Sunday, 18 October 2009

Analysis' of short films

Initial first detailed analysis.

Short film – Support @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_NrUKFhthQ
Video length – 1:40 (excluding credits 1:05 approx)

The film opens with a medium shot of a man who appears to be struggling on his hospital bed, the shot is shot by a handheld camera and is from behind an object as if somebody is watching the man on the bed. A heart rate monitor can be heard in the background signifying that the setting is a hospital.
It then cuts to a mid/close up shot of the mans face showing that he seems to be out of breath
It then cuts briefly to a close up shot of a drip dripping, further providing anchorage as to where the location is.
It then cuts to a long shot through a doorway showing the hospital bed and other items that further show that it is a hospital.
It then cuts back to the mid/close up of the man, still exhausted before cutting back to the first angle, the man is still struggling and seems to be trying to reach the heart rate monitor, the music here consists of a piano playing fairly sad/depressing chords
It then cuts to a close up of the mans face, still seeming to struggle before cutting to the heart rate monitors screen and then back to the first angle, with the man now seemingly grabbing for the life support machines plug
It then cuts to a close up of the plug being pulled from the wall, the last few shots were quick-pace editing.
It briefly cuts to a close up of the machine with lights flashing before cutting to a(n extreme) close up of the mans face, the heart rate monitor starts to beep increasingly before flat-lining, the man seems to be at peace and his eyes start to close and the beeping starts to fade.
Suddenly the man is woken up as his bed is knocked and the lights turn on as two doctors/nurses rush to the bed beside him, it then cuts to another close up of the mans face as he looks to the bed beside him
It then cuts to an aerial shot of the two beds showing a doctor trying to revive the other man with defribrilators
It then cuts to a close up of the man turning to his other side to see in shock that he has turned off the wrong machine
It then cuts briefly to the first shot again before cutting to a close up of the mans face.
The beeping continues as the credits roll.

Pound (2007/Evan Bernard)

  • 2 men from a ghetto area do an over the top "secret" handshake.
  • After finishing the first handshake they exchange a little bit of dialogue before they do another handshake.
  • After the second handshake is finished the main character walks round the corner and sees another friend, as they start to do the handshake the film cuts to black for the credits.
  • Same music track runs throughout the film
The Black Hole (2008/Phil and Olly)
  • A man looks bored in an office doing some photocopying when the copier prints out a big black circle
  • He puts it down to one side and then realises what it is.
  • He uses it to steal from a vending machine and then goes to a vault and starts stealing money
  • He tries to go too far in and the paper falls off the safe.
  • No music but there are office sounds throughout and the black hole also has a noise.
Paintballing (2007/Grant Orchard)

  • Animation of a big scale paintball fight
  • Last guy thinks he is the only guy left and so kills himself, a siren sounds shortly after to signal the end of the game and everybody else gets up.
Surprise (2008?/Ben Dodd)
  • Film noir style film in reverse of a man who is killed in a bathroom by being surprised by a cake.
  • Dramatic music runs throughout
  • A sort of Hitchcock style film.
Trapped In The Closet (2005/07/09/R.Kelly)
  • Series of short films set to music (a hiphopera) by R.Kelly
  • Set in a sort of soap opera style
  • Parodied by Weird Al Yankovic (Trapped In The Drive Thru)
Potatoes (2002/Matt Smith)
  • Spoof documentary about the origins of potatoes
  • Comedy
  • No music, just narration and some background noise.
This Is Slovenia (2007/Michael Frank)
  • Documentary about living on the border between Slovenia and Croatia
  • Music fits the theme and also plays throughout
Fallen Art (2005/Tomek Baginski)
  • A very strange film about a group of men who get their kicks from making art by making soldiers jump off a tower.
  • Most of the film is silent apart from the nonsense dialogue.
The Crusader (2008?/Gerard Monaco)
  • A spoof documentary about a man who thinks he is batman and tries to sue Warner Bros. for mis-represenation.
  • Black and White
Safety Procedures (2004/Richard Fenwick)
  • The safety cards on an airliner come to life.
  • Animation
  • Voice over of a flight attendant giving a safety brief.
Bus Kong (2008?/Ed Hartwell)
  • Animation about the Routemaster bus
  • Follows rough narrative of King Kong
  • Political themes?
  • Tense music runs throughout - seems disjointed
Average 40Matches (2007/Burkay Dogan)
  • Stop-motion film where matches come to life
  • Music runs throughout
Lucky (2007?/Nash Edgerton)
  • Man is trapped in boot of car going along desert road, gets out of boots and tries to stop the car
  • Good use of lighting when he is in the boot
  • Fast paced action
  • Use of SFX suggests higher budget
Happy Birthday (1999/Jorge Sandoval)
  • A father is giving his son a present for his birthday - the knowledge not to trust anybody
  • Has a powerful underlying message
Angel Eyes (2002/Mark Bethune)
  • Documentary about a stripper and her life and what her goals are for her and her son
  • Contains mild nudity
  • Music runs throughout - major key suggests positive spin on the story
Biclycle Messengers (2008?/Joshua Frankel)
  • Animated bicycle messengers go round a live action city (New York)
  • Music runs constantly under narration
  • Documentary style
  • SFX suggest higher budget than most short films.
  • Interesting shots used (such as when the camera goes out of the office window)
Last Train Ride (2005/Gokhan Okur)
  • Animation
  • Uses fairly dark colours (black, white, grey, reds)
  • Set to peaceful music which again runs throughout
  • No immediately clear narrative
Journey To The Moon (2006/Neil Gittins)
  • Animation
  • Abstract take of a journey to the moon
  • Set again to peaceful music
Immerse (2008/Anton Groves)
  • 3D animation
  • Looks like a group of futuristic underwater drilling machines
  • SFX suggests higher budget
  • Zooms out to be an ice cube in a drink showing that the machines were actually creating the bubbles.

A ? by the date indicates that I am unsure of the date the film was released.

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