'OVER' SHORT FILM

'OVER' SHORT FILM

The setting throughout this short film is the same calm neighbourhood, with houses, roads with a junction, and grass, with the exception of a few shots of the victim's clothing and items which seem to be taken at a police station. At the end of the film, when the victim is lying on the road, runners run by not noticing the victim, because of the obstruction of a car. Two people on bikes cycle pass and the victim remains unnoticed because they are on a separate road. Finally a man walking his dog finds the victim, because he is walking on the grass opposite the road where the victim is lying. Therefore the setting is important because it is used as a device to show how the victim was found.
Sound is used to make this film really realistic, and I found this interesting. At 4:20pm, you can hear the non diegetic s sound of someone practising piano inside on of the houses. This is parallel sound; it represents a friendly, normal neighbourhood, which makes the crime seem even more out of place and mysterious. The little boy playing football with his dad also emphasises this. There is no more non diegetic sound, like music, emphasising the reality of this event. The sound when the victim jumps out of the sky is very loud and sudden, after a long average shot length of no action on screen, creating, visually, a more powerful and shocking death. 
As for editing, the time in writing shown on screen is very important, as the film is presented in reverse chronological order. The average shot length is very long, lengthening the intrigue in each shot. Short average shot lengths of the victim's clothes intercut the long shots of the neighbourhood, giving texture to the mystery, giving a bigger build up to the revelation of how the victim died. The writing shown on screen has importance at the end, even though after, a plane can be seen flying in the sky across the same camera shot in which he victim falls, some may still be unsure of how the victim died.
In terms of cinematography, the camera is stationary at all times, drawing out focus more to the action on screen. There are a few close ups of the flowers at the beginning, and the water washing the blood off the pavement. There is also a close up of the sky, which is foreshadowing. However, generally there are long shots, so we can see everything and every detail of what is happening on the crime scene. The lighting is important because it tells us what time of day it is; whether it is dark/ night time (low-key lighting), or day time (more high-key lighting). 
The unusual use of reverse chronological order required me to think more about what was happening to piece together the events of the film. 

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