RESEARCH: Previous Student work Analysis

I looked at the work that some previous students completed and I analysed it quite thouroughly. The video I looked at kept me interested due-to the different camera shots and the very unique editing.

 

When I began watching the video, I was intregued by the editing straight away. I really liked the way that the whole image was black and white then there was the huge contrast between the black and white and the red. The fact that the red is the only coloured thing in the whole beginning is very significant as it gives us the idea that the rest of the film is going to be quite gruesome due-to the red being used to symbolize blood. Also, the fact that the blood is consistent throughout is also significant. When the titles are coming up, they always come up in the same way with traces of blood under them. The fact that they followed through with the idea of the blood throughout is good because it will not confuse the audience and will help them understand the opening better.

 

 

With the mise-en-scene, the fact that they used a paintbrush was extremely clever as the film is called 'STROKE' so it makes sense to have a paintbrush. When the boy in the video touches his face and there is blood left on his face, it is also very clever and the boys body language suggests that he is nervous and it goes well with the fact that he's wiping blood on his face.

 

 

The sound that was used was also extremely clever as it went very well with the video. The non-diegetic music that was used consisted of violins playing quite sinister and negative music. It goes from loud to quite back to loud a few times throughout the opening and its effective as the music makes us feel that much more scared and interested to see what is going to happen.

 

 

With the camerawork, most of it was close ups on either the paint and the paintbrush or the actor. There are also upwards pans as well as normal pans across the room which is giving us an idea of what the whole plave looks like.

 

 

Here is the video that I have been analysing:

http://player.vimeo.com/video/38769576?badge=0