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- 1. FLY: A short film The Fly (Short Movie) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com › watch FLY is a short filmthatI lookedat,I choose itas the message hada lot of elementsof comedy,which contrastedmassivelytothe othershortfilmsIpicked. At the beginningthere issome dialogue,shouting“3minutes”,we canheardoors slammed,gunsand thenrunning,whichstartsthe scene as somethingurgent,andthe audience,canhave some background on the scene before ithappens.The firstscene thenshowsthe driverbehindthe wheel,which introducesacharacter to the audience andthe focal pointof the scene.The secondshotshowsa lucky rabbitfooton the driver’skeys,whichshowsthe audience some more detailsaboutthe driver.The next shotis an establishingshotof the bank,we can clearlysee the banksignon the building,andthe car rightoutside.Withinthree shotsthere isalreadyaclearindicationtothe audience of whatisgoinginon the scene,andtheycan beginto assume whatisgoingto happennext.The cameraanglesare mainly focusedinside the car,asthat is where the actionistakingplace. All the shotsare erratic,and don’ttendtoflow,whichcan imitate the erraticmovementandunease in the film,thisisclearlyshownbythe driver’stense,sharpmovements.The editingisusedtosee differentviewsof the guyso we can see the situationhe isinand everymovementhe makes.A lotof jumpcuts are usedaswell asellipsisandcamerashots(bankdoors,driver,fly.)Thisfurtheremphazies howstressedthe manis For mise enscene,the car settingina side streetcreatesthe feelingof a dodgysituation,it’savery urban settingandisveryquiet,forecastingthatsomethingisgoingtohappen.The performance of the maincharacter is veryimportantinthe filmbecause the focusisonhimfor the majorityof the film.The actor is stressedandshorttemperedbecause of the situationhe isin,whichaddstothe comedyof the filmbecause everythingisoverthe top.The propsusedare those typical of a bank robberymovie.The shotgunand masks are verytypical of thisgenre. The title comesinafterthe fly,whichisa cleveruse of editing,asthe colorsare white andred,which suggestsa warning,especiallyasthe scene before isquietandnotmuchgoingon,so it isa drastic change.It alsoflashesandisveryboldandquite irritating,whichcouldbe imitatingthe fly,fromthe driver’sperspective. The cleveruse of props broughtcomedy,suchas the toothpick,whichcouldshow he isonedge so by chewingitisshowinghisstress.The mask,whichseemsoddwhenhe usesit,butistiedinat the end whenthe three robberscome outin the same masksat the end.Comedyisalsousedinthe cutawayto the dog, thentothe skyafterthe tooth-pickgoesthroughhislip,playingonthe factthat hisscream couldbe heard formiles.Thiswascleverasit createda new scene andbroke awayfrom the car fora little while,separatingthe scenes.
- 2. The short filmwaslinear,asthe eventsunfoldedinchronological order(beginning,middle,end.) There are fourcharacters (five includingthe fly),butitcentersaroundone,whichisthe driverandhisstruggle withthe fly,thenthe othersare the robbers.The protagonististhe driverandthe antagonististhe fly. The keytheme of the filmisthat some people overreactmore whentheyare underpressure.The fly mostlikelywouldn’thave beensuchabig deal tothe driverif he wasn’tunderthe stressoff havingto dry awayfrom the crime.He is clearlypressuredbythe cirumstancessofreaksoutwhenthe smallestof thingsirritate him.The Genre of the filmiscrime but alsohas lotsof elementof comedy,running throughoutthe film. The main conflictwasfromthe fly,whichcreatesdramaand hooksinterest.There isasense of character development,because atthe beginningof the filmthe manisclearlystressedbutonlyslightly and at the endof the film,he reallyhasa hadenoughand shootsthe car witha shotgun.The conflict betweenthe manandflycausesthe man to go insane. The man is representedasa toughguy at the start, butwe thenfindout that he isunstable whenhe meetsthe fly.The flyisrepresentingthe pressure thatthe guyhasto stay calmin the situation,almost as If the flyisthe man’sanxietyinhishead,causinghimtobreak. The lightingisverynatural,andrealisticdaylight.Ithinkthisiseffective,asitdoesn’ttake awayfrom whatis goingon inthe scene and justhelpstoportraywhat the time of day is,and whatis goingonin the scene. The soundincludes,keysoundeffectsthatare significantthroughout,suchas,screaming,banging,gun shots,the fly,etc.There isn’tanymusic,until the creditsat the end.There isdialogue fromthe characters whichgivesexpositionandsetsthe scene.Yetagainnothavingto manysoundeffects,just makesthe audience focusonthe eventsunfoldinginthe carand doesn’ttake awayfromthe acting. The filmfollowedathree-act structure (Setup, the Confrontation and the Resolution.) The firstact wasthe manin the car and introductionof the fly. The secondact wasthe main conflict,e.g.the toothpickincidentandthe manshootinghiscar. The third act was the resolutionwhichwaswhenthe robberscome outand the car is brokenandpolice sirensare near. It endswithsome closure,asthe flyfliesaway,butitisleftwitha lotof questions,suchas,doesthe man that got shotsurvive?Dothe police catchthem?Will theydrive away?Andwhatwill happentothe money?Thisiscleverasit makesthe audience thinkoverthe wholefilmagainandcanbegintoimagine whathappenedafter. Arrival:A short film The Arrival on Vimeo https://vimeo.com › Zen Design Studio › Videos
