Short film research: (The Trail's End/Thriller)

The film is called ”The Trail’s End”. The film starts off with a close-up of a man’s face with an artificial glow in his eyes. The man stands up and it is revealed that he is at least part robot because his hands are made of metal and he unplugged his body from a charger. The man walks to his door and opens it to find a messenger robot, delivering him mail. On his way to the door, the diegetic sound can be heard of a woman screaming. After he gets his mail, he looks over and see is a woman who gives him a seductive look. He looks back down at his mail to see that he is scheduled for termination. The next day, the woman shows up at his front door, asks for sugar, and even though he doesn’t have any, lets herself in. At the end of their one-sided discussion, she tells him to come over later that night. When he goes over later that night, he finds a man hitting her with a belt. The man is shown in and over the shoulder shot angrily yelling at the robot man. The man attempts to fight the robot, but is shot by the lady. After she kills that cop, she reveals that she too is a robot. In the very last shot of the film, the main character extend his hand out to the female. And the film uses quiet non-diegetic sounds to set a mood for the film. The film also uses different camera angles to show perspective as well as show the details on the characters faces. One interesting quality of the main character is that he does not have any facial expressions, giving the film, a sense of mystery. The acting in this film is interesting because it gives a sense of unease. One thing I do not like about the film is the effects. As someone who does not have access to a professional team of costume, designers and video affects workers, we cannot re-create the mechanical parts of the body that the robots have. Luckily, this issue will not affect us, but it is important to note because different levels of production can affect films greatly.