lot of cross cuts to misdirect the audience. The two sets of people finally bump into each other in a dark alleyway, leading to a confrontation scene. The scene is shot at a medium eye-level. During the scene, the diegetic sound is quieted while non-diegetic sound starts to play. Some mis-en-scene techniques that become apparent are lighting design, and costumes. The short film plays with light and dark areas to give specific locations a more sinister feel. The film also does a good job with costumes as the three men are dressed in hoodies and other inconspicuous clothes, designating them as the muggers in the film. The scene soon turns to violence as the male main character gets into a fight with the muggers. The next important quality of the film is the acting. In the scene, the actors give 100% effort, and making for a believable fight scene. If the actors were to have held back, it can be argued that the scene would be far less convincing. Toward the end of the fight, the main character gets hit over the head by a glass bottle. This is an important prop, because it adds to the realism of the scene, while also being a special prop, that is safe to be hit with. At the end of the fight, the main character notices the book “ the art of war” in one of the muggers’ pockets. The book along with the bottle, give the scene a sense of reality as opposed to a staged fight. my group and I are excited to use some of these techniques and take these ideas into consideration when filming our project. The only element of the genre that I did not like was the dark lighting because our limited camera equipment might not be able to pick it up


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