Friday, 8 September 2017

Short Film Analysis - Nostalgia

Short Film Analysis - Nostalgia 
Length - 5:00

Camerawork

The cuts during the car crash are handled extremely well however the acting does let this down so much

The change from dream to present is handled extremely well.

The camera switches between some fixed shots and some stabilised dollying shots which have a mixed impact. On the one hand they add to the confusion that the main character is obviously feeling and also adds to the dream like state. However sometimes this strays over into making the shots clunky and leaves certain characters half in and half out of the frame

The blur on the edge of the frame is disorienting and adds to the confusion in the scenes

Editing

The editing after the car crash could have been sharpened up as their is a beat of the main character waiting to react before he moves

However in general the film uses very few obvious cuts as the camera is often free moving and this limits the need for cuts. In addition to this the scene changes to remove the bodies are handled very well and there is no obvious difference between cuts.

Sound

The soundtrack isn't prominent and is only used in two different situations. Firstly it is used during the party seen in order to add to the atmosphere of the party as a whole and it does indeed do this. Secondly the ending news report is highly effective at keying the audience in and wrapping up the fairly confusing story very well.

The sound effects such as the car crash and the sound effect used for the collapse of both of the other two deaths are handled very well and are timed perfectly adding to the impact of the scene as a whole

Narrative

Goes through three different deaths
- Car Crash
- Falls down Dead
- Kiss than turn round into death and drop down dead

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