Mirror case study 3
- 1. MIRROR Director: Drshortsnfilms Date: 9th June 2013 SIMONE EMMA GRAHAM
- 2. SHORT SUMMARY A boy is in an apartment and the phone continually rings but he keeps picking it up and hanging up straight away. He finally answered and on the other line was somebody talking in a low voice which is hard to hear. The boy starts to panic and keeps trying to get off the line. He tells the person on the other line somebody has been watching him. A letter then comes under the door which read no one can save you. He then tells the person on the other line to tell everyone bad people are around and they will kill people, he starts getting angry and he sees he has got another note. Reading We know who you are Ethan. The line goes dead. He looks at his reflection in the mirror and then the scene match cuts to somebody watching him on a pc monitor. It ends with a man twirling a pen in his hand then circling the boys name.
- 3. LINEAR/ NON LINEAR The story line follows a non linear theme as you feel like within the scene someone is going to come out of nowhere and kill the boy in the film. You would not expect it to be somebody just watching him. LIVE ACTION/ ANIMATION The film is shot in a live action shot as by not adding animation It may have turned the film childish HOW ARE THE THEMES GROUPS AND CHARACTER REPRESENTED The theme sets a gloomy tense atmosphere as the film is in black and white and changes into colour once the boy is on he monitor it as if Everything we was watching, was what was seen through the monitor. The boy is very anxious and panicky as he des not understand what is going on or happening around him
- 4. CAMERA TECHNIQUES Wide shot, mid shot and close up was used to look at the phone while it is ringing. High angle was used when the boy went to pick up the phone. In a way they used a two person shot while the boy was looking at himself in the mirror. Wide shot while the boy is sitting next to the phone. Close up of the letter coming through the door and once its opened. Extreme close up while boy is on the phone.
- 5. EDITING Fade to black at the end after the man circled his name. This could have been used to cause tension and make people want to see more. Fast fade on to next scene causing a fast action pace as the boy was panicking the effect allows the scene to add to that. Match cut of the boy walking around the room with the phone ringing. Motivated cut of the boy looking at the mirror and then the person on the other side looking at him through the monitor. Jump cut was used when he boy was on the phone to when the letter was passed through the door, this causes tension and makes people want to see what is on the letter.
- 6. SOUND MISE-EN-SCENE Location: - Apartment - Office Lighting: - Dark - Black and white Costume: - Normal Clothing - Dialogue - Sound bridge right at the beginning in the transitions of the black out to phone ringing. TARGET AUDIENCE - I would class the film to be set at 21 years plus. As it may seem boring to some teenagers as they have less of an attention span to someone who is 21.