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  The visuals of this short film are based on an image the director saw in a magazine. The inspiration behind this film was an ordinary lady challenging her conflicted and fragmented mind about having a child. The coffee shop is dimly lit and she is highlighted by the over exposed lighting shining through the window. The light is bright white suggesting that it is cold outside. This character has been created to fit in with the style and atmosphere of the café, so we assume she is a regular. The waiter who is serving her is dress in a blue shirt giving the film a chilly atmosphere in the  colour  grading. This is further  emphasised  by the wind whistling  every time  the door is opened.      In terms of sound, lighting and cinematography, these microelements work cohesively to create a tense and emotional scene. The use of a sound bridge means that we hear it before we see it, which indicates what is about to come. The audience wait in ...

    This film focuses on the use of diegetic sound to create and irritating yet creative tone. The engine is running so it is apparent that he is ready to go when and if the robbery is successful. This raises the tension of the scene with a sense of urgency. Cleverly, the audience are invited to create other worlds that are much more complex due to the fact that we can hear the bank robbery, but we never see them in action. The title page interrupts the static feel of the scene by the use of a dramatic score. The fly's buzzing noise interrupts the get-away drivers focus by hovering around his vehicle. There is great comedic value with this as the audience starts to fell what he is feeling. As the short film comes to an end, we can hear the diegetic police sirens that get closer which indicate that this robbery has failed and they have been caught.     This humour is rooted in the fact this fly is causing an impact on such a large scale that he  looses  cont...

Vice successfully follows a 3 act structure and explores how this can captivate an audience. When watching, I was hooked with the effective narrative voice over that was chronologically explaining the time line and story. These two friends provided the film with comedic value, which majorly contrasts with the situation at hand but results in giving the film a lighter atmosphere. This made the story of the Ellington kid hook the  audiences  attention and desire to find out how the film concludes. The set was important in placing the time stamps and location in correlation to present day and the context within the kebab shop. The confrontation was thrilling in terms of the formation of two sides. This was the stabbers and kebab shop owners. This opposition raised the tension of the film and the audience were given the opportunity to use their imagination as to what happened as it doesn’t explicitly show it. This was also encouraged by humorous line said by Nathan 'why do you thi...