SHORT FILM ANALYSIS

 The Gunfighter: Kissac 2014

- Long shot at the start of the cowboy. 

- A narrative. adds comic relief to a tense situation. The characters can hear the narrative. 

- Ominous diegetic music. 

- Panning camera angles. 

- Slow zoom ins. 

- Tackling important representations. 

- Comic timing. 

- The lighting is most of the time a spotlight on the cowboy, presents him as the "hero". 

- Mise-en-scene, conventional to the western aesthetic. 

- Very unconventional and personal compared to average western genre. 

Swimmer: Ramsay 2012

- Tense non-diegetic sound, mimics an increasing heartbeat, successful in creating an ominous aesthetic. 

- Black and white, film noir. 

- Fabulous long shots of the location. 

- Vintage music. 

- Slo-mos. 

- Fast pace editing at the time of attack. 

- A point of view. 

The Grandmother: Lynch 1970

- Monotonus vibrations. 

- Stop motion

- Diegetic sound of splashing and squelching.

- Still images, extreme close ups of face. 

- Low key lighting. Suspicion and mystery as can barely see anything. 

- Imitation of dogs. 

- Two parents, one boy, domestic violence. 

- Non-diegetic sound of water. 

-Weed the bed. 

- Framing and composition. 

- Increase in high pitched ring after mother shakes son. 

- Black and white, film noir, only certain objects in colour, emphasises the distortion and abstract qualities of the film. 

- Very image heavy, symbolic of procreation. 

- Abrupt sounds, shock, implementing how the boy is never safe. 

- Zero use of dialogue. 

- The shot is always distorted and in low light, the impression that the audience will never truly know what is going on. 

- Non-diegetic low pitched high volume crying. 

DIRECTORS INTENTIONS 

Wasp

I believe the director Arnold for Wasp 2003 had a purpose of educating an audience, of course, the film indulges into sensitive topics of deprivation, child neglect and risky decisions; however, the short film educates spectators into the hectic lives of the poor, how sometimes there is no choice for your actions. Ultimately, Arnold forces the spectators to end up sympathising for the mother, although her actions are reckless we understand that her as an individual needs a "break" from her chaotic lifestyle every now and again. The film also links to the single mother ideology, and the desperation she feels for normality, this is in fact a common representation in deprived area's, Arnold bases the short film off of societal stereotypes. Arnold most certainly expresses the contemporary UK society in this short, diving into the lives of the poor. Sequences of the mother fighting other mothers, scavenging for food in her flat, leaving the children in the car park outside a pub all relate to the typical representations of the hardships of impoverished families.