Post 2 - Student Made Short Film Research


 
Student made short films

 

 
Hunter - Student made short film

 




 
Expectations

 
  • Hunter - Boys name - male cast
  • Hunter - hunting things
  • Set in a local town
  • Wide shots
  • Multiple cuts
  • Natural lighting
  • Modern, casual clothing
  • Day time
  • No/basic make-up
  • Mystery?
  • Single person cast with extras
Analysis

  • Wide shot
  • Medium shot
  • Male main character
  • bench in a park
  • Abrupt switch to meadow
  • Gun on back
  • switch back to bench
  • Second character - also male
  • disappears
  • switching between forest and bench
  • hunting deer with gun that changes to camera
  • deer turns to person - person dying
  • back garden shed
  • dead person in shed
  • horror
  • close up shots
  • cuts man up
  • wide shots
  • throws parts off a cliff
  • over the shoulder shot
  • not a very original idea but played out and filmed well



 

 

 
Memories - Award winning Student short film

 

 


Expectation

 
  • Dark colours
  • Memories - dementia
  • Memories - elderly person remembering back
  • Memories - trying to remember something
  • Wide shots
  • Natural lighting
  • Modern everyday clothes
  • Multiple person cast
  • No/basic make-up
  • Multiple cuts
  • Thriller? Non fiction?
Analysis

  • Middle aged main character
  • Dark atmosphere
  • Lack of colour
  • Natural lighting
  • Film reel caught on leg shows memories
  • non-diegetic music
  • diegetic sound
  • colours in memories
  • Memories fading
  • Very original and emotional

 

 
Emily - Short film winner

 

 


Expectations

 
  • Female main role
  • Modern costume
  • Basic make up
  • Variety of angles and shots
  • Based on a girls life - Emily
  • Non fiction - based on true events
  • Element of sadness
  • Covering mental health
  • One person cast with extras
  • Natural and artificial lighting - some scenes quite bright 
Analysis

  • Voice over - POV of main character
  • non-diegetic sound
  • Quick short cuts
  • lots of medium shots
  • non linear narrative
  • Mental health
  • Based in school, house
  • inside and outside
  • modern costume
  • character expression and movement expresses sadness
  • mental health is a popular choice for short films
  • played out well but could have been slightly more exciting

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