Case Study 3

Short Film- “One More Time”

·         This film begins with a narrative. It does not has an establishing shot as the first thing we see is a boy running with blood on his back and his voice playing over the shot. The camera tracks him as he runs.

·         The initial setting looks like a woodland area with bushes and trees around. There is also an abandoned house, which the boy stops at as he reaches it. There is a long shot of him stopping in front of the house.

·         There is non-diegetic sound of crickets and other woodland creatures playing also.

·         It then cuts to a close up of a light hanging from the ceiling. The cutting rate speeds up as it quickly shots to close ups of chains, blood, newspaper cuttings sating “missing person” etc. By doing this they automatically get the audiences mind trying to figure out what is going on and drawing them in. You can also hear diegetic sound of her crying gently. I think that in my movie at certain scenes I may speed up the cutting rate to give out more of an exciting effect.

·         It then cuts to a close up of a face of a female that is chained up and has cuts on her face. In my movie I will also use stage make-up to make everything more believable as I am doing a thriller which may involve some blood. I will also use props as they have done by using the chains.

·         A guy in a white lab coat covered in blood then comes in and holds a knife to her face, a close up shows this. Then non diegetic sound of a screeching noise comes into the scene before he quickly drops the knife.

·         The shot pans out as it shows the lady with masking tape around her mouth and acting frantic and the man talking to himself in the background. The female is represented as being very vulnerable and the man comes across as being mentally unstable as he is acting very dazed and confused.

·         The man in this film has flashbacks which I will also be doing in my short film. When having the flashback the colour changes to a neon pink and dark back, only really being able to see silhouettes.

·         The cutting rate speeds up as he talks to the girl as an attempt to try and explain himself.

·         The lighting in the room becomes dull and dark from the brighter light it used to be.

·         I like the dialogue between the characters as I will also like to have a lot of dialogue used. Also I am inspired by the use of non-diegetic sound as I will also be using that in my short film often to create tension and a creepy like atmosphere.

·         There is a lot of tension in this film and especially at the beginning and it continuously builds up throughout which is intriguing to watch.

·         They use a rustic, run down shed as one of the locations. They have a light also hanging in the background which adds to it being very spooky as you see that detail a lot in horror films.

·         At the beginning the man in the white coat has a lot of cuts and scars which adds to the suspicion of the viewers who are left wondering how or why he has bloody scratches on his face. It makes him come across of more of a victim which is quickly changed when you see that he is keeping a young women captive and is obviously mentally unstable.