Short Film research

 

I have looked at two different short films. One called Ashes, the top one and one called Lemonade, the bottom one. Both of the short films that I have looked at is horror like and dark. I like the techniques and art parts of the film but not the fact that it is dark and horror. I have brainstormed my notes because I find it easier to follow and read my notes.


Out of the two films that I have looked at I have preferred the first one. This is because I found it more interesting. The parts that I found interesting from this film is the blood dripping part with the word. This is because it is in a sort of art style/word art that I like. It grabs the attention straight away that something wrong has happened in the film or something more serious because of the blood and the red colour.

The music on the first short film uses non diagetic sound. This is because you cant see the music. I like the fact that it uses a monologue to show the character without them speaking. I like all of the shots that is used in the first one of the man and the woman together. I like the music part of the heart beating type of sound. This is a non diagetic sound as you cant see it. It makes it interesting with the fact that the sound is a heartbeat sound. It is almost as though the audience is inside the body. It gives the tension when the heartbeat gets faster showing that something is wrong with one of the character's as the heartbeat gradually gets faster.

The second film(Lemonade) is more gorey and horror like.  It is as though there is a secret character behind the skin.  This is because the character was acting in a strange way. In my opinion I don't think that this character is a good character because they are   forcing their  friend to do something that they  don't want to do especially when they haven't payed for the items that they use. This character is the male one because of his appearance as a dark character. Almost like a gough.

The music is more dramatic and dark. It is as though the two women are like best friends with the fact that they do everything together.  Even if it involves using an item or two that they haven't payed for as well as the bully type woman forcing her friend to having something nasty that she doesn't want without paying. This part of the short film shows that one of the woman characters likes to steal for herself and her friend but the other woman doesn't want to steal or have what her friend is making her have. This shows how mean one of the woman is to her friend causing her to do something that she doesn't necessarily want to do, but she doesn't give her friend a choice. The forest scene is a great scene for the film because it shows the two women walking through a forest of darkness.  The music for the second film is non diagetic as there isn't any music that you can physically see.  I think that the photo of my research has covered a lot of this.


This was some of my research about short films showing that they don't need to be that long but are still great to watch. This shows the research that I have done using my notebook and a pen to write down important notes. Not all short films need to have talking in to create a great storyline/plot. They can be done by having no talking/no dialogue but still have a great story to follow. The music that short films have is varied they often go on throughout the short film to hold the length of no dialogue. I like it when the music on short films