Technical Analysis of SCT: 3 Short Film

         

this short film  shows the conventions of a thriller as the colours and the type of short film It is appeals to its set genre impliying  that its a thriller. the narrative structures is linear as it follows the story structure that is the beginning, the middle, the end. the pace of this short film is slow pasted as no montage was used to show the passing of time and there was continuity as the movie flowed as the narrative structure is the beginning, the middle, the end.

In the beginning of this thriller you are introduced to a simple but complicated title page as only two main colours were incorporated for the title of this short film. The title 'Coffer' is cooked and it is as if someone had scratched the title in the background as it is distorted and not straight, in which can be referred to the type of genre this film is (thriller).

BLACK: 
In this short film  Black denotes 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 thriller as you relate thriller to an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust that is put to test for audiences appreciating this specific genre.

WHITE:

In this short film white is associated with goodness, innocence, purity. it is considered to be the colour of perfection.

this screen shot shows a mid shot. showing that she is confused as she is reading a book and all of a sudden she hears funny knocking type of sounds which got her thinking what that is causing her to be suspicious.  

this shot shows a closeup/mid shot showing that she is scared as she is hearing sounds coming from a box in the centre of her living room.

this shot shows a eye line match as it show the view of the box from the perspective of the characters point of view allowing audiences to be able to feel what the character is feeling.

there is a close up on the box expressing that the box relevance and it is making the audience focus on the box as they have forced a close up on the box stimulating questions in the audiences head about what the meaning and significants of the box is.

the character has distanced her self from the box as she is scared of what has come out of the box as the box has mysteriously opened and nothing has appeared out of it so it builds tension and suspense in the audiences eyes.

this shot shows a long shot of the box showing that it is the focal point and that she is looking around the room to see what may of come out of the box as it was aching to get out.

this is a mid shot showing the relationship between the beast inside the box as he viciously grabs her face and pulls her into the steep/deep hole. the relationship i would say is not friends as he threw her down the hole and was not friendly. this shot shows her facial and body structures emotions as she is scared as out of no were a hand grabs her face and pull her into the hole. her feet shaking also express to the audience that she is afraid and that she is powerless to the fact that she is helpless.

this shot shows a close up on the beast from the box showing that it been set free and that its coming out. the colour of the beast is relevant as the colour black is usually associated with death, mystery and evil.