- 3. Mise en scene:the settingisina dimlitcafé whichisa verybasicsettingformeetingsomeone.The performance of the actressinthisshort filmwasveryimportantbecause she doesn’thave anylines exceptfromwhenshe talkstothe waiter,sothe charactersfacial expressionsreallytell the audience whatshe isgoingthrough.The coffee beingfilledtoomuchandoverflowingwasusedtoshow the lady had so muchon hermindthat she wasn’tconcentratingonwhatshe wasdoing. The main thingthatI like aboutthe shot typesandcamera anglesandthe movementishow the whole short filmisdone inone take.Ithas a continuousfeel toitandit focussesonthe character inthe centre of the frame and alsosome distractionsinthe background. The genre is drama.The keytheme islove andhappinessbecause the womanistryingtotell herself she shouldgetridof the babybut she is alsothinkingshe couldfall inlove withthe man,youcantell all her emotionsare overwhelming,andshe isgoingbackand forth on all the positivesandnegatives. The shots didn’tmove aroundmuchat all,andthe camerastayedin the same place at the same angle for mostof the film.Thiscontrastswiththe thoughtsgoingoninher head,showingthatshe lookscalm on the outside butinside she isfreakingoutoverthe situation. There wasno musicin the background,andsoundeffectsincludingthingssuchascupsand platesbeing pickedupand murmuredchatter.Thisaddsto the overall atmosphere anddoesn’ttake awayfromthe effectfromthe voiceover,insteadcomplimentsitandsometimesshe isdistractedbythe soundeffects, and theychange herthoughtpattern,such as whenthe babycame in,it sentheron a wave of new thoughts. The firstscene was interestingaswe see the womanfroma blurredfaraway perspectiveandtothe audience,she lookscalmandrelaxedinhersurroundings.Whenthe dooropensthe firstthingwe hear is“I should’veorderedadecafe.”Straightawaythe audience cansee thatshe isindecisive andis stressedaboutwhatisgoingon. The use of the voiceoverthroughoutthe filmisveryeffective,asit clearlytellsthe audience whatisgoingoninthe scene withoutthe womanhavingtoexplaininthe scene,thisallowshertoshowhowshe feelsthrough herbodylanguage. The gradual zoomisclever,asit captivatesthe audience ontohermovements.Italsosetsthe scene and establishesthe shot,sothe audience have anunderstandingof where she is,andthenitstartsto zoom and the shotis focusingon heremotions. The props are basic,thingssuchas menus,cups,lamps,booths,portrayingasmall local café,this doesn’ttake awayfromthe main focal point. The womanis alwaysgoingbackon her thoughtsandherbrain isskatteredsuggestingshe isstressedby the situationandisn’tsure onwhat to do,she is convincingherself whatshe thinksthe manwants,she istryingto ignore herown opinions.Itisaconstant battle betweenwhatshe wantsandwhatshe thinks the man wants,whichmakesthe audience feel sorryforthe woman. The filmislinearasthe eventsunfoldedinchronological order.There isone maincharacterwhichisthe woman,andthenthe waiterandcustomers.The womanisthe protagonistandthe focal pointof the film. The lightinghas a dull look,andthe room isnot well litexceptfromthe lampsonthe table,thishelpsto setthe moodand atmosphere,italsomakesusfocusinonher and the voiceoverinstead.The lighting
- 4. changesto dark lightingwhenyouhearatrain goingpastand the thoughtsthe womanhas start to get deeperandmore emotional.Thishappensrightaftershe hearsasomeone come throughthe dooryou can hear a babycrying,she gets distractedandstarts todriftoff, she over pourshercoffee andthe scene switches,rightafterthe traingoesby,almostasif she hadcomplete new thoughtsandhada wave of “what if”possibilites,asshe startsto switchherbabiesappearancesandcharacteristics.She getslostin thought,thisisbrokenbythe waitercomingback over,the lightingstartstobrightenagain showingthatshe has come out of her thoughts. The door opensandshe smilessuggestingthe manshe waswaitingforhas arrived,she asksfora decaf, contrastingfromthe beginningwhenshe made adecisionforwhatshe wantedanddidn’tworryabout caffine andsugar,but whenthe manwalkedinthischange suggestingshe maynotbe a strong character and heropinionscanbe changedand manipulatedbythe manshe ismeeting. I wouldn’tsaythere isa setstructure to the filmunlike FLYwhichwasa three-actstructure,this replicateshowthe womanfeelsasthere isnoreal structure of thoughtinher head,everythingis messedupandher thoughtsare all over,and she skipsbackand forthto differentthoughtsthroughout the whole thing. I wouldsaythat filmdoesn’tendwithclosure,andshe isstill very indecisive,howeverthe factthatshe wentback onher inital decisionandwentfordecaf althoughitissmall,suggestthatshe will be swayed by the man andagree withwhateverhe says.Itmakesthe audience askquestionssuchasDoesshe keepthe baby?What doesthe man say?Anddoesshe endup withthe man? Fauve : a short film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbnUEoRKdOk&t=147s Fauve is the last short film that I looked at, I choose it as it had a complete different structure to the others as well as a different meaning. At the beginning For mise en scene the setting is in some sort of mining site, with deserted railways and big mining sites, which greats a gloomy feel, but is something that the boys seem to be comfortable with, suggesting that they grew up here. The film was linear as all the events unfolded in chronological order, and flowed one after each other, we follow their day. In this film it followed a three-act structure. The first act (the setup) was when the boys were running around and competing with each other on the train as well as outside. The second act (the confrontation) was when they saw the truck and ran, getting stuck in the sinking mud. The third act ( the resolution) Although there wasn’t a resolution as such, as the boy lost his best friend, there was some resolution in the woman taking the boy home and being worried about him.
