Technical Analysis of SCT: 3 Short Film

             

 Porcelain Rising -
Porcelain Raising represents a linear narrative structure as it has a set order so it consists of a beginning a middle, and a end. Also continuity editing absorbed the technique montage as it is used in this short film to show audiences the passing of time.
In the beginning of the short film you are able to  for tell the type of category the film fall's under (Horror) due to the sound and colour of the background used to anticipate a sense of  meaning. The background in the beginning of the short film consist (continually) of three colours which are Black, Red, and Grey. Colours are used to enforce meaning to an emotion or object in this case this short film i have chosen:

RED: 
Red is usually associated with the colour of fire (associate it with hell as its a horror) and blood, so it is associated with energy (like a evil approaching- ghosts), danger, power,  as well as passion, desire, and love but in this short film i will portray that the red indicates blood, danger, and negative energy (evil).    
BLACK: 
In this short film i think Black denotes power, death, evil, and mystery also strength and authority this is linked to the type of genre which has been applied so audiences can understand its category horror as you relate horror to an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust that is put to test for audiences  appreciating this specific genre.
 GREY:
 Grey to me is an emotionless colour which best suits horror so it can be related to a  loss of someone/something or depression.

this screen shot shows the colours used to introduce the short film telling us what type of genre it is as you associate dark colours with evil.

The genre of this short film denotes that its a horror as it follows the basic concept of a horror film as it has a protagonist and an antagonists or good vs bad  or even how in some you have innocence (being the little girl) vs evil (being the doll - human like) which is being explored in this short film. Porcelain Rising has a narrative structure exploiting linear narrative as it does not issue any flashbacks, rewinds and replays and that it follows a specific concept in which the film will have a beginning, middle, and ending. 

 

fill light is used in this scene as well as chiarosuro which implies that there is high contrast between light and dark. if you haven't noticed something has grasped her attention as she is strongly focused on something which builds suspense for audiences as we don't have a clue on what she is looking at. 

 This screen shot expresses the low angle camera techniques stating that something is coming for the little girl as if its crawling towards her as the camera is getting closer to her it also could represent as below being linked to hell or if it was shot from a high angle you could say it's likely to be linked to heaven. However if you concentrate you will notice the little girl is surrounded by white covers, walls, pyjamas (in the setting of her bedroom) this is cutial as white infers pure, innocence. Also it tell you something wrong as shes been stairing at the same place since the camera has been getting closer leaving audiences curious and scared of what will happen next this also relates to the emotional experience from audiences. Also through out the short film lighting is used to infer that something depraved is going to occur.


Sound: 
The importance of sound in films is that it allows/gives audiences emotions towards the film whilst stimulating images and questions revolving the short film. so sound in film enhances the audiences emotional experience/providing emotional focus.
 
In the beginning we are welcomed with a non- diegetic scary lullaby (music in the background) which provokes a sinister atmosphere from the start already building tension/suspense for audiences well before the short film has started also showing why its placed in the category horror. The music featured in this short film is typically the type of  music used in horror films and is similar to the type of  music you get in some jewellery boxes, which therefore stimulates vivid images in the brain entailing young children and toys (dolls) just like the short film Porcelain Rising as it features both young child and doll. 

The diegetic sounds that were heard from inside the story was the heavy fall of rain with lightning and thunder, the opening of doors and the switching on and off oft he lights, laughter of the evil doll.

the ambient sounds that you were able to hear so that you would know that it was based in the bedroom was the shifter of bed covers and the switching on of the light. Also incidental music is played to enhance a scene ( the doll moving closer) adding more scary affect/suspense for audiences implying that something bad is going to occur but the incidental music can only be heard by the audience so its non - diegetic sounds  as characters in the film cannot hear it. It triggers something in the mind that lets us know something bad is going to happen.

 A slow zoom was used ( which you could then say turned to a closeup) to view the dolls face, which if you hadn't noticed allows you to see the doll is alive as it's actually breathing but unfortunately the dad is oblivious to notice the dad was alive as he thinks his daughter is dreaming or is sick as he talks to a doctor/specialist about young 'Elly' also the dad being oblivious to noticing the doll is breathing (so it's alive).

 It does raise questions on if thee dad saw or even how she got the toy if he gather her...  Also it creates suspense as the audience are waiting for something scary to happen. the depth of field in this screen shot shows the dolls facial expression which is that of scary and happy also through out the short film the facial expression of the doll changes. The shot is very sharp as it focuses on what they want audiences to see so the depth of field enhanced the close up.

   a mid shot and low angle shot is used in this shot to capture the innocence of the little girl (Elly) as surrounded with white and white is usually associated with innocence and purity however the low angle shot stimulates questions in the viewers mind e.g that something evil is crawlingg towards her as the camera zooms in slowly.

the relevance of these two screen shots is that of good vs evil (heaven vs hell) light on represents good and acts as a defense mechanism against the supernatural while on the other hand light off represents bad and acts as activation allowing the evil to make there move. this also links to the genre again and while its making you think that something bad is going to occur now.

when we got to this scene were the doll made his move the pace of the film became much more faster as the scene unfolds creating more intensity for the audience. it could be because the doll is making a transition from the doll body into a new body (Elly's body) also as several more effects came into play as he lightning and thunder was striking quicker in which made the scene more dramatic. cuts were Incorporated to show both doll and Elly showing the transition and how montage was also used to show the passing of time (UK version of montage is that it is used in films to show the passing of time). however extreme close ups were used to show the expressions on both individuals faces.

Elly's face stated that she is scared confused while the doll face is showing symptoms of relief and and smug smile as he has successfully secured her body.

 This screen shot shows a mid shot showing the new evil dolls body with new blood marks on the mask.
The film ended with a blank screen and last speech said from the father to Elly (body but its the doll) saying: “Elly, what are you doing with that knife” leaving the audience in suspense as it jut got intese.
this is the last shot you see before they drop a cliff hanger leaving audiences craving more.