Student Short Film 1 - THE IDEA
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPOJ4i2BGGI&ab_channel=WymondhamHighFilmStudies)
Micro Elements
Mise-En-Scene
- Setting - the only setting is a classroom, establishing the protagonist is a student doing work.
- Lighting - the film makes use of 'natural lighting' only using the lights already present in the classroom, making the film more realistic
- Costume - The student is seen wearing a suit, reinforcing the establishment of the character as a student and makes the film more realistic.
- Character expression and movement - the protagonist is shown to be annoyed and struggling when trying to do the work and once they figure it out they become a lot more active and are shown to be happier
Sound
- It is not made clear whether the ticking of the clock is a diegetic sound or not, regardless of this, it is used to signify the concentration and mood of the protagonist, trying their best to get the work done.
- The diegetic music then used is to show the happiness of the student now that they've completed their work and then is shifted to use for comedy as their mood spirals down when their work is taken.
Cinematography
- The film primarily uses medium and close up shots to best display the mood of the protagonist by giving lots of shots of their face.
Editing
- The short film has pretty basic editing, using mostly regular cuts with a few jump cuts to keep the film flowing at a good pace.
Macro Elements
Narrative
- The short film follows a linear narrative, it's in complete chronological order with no flashbacks.
- The film follows Todorov's theory of narrative equilibrium, the equilibrium being the work in the classroom, the disruption being their work not being good enough and they have to continue working while everyone else leaves, the recognition being the teacher said his work wasn't good enough, the repair is working a lot harder to get the work done, and the new equilibrium is their work getting accidently thrown away.
Genre
- The genre of this film seems to be a comedy as signified by the end when the work is comically thrown away and it is played off like a joke.
Student Short Film 2 - The Delivery
Micro Elements
Mise-En-Scene
- Setting - the short film takes place both within the protagonists house and outside in the street, this is meant to show the protagonists agoraphobia.
- Lighting - the short film uses natural lighting and darkness to accentuate the fear of the character as well as add to the realism of their phobia.
- Character expression and movement - the main character's expression and movement are quite slow and anxious and he looks very uncomfortable and scared, this goes very far to show the severity of his agoraphobia as well as making the audience sympathetic to his struggle.
Cinematography
- The short films makes use of primarily close ups and wide shots to exemplify the main characters agoraphobia, the close up showing the extreme uncomfortability and fear of being in the open space where escape may be difficult and the wide shots showing the feeling of fear by being in such a large and open space.
- To further display the protagonists agoraphobia the director makes use of making shots less focused to show the uncomfortability and fear of leaving the house.
Editing
- The short film uses pretty standard editing, however there is some areas used to accentuate the uncomfortability and fear, such as the twisting and turning of the camera when outside.
Sound
- The score across the short film reflects the protagonists mood, when he's safe and indoors the score is calm and as his situation worsens and he knows he has to leave the score begins to get louder and overcome the diegetic sound to display his fear.
- There is also an overlay of heavy breathing throughout the short film, this displays his fear and anxiety.
Macro Elements
Narrative
- The film follows and linear narrative, all in chronological order and no flashbacks, and meks uses of ellipses when waiting for the pizza.
- The film follows Todorov's theory of narrative equilibrium, the equilibrium being when he orders pizza, the disruption being when it appears that the pizza is delivered to the wrong house (this is simultaneous to the recognition as he observes this event), the repair being going outside and crossing the street to get the pizza and the new equilibrium is the revelation that it wasn't his pizza and that his has just arrived.
Genre
- The genre of the short film is a drama, evidenced by the serious tone throughout the short film, this makes the message of the film (spreading awareness of agoraphobia) more serious and reaffirms the importance of what people who suffer go through.
Representation
- This film is representation for people who suffer from agoraphobia and spreading awareness from what they go through on a daily basis.
Audience
- This short film doesn't cater towards a certain audience however the intention of the film is to educate the audience of people who suffer from agoraphobia in a dramatic way.
Student Short Film 3 - The Anniversary
Micro Elements
Mise-En-Scene
- Setting - The setting of the short film are the main character bedroom, his car, the grave and his girlfriends house, these settings go to increase the aesthetic effects of the film by having wide variety of environments as well as putting lot's of things into a short amount of time to increase the panic of getting the present.
- Lighting - The short film seems to use natural lighting, using sunlight and the lights in the bedroom, this adds to relatability and realism of a situation like this.
- Props - the primary prop of the short film is the flowers, as they are the driving force of the plot as they are the anniversary gift the main character is hastily trying to get.
- Character expression and movement - the 4 main instances of a focus on character expression and movement are when he looks shocked and worried when he realises he forge his girlfriends anniversary, his annoyance that the shop where he could get a gift was closed, the sorrow of taking flowers from a grave and the look of defeat when he finds out that day wasn't the anniversary. All these instances serve to make the main character more relatable.
Cinematography
- The majority of the shots are close ups to get a better view of the characters expressions to increase the reliability and emotion of the short film.
- The film uses a zoom for shock value and comedic effect when the character believes it is his girlfriends anniversary.
Editing
- The clear primary focus of the short film is the editing, which is very stylish and fast to build the aesthetic effect of the short fil and to move the narrative along at quite a fast pace.
- The film uses a variety of editing methods to increase aesthetic effect and make the narrative fast paced, these methods are primarily a large use of whip pans and montages to greatly increase the speed of of the short film and greatly increase the aesthetic effect to capture the audiences attention and keep them engaged.
Sound
- The short film primarily uses diegetic sound (the dialogue, background noise, etc) to increase the realism and relatability of the short film as they make the environment more realistic.
- The use of narration clearly establishes the narrative and the story taking place.
- The use of sound effects add to the shock and comedy of what's happening at guides the audiences emotions.
Macro Elements
Narrative
- The film follows a linear narrative as well as following Todorov's theory of narrative equilibrium, the equilibrium being the main character waking up in the morning, the disruption being the feeling he's forgotten something, the recognition is him realising that it's his anniversary with his girlfriend, the attempt to repair being going to the shop for a gift but it's close, the repair being him taking flowers from his dad's grave as a gift instead and the new equilibrium being that the anniversary is actually tomorrow.
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