- 5. No music Is used throughout the film, I think this is clever as we focus on the two boys relationship, but also helps to show how quiet the place they are in is. You can understand that the boys are somewhere they shouldn’t be, as the railway is like a ghost town, where no one is. There are two main character both the boys, swell as the woman who comes in, this shows that where they are hardly has any living there and the boys have a lot of free space. The camera work at the beginning would move around a lot and follow the boys, showing their light- hearted play and the fact that they have a lot of fun together The genre is drama and the overall theme is friendship and the bond the two boys have together, we see how well they get on, and must have been friends for a while, even though they are swearing and making fun of each other. We see how much the boys care for each other when one boy gets stuck in the mud and cannot get out the other is trying to help him and was deeply upset when he couldn’t. The scene when the boys are running away from the truck is effective. It used a long shot and the camera was shaking, mimicking the boys running, it shows how stressed they was and wanted to get away from the truck, suggesting that they shouldn’t have been there. The shots are long, showing that the boys are chill at the beginning and are just having fun. When the boy is stuck in the mood it has an extreme long shot to show how small and helpless the boy is in the mud. One really interesting shot is when the shot moves further and further out emphasising that his scream can be heard for miles. The shots start to become more frantic as the scene progresses,showing that the boy is getting more and more stressed and anxious. Once the boy is walking away from the mud, fades are used, to show that he had been walking for a long time and over a long distance, showing that he is distraught by what just happened and is walking to clear his head, but can’t think straight and justify what happened. He probably feels guilty and to blame about the whole situation. The first sign of life other than the two boys is when the woman pulls up in a car,showing that where they were not many people would go, emphasizing that they shouldn’t have been there. I would say that there was closure for this film, as although we didn’t see the boy disappear under the mud, we can guess that he must’ve as he couldn’t get out. Although it was left with questions, as in why was they there? And will the boy be found? This is because we didn’t get much context about the boys, or where they are. All 3 of the short filmsuse cinematographyandeditingtoengage the audience. To conclude all three shortfilmsdohave some similarities,aswell asalotof differences.The overall theme/genre forall three shortfilmsare verydifferent.Inflyithasa lotof comedywhere-as,the arrival and fauve follow aseriousplotanddeliveraseriousmessage.Botharrival andFLY follow one character, and we see thischaracter’sjourney,we findoutalot aboutthem and go alongon the journeywith them.InFauve the plotalso followsajourney,butitfollowsthe journeyof twoboysandtheir friendship,the moodinthe beginningIslightandfriendly,butitshiftstobe more tense,foreshadowing the fate of the boys,itmakesthe audience think.All three shortfilmsleavealotof questionsinthe audiencesheadonce ithasended,astheyall endleavingoutsome information,suchaswhathappens to the burgularsinFLY, or isthe boy deadinFauve,or doesshe tell the maninThe arrival,thisiskeyto a goodshort film,asit engagesthe audience andmakesthemthink.
- 6. All three shortfilmsunravel inchronological order,astheytell thatindividualsstory,thisallowsthe audience tocome alongon the storywiththemand understandhow theyfeel,creatingmore emotion, bothsad and happy.BothThe arrival and Flyfilmedinsideandtheystayinthe same location.For example FLYisina car and The arrival isina café,thisshowsthattheyare adultsand goingabouttheir days,whereasFauve ismostlyoutsideandthe locationisconstantlychangingthisshowsthattheyare youthful andfull of energy,itreplicatesthemplayingandhow close the twoboysare together. All 3 short filmshave differenttexts,Infauve itistextbetweenthe twocharacters,whereasinThe arrival it isa voiceoverthe whole waythrough,andinFLY there isnotext.All of these are effectivefor the filmsastheyhelpto portraythe story, inFLY no textiscleveras itmeanswe focusin onthe actor, whereasinFauve textisimportantasit helpstoshow the relationshipbetweenthe twoboysandsets the scene.InThe arrival the voice overiseffectiveasithelpthe audience understandwhatisgoingon withoutthe characterhaving to talk,and insteadwe canalsounderstandwhatisgoingon by reading herbody language.