That Old One
My first post is to research a short film and analyse it in detail. Throughout the short film I will be focusing on media language such as camera, editing, sound, costume and mise-en-scene. I will be textually analysing a short film because we have to create our own film that is approximately 5 minutes long.
The example of a short film that I looked at was ‘That Old One’, The film uses a variety of lighting effects to show the character's situation in a different perspective, for example different lightings have been used to show when the main character of the short film was lying and the type of light used is a back light and side light. A green light is used to highlight the character when he is doing something wrong, this makes it easier for the viewers to understand whats going on.
When the character is woken he is wearing a smart suit. The character is married but his wedding ring does not appear on his finger, he then starts panicking and the film cuts to the multitude of scenaries he has been in. The costumes throughout the film change because when he gets back home to see his wife he then starts to consider that his wife could have also been sleeping with another man, his wife’s costume then changes and she is wearing a long black dress to make her look more appealing to males. The editing used is non-linear; this means that the editing cuts from different situation throughout the film to show what really could have happened. In the film there is no set location, There is only three locations used throughout the film and this is the walk home, his house and the apartment of the female who he slept with.
There is a variety of shots used such as long shots and medium close ups, the main shot used is a view shot and this is used to show the expression of the character in different scenario’s. In this particular film there are a lot of different scenarios that have been shown, therefore the shots used must be correct to show emotion and feeling within the characters facial expressions.
‘That Old One’ uses a lot of props in a very clever way, for example the character is drinking a coffee and when he goes to drink it he then realises that his marriage ring is not appearing on his finger, another example of props being used is the condom box that he has in his pocket, when he find the box in his pocket he realises that it has not been opened so starts to wonder if he had got the female he slept with pregnant. The main prop used in this short film is the wedding ring it’s self, if he had woken up with his wedding ring on then most of these situations would have been irrelevant, when he finds his wedding ring another prop had been used, he finds the ring attached to his house key’s that were in his pocket.
When the character is woken he is wearing a smart suit. The character is married but his wedding ring does not appear on his finger, he then starts panicking and the film cuts to the multitude of scenaries he has been in. The costumes throughout the film change because when he gets back home to see his wife he then starts to consider that his wife could have also been sleeping with another man, his wife’s costume then changes and she is wearing a long black dress to make her look more appealing to males. The editing used is non-linear; this means that the editing cuts from different situation throughout the film to show what really could have happened. In the film there is no set location, There is only three locations used throughout the film and this is the walk home, his house and the apartment of the female who he slept with.
There is a variety of shots used such as long shots and medium close ups, the main shot used is a view shot and this is used to show the expression of the character in different scenario’s. In this particular film there are a lot of different scenarios that have been shown, therefore the shots used must be correct to show emotion and feeling within the characters facial expressions.
‘That Old One’ uses a lot of props in a very clever way, for example the character is drinking a coffee and when he goes to drink it he then realises that his marriage ring is not appearing on his finger, another example of props being used is the condom box that he has in his pocket, when he find the box in his pocket he realises that it has not been opened so starts to wonder if he had got the female he slept with pregnant. The main prop used in this short film is the wedding ring it’s self, if he had woken up with his wedding ring on then most of these situations would have been irrelevant, when he finds his wedding ring another prop had been used, he finds the ring attached to his house key’s that were in his pocket.
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