For my AS Film coursework, we were given the task of creating a short film (3-5 minutes) which effectively displays the five principle micro features of cinematography, mis en scene, sound, performance and editing. I decided to name my short film 'Postbox' as I thought this would be a provocative title due to the audience only being able to understand the meaning behind the title after realising the significance of the object in the film itself. I intended to follow the conventions of the phycological thriller genre as I i included flashbacks throughout the linear structured narrative in order to create a feeling of time disorientation and confusion among the audience due to it being hard to decipher what is present and past in the film. The major theme evident throughout my film is revenge, revenge takes place after my protagonist becomes fed up of continuously being physically bullied at college by my antagonist, consequently striking back and having his long awaited revenge. I will be analysing how three micro features in my short film effectively followed the thriller conventions and consequently created meaning for the audience.
Mis en scene was very important in my film as it was key in displaying my protagonists emotions visually, I used a predominantly greyscale colour palette at first to connote the dismal, depressing emotions my protagonist had to go through on a day to day basis due to him undergoing bulling at college. A change in character is evident in 'the following day' during my film as this colour palette is disturbed by a vibrant coloured red jumper, connoting danger and foreshadowing the rage my protagonist is soon to unleash. The colour red also significant in my film due to the ironic link between the colour red and the postbox, I intended to use the colour red in my protaganists costume in order to display the rage and danger his character now possessed as his intentions changed due to him preparing to combat his fear of the antagonist. The link between his red jumper and the postbox being that he usually uses the postbox as an outlet for his anger, him now wearing the colour red showing confidence and a change in his character as he physically wears the colour representing danger, possibly foreshadowing his revenge. This particular micro feature was able to create meaning by giving a clear visual indication of the change in my protagonists intentions throughout the film, also emphasising the dismal emotions he went through with the greyscale colour palette.
Editing was key in accentuating my film with maximum suspense. I used a particular editing style during the scenes of violence in my film where short series of shots were used displaying brief glimpses of the on going conflict, this consequently making these scenes more tense as the violence is only shown in short glimpses. This immediately catching the audiences attention and making these particular scenes more rememberable due to important information (the revenge of my protagonist) being condensed into a short sequence which still displays the importance of the on going violence effectively, ultimately leading to suspense and tension among the audience. Montage editing was also used in my film successfully, I used this technique during the revenge scene in which my protagonist strikes back against the antagonist of my film in a particularly violent/important scene. I had two layers from two different times in my film playing simultaneously which again is effective at creating suspense due to the audience possibly being confused due to the time disorientation as clips from both the present and past are inserted into the film, I thought in this important scene in which my protagonist gains his revenge this technique is key in reiterating the anger his character possess due to the on going bullying he has suffered, this was displayed clearly due to editing as I sharply cut into the clips of the past and present mirroring the rage my protagonist was personally going through as he decided to strike back at the antagonist.
Sound was very important in my film as it allowed suspense to be created through the use of a non-digetic sound scape, I also used harsh sound in my film in order to fit the conventions of the thriller genre effectively accomplishing suspense and a desired atmosphere among the audience. I used a continuous recurring sound in my film to emphasise on the everyday occurrences of bullying my protagonist had to suffer, portraying his emotions as the continuous non diegetic sound inserted played again and again, exactly like how he had to unwillingly face my antagonist every day as he continues to get bullied. I also used sound effectively in 'the following day' in which my protagonist decides to strike back against the bully, as my protagonists character changes visually I decided to again insert non-diegetic sound that was a clear indication of this sudden change in character. The tempo of the sound increases dramatically making this change obvious in the film as we know there is something different due to the dramatic change in sound as well as the distinct visual changes, again creating suspense as the audience are unsure of why these changes have happened, the impending sound foreshadowing that a dramatic occurrence is soon to become as tension is built through out the sound scape.
Editing was key in accentuating my film with maximum suspense. I used a particular editing style during the scenes of violence in my film where short series of shots were used displaying brief glimpses of the on going conflict, this consequently making these scenes more tense as the violence is only shown in short glimpses. This immediately catching the audiences attention and making these particular scenes more rememberable due to important information (the revenge of my protagonist) being condensed into a short sequence which still displays the importance of the on going violence effectively, ultimately leading to suspense and tension among the audience. Montage editing was also used in my film successfully, I used this technique during the revenge scene in which my protagonist strikes back against the antagonist of my film in a particularly violent/important scene. I had two layers from two different times in my film playing simultaneously which again is effective at creating suspense due to the audience possibly being confused due to the time disorientation as clips from both the present and past are inserted into the film, I thought in this important scene in which my protagonist gains his revenge this technique is key in reiterating the anger his character possess due to the on going bullying he has suffered, this was displayed clearly due to editing as I sharply cut into the clips of the past and present mirroring the rage my protagonist was personally going through as he decided to strike back at the antagonist.
Sound was very important in my film as it allowed suspense to be created through the use of a non-digetic sound scape, I also used harsh sound in my film in order to fit the conventions of the thriller genre effectively accomplishing suspense and a desired atmosphere among the audience. I used a continuous recurring sound in my film to emphasise on the everyday occurrences of bullying my protagonist had to suffer, portraying his emotions as the continuous non diegetic sound inserted played again and again, exactly like how he had to unwillingly face my antagonist every day as he continues to get bullied. I also used sound effectively in 'the following day' in which my protagonist decides to strike back against the bully, as my protagonists character changes visually I decided to again insert non-diegetic sound that was a clear indication of this sudden change in character. The tempo of the sound increases dramatically making this change obvious in the film as we know there is something different due to the dramatic change in sound as well as the distinct visual changes, again creating suspense as the audience are unsure of why these changes have happened, the impending sound foreshadowing that a dramatic occurrence is soon to become as tension is built through out the sound scape.